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Kumail Nanjiani
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Kumail Ali Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is primarily 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, he was 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. 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, as well as playing various roles on the comedy series Portlandia.
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Kumail Ali Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is primarily 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, he was 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. 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, as well as playing various roles on the comedy series Portlandia.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The X-Files
The Simpsons
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Veep
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Boys
Community
After Midnight
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Bob's Burgers
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
What If...?
Poker Face
Key & Peele
The Eric Andre Show
Drunk History
Archer
Only Murders in the Building
Big Mouth
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Chelsea
Broad City
Adventure Time
Krapopolis
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TripTank
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Bee and PuppyCat
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Bee and PuppyCat
Major Lazer
History of the World: Part II
Ugly Americans
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
The Jeselnik Offensive
The Twilight Zone
Murderville
The Five-Year Engagement
The Kings of Summer
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Burning Love
Sex Tape
Central Intelligence
Life As We Know It
Destroy All Neighbors
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Franklin & Bash
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Dolittle
Hell and Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Fist Fight
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Ultra City Smiths
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Eternals
Men in Black: International
Silicon Valley
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Michael & Michael Have Issues
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Stuber
The Lovebirds
Migration
Welcome to Chippendales
The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
Booster Gold
Production Credits
The Big Sick
Little America
The Lovebirds
Welcome to Chippendales
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
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