Kumail Nanjiani
Born: 1978-05-02 in Karachi, Pakistan
Known For: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kumail Nanjiani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2027
2026
- Over Your Dead Body as Hollywood Dan (uncredited)
- The Breadwinner as Peyton
- The Wrong Girls as GG (voice)
- Funny AF with Kevin Hart as Self - Judge
- The Screener as Parker Harrison
- The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas as Self
- See You When I See You ... (Producer)
2025
- Deli Boys as Danyal Khan
- Driver's Ed as Mr. Rivers
- Ella McCay as Trooper Nash
- Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts as Self
- Is / Was \ Will
2024
- Fallout as Xander Harkness
- After Midnight as Self
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Nadeem
- Grave Conversations as Self
- Destroy All Neighbors as Smelting Refinery Guard
2023
- Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake as Prismo (voice)
- Poker Face as Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
- Krapopolis as Spartan Army Leader (voice)
- History of the World: Part II as Vatsyayana
- Migration as Mack Mallard (voice)
- Dr Phil LIVE! as Self
- Project Greenlight as Self
- Money Shot: The Pornhub Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Attack of the Doc! as Self
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Vik (voice)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi as Haja Estree
- Welcome to Chippendales as Somen 'Steve' Banerjee
- Bee and PuppyCat as Howell (voice)
- Murderville as Kumail Nanjiani
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Haja Estree
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals as Self - Kingo
2021
- Only Murders in the Building as Rudy Thurber
- What If...? as Kingo (voice)
- Eternals as Kingo
- Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
- A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
2020
- Dolittle as Plimpton (voice)
- Little America ... (Executive Producer)
- Reunited Apart as Self
- Death to 2020 as Bark Multiverse
- The Lovebirds as Jibran
- Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 as Self
2019
- The Boys as Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- The Twilight Zone as Samir Wassan
- Men in Black: International as Pawny (voice)
- Bless the Harts as Jesus (voice)
- Stuber as Stu Prasad
- Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Self
- Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik as Self
- It Started As a Joke as Self
2018
- Duck Butter as Jake
- Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity as Self
- Poop Talk as Self
2017
- Big Mouth as himself (voice)
- The Big Sick as Kumail Nanjiani
- Fist Fight as Officer Mehar
- The Lego Ninjago Movie as Jay (voice)
- A Happening of Monumental Proportions as Perry
2016
- WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews as Self - Guest
- Chelsea as Self
- HarmonQuest as Eddie Lizzard
- Central Intelligence as Jared the Airport Security Guard
- Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Keanu
- The Late Bloomer as Rich
- Brother Nature as Riggleman
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Hot Ones as Self
- Taskmaster as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- The Grinder as Prosecutor Leonard
- Major Lazer as Thor (voice)
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Brad Syed
- Hell and Back as Dave the Demon (voice)
- Hello, My Name Is Doris as Nasir
- Misery Loves Comedy as Self
- Addicted to Fresno as Damon
- Flock of Dudes as Ro
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Silicon Valley as Dinesh Chugtai
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Broad City as Benny Calitri
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Cute-ling Mayor (voice)
- Sex Tape as Punit
- TripTank as Dick Genie (voice)
- Garfunkel and Oates as Jordan
- The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail as Self
- The Last of the Great Romantics as George the Counter Guy
- Loaded as Raza
2013
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
- The Last Leg as Self
- Drunk History as Lakota Chief
- The Jeselnik Offensive as Self
- Newsreaders as Amir Larussa
- The Kings of Summer as Gary
- The Arrangement as Alfred Dalton
- Bad Milo! as Bobbi
- Hell Baby as Cable Guy
- Timms Valley as Arjit Pondicherry
- Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male as Himself
2012
- Veep as Statistician
- The Eric Andre Show as Self
- Key & Peele as College Kid #1
- Burning Love as Zakir
- The Five-Year Engagement as Pakistani Chef
- Bunk
2011
- Bob's Burgers as Skip Marooch (voice)
- Portlandia as Cell Phone Salesman
- Franklin & Bash as Pindar Singh
- Traffic Light as Paul
2010
- Adventure Time as Prismo (voice)
- Conan as Self
- Ugly Americans as Neilando Patel (voice)
- Life As We Know It as Simon
- The Green Room with Paul Provenza as Self
- Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- Community as Lapari
- Archer as Farooq Ashkani (voice)
- Michael & Michael Have Issues as Kumail
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2000
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Bees (voice)
1997
- The View as Self
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- The X-Files as Pasha
1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
1989
- The Simpsons as Theo (voice)
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1979
- Laugh Factory as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Good Morning America as Self - Guest
1953
- The Oscars as Self - Presenter