
Kumail Nanjiani
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Biography
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

The X-Files

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Simpsons

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...?

Key & Peele

The Eric Andre Show

Drunk History

Archer

Only Murders in the Building

Big Mouth

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Chelsea

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Broad City

Adventure Time

Krapopolis

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

TripTank

The Green Room with Paul Provenza

Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space

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

Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Five-Year Engagement

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

The Kings of Summer

Burning Love

Sex Tape

Central Intelligence

Life As We Know It

Destroy All Neighbors

Ultra City Smiths

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Franklin & Bash

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Hell and Back

Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut

Dolittle

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Fist Fight

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Bee and PuppyCat

Eternals

Murderville

Silicon Valley

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

Men in Black: International

Michael & Michael Have Issues

Stuber

The Lovebirds

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail

The Big Sick

Welcome to Chippendales

Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male

Booster Gold

Migration
Production Credits
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