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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1978-05-02 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Karachi, Pakistan

Kumail Nanjiani

Biography:

Kumail Ali Nanjiani (/kʊˈmeɪl ˌnɑːndʒiˈɑːni/; Sindhi: ڪميل علي نانجياڻي‎; Urdu: کمیل علی نانجیانی; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley (2014–2019) and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick (2017). For co-writing the latter with his wife, Emily V. Gordon, they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in The Twilight Zone executive produced by Jordan Peele in 2019.

Nanjiani has also voiced Prismo on the animated series Adventure Time and starred in the TNT series Franklin & Bash and the Adult Swim series Newsreaders. He also co-hosted the Comedy Central show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail and played various roles on the comedy series Portlandia. He also played Kingo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film Eternals and What If...? Episode What If... Agatha Went to Hollywood?, con artist Haja Estree in the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi and celebrity scientist Vik in the television series The Boys Presents: Diabolical and The Boys. In 2022, he starred in the lead role of the Hulu miniseries Welcome to Chippendales. In 2023, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for his work in Welcome to Chippendales.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2024

Destroy All Neighbors as Smelting Refinery Guard

2023

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Migration as Mack Mallard (voice)
Krapopolis as Spartan Army Leader (voice)

2022

2021

Eternals as Kingo
Ultra City Smiths as Arjit Pondicherry
What If...? as Kingo (voice)

2020

2019

Stuber as Stu Prasad
Bless the Harts as Jesus (voice)
The Boys as Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone as Samir Wassan
Bless the Harts as Jesus Christ (voice)

2018

2017

The Lego Ninjago Movie as Jay (voice)
The Big Sick as Kumail Nanjiani
Fist Fight as Officer Mehar
Big Mouth as himself (voice)

2016

Brother Nature as Riggleman
Central Intelligence as Jared the Airport Security Guard
Chelsea as Self
HarmonQuest as Eddie Lizzard
HarmonQuest as Eddie Lizard

2015

2014

2013

The Arrangement as Alfred Dalton
Timms Valley as Arjit Pondicherry
Hell Baby as Cable Guy
Bad Milo! as Bobbi
Drunk History as Lakota Chief
The Last Leg as Self

2012

The Five-Year Engagement as Pakistani Chef
Burning Love as Zakir
Veep as Statistician
Key & Peele as College Kid #1
TableTop as Self - Guest

2011

Franklin & Bash as Pindar Singh
Portlandia as Cell Phone Salesman
Portlandia as Birthday Loan Officer
Portlandia as Human Bandwidth Manager
Portlandia as Denim Salesman
Bob's Burgers as Skip Marooch (voice)
Bob's Burgers as Skip (voice)
Portlandia as SoCal Waiter

2010

2009

Community as Lapari
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
Archer as Farooq Ashkani (voice)

2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest Host

1997

The View as Self
The View as Self - Guest

1993

The X-Files as Pasha

1989

The Simpsons as Theo (voice)

1988

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

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Writing

2017

The Big Sick as Screenplay

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Sidekicks as Screenplay

Production

2025

Is / Was \ Will as Executive Producer

2023

Project Greenlight as Executive Producer

2022

Welcome to Chippendales as Executive Producer

2020

The Lovebirds as Executive Producer
Little America as Executive Producer

2017

The Big Sick as Executive Producer

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A Guy Walks Into a Bar as Executive Producer