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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1979-03-10 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Danny Pudi

Biography:

Daniel Mark Pudi (born March 10, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Abed Nadir on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), for which he received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and one nomination for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. Since 2020 he has starred as Brad Bakshi in the Apple TV+ comedy series Mythic Quest. He played the lead role in The Tiger Hunter, a comedic and warmhearted independent film surrounding the immigrant experience directed by Lena Khan in 2016 and funded through a Kickstarter campaign. His short film, Running, which he wrote himself, follows Pudi as he sets out on a mission to solve the puzzle of his father and finds himself instead on a complex, funny, and vulnerable journey of self-discovery and acceptance.

Known For

Acting

2025

Going Dutch as Major Abraham Shah

2024

Avatar the Last Airbender as The Mechanist
Rock, Paper, Scissors as Recyclable Prince (voice)

2023

Attack of the Doc! as Self (archive footage)
Corner Office as Rakesh
Kiff as Nick Namé (voice)
Clone High as Dr. Neelankavil (voice)
Strange Planet as Regular (voice)
Kiff as Nick Namé / Pete (voice)
Kiff as Dean Kim (voice)
Krapopolis as Orphan (voice)

2022

Running as Himself
Transformers: EarthSpark as Bumblebee (voice)

2021

Flora & Ulysses as Miller
Calls as Dr. Burman (voice)
Monsters at Work as Evan (voice)
Calls as Dr. Burman

2020

Community Table Read as Abed Nadir
The Argument as Brett
Mythic Quest as Brad Bakshi
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant

2019

Babysplitters as Jeff Penaras

2018

Curated as Tim
Impulse as Beanie
Summer Camp Island as Cookiesmell (voice)
Craig of the Creek as Ravi (voice)

2017

The Tiger Hunter as Sami Malik
Smurfs: The Lost Village as Brainy (voice)
Powerless as Teddy
DuckTales as Huey Duck (Voice)

2016

The Hindenburg Explodes! as The Great Tony
Angie Tribeca as Garth Tweedner
Better Things as Danny

2015

Dr. Ken as Topher

2014

The Pretty One as Dr. Rao
Harmontown as Self

2013

2012

The Guilt Trip as Sanjay
Flatland²: Sphereland as Puncto (voice)

2011

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil as Little Boy Blue (voice)

2010

2009

Nilam Auntie: An International Treasure as Melvin the online surfer
Community as Abed Nadir

2007

Greek as Sanjay
Chuck as Vali Chandrasekaren

2005

Robot Chicken as Ant Pharaoh / Fox's Boxes Customer (voice)

2004

The Soup as Self

2000

Gilmore Girls as Staffer

1999

The West Wing as Santos Aide

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Golden Axe as Hampton Squib (voice)
Bacon and Eggs as Customer in Back / Joe Sr. (voice)
Bacon and Eggs as Tooth (voice)
Bacon and Eggs as NASA Worker (voice)

Directing

2020

Mythic Quest as Director

2014

Untucked as Director

Writing

2022

Running as Writer

Crew