Kumail Nanjiani
Age: N/A | From: Karachi, Pakistan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Kumail Ali Nanjiani , 쿠마일 난지아니 , Κουμάιλ Ναντζιάνι , Кумэйл Нанджиани , クメイル・ナンジアニ , 库梅尔·南贾尼 , Κουμέιλ Ναντζιάνι , 庫梅爾·南賈尼 , คูเมล นานจิเอนี
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Karachi, Pakistan
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Movie Involvements: 16
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
RuPaul's Drag Race
(2009) Self - Judge
The X-Files
(1993) Pasha
The Boys
(2019) Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
(2022) Vik (voice)
The Twilight Zone
(2019) Samir Wassan
Bee and PuppyCat
(2014) Howell (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
(2022) Haja Estree
Eternals
(2021) KingoActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Smelting Refinery Guard | |
| Nadeem Razmaadi | ||
| 2023 | Mack Mallard (voice) | |
| Spartan Army Leader (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2022 | Somen 'Steve' Banerjee | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Haja Estree | ||
| Howell (voice) | ||
| Haja Estree | ||
| Vik (voice) | ||
| Self - Kingo | ||
| Kumail Nanjiani | ||
| 2021 | Kingo | |
| Self | ||
| Arjit Pondicherry | ||
| Self | ||
| 2020 | Bark Multiverse | |
| Jibran | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Plimpton (voice) | ||
| 2019 | Self | |
| Jesus (voice) | ||
| Jesus Christ (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited) | ||
| Stu | ||
| Pawny (voice) | ||
| Samir Wassan | ||
| Self | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| Jake | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2017 | himself (voice) | |
| Jay (voice) | ||
| Perry | ||
| Kumail Nanjiani | ||
| Officer Mehar | ||
| 2016 | Rich | |
| Riggleman | ||
| Eddie Lizzard | ||
| Eddie Lizard | ||
| Keanu | ||
| Jared the Airport Security Guard | ||
| Self | ||
| 2015 | Nasir | |
| Dave the Demon (voice) | ||
| Damon | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Ro | ||
| Thor (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Brad | ||
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Cute-ling Mayor (voice) | ||
| Howell (voice) | ||
| Jordan | ||
| Self | ||
| Punit | ||
| George the Counter Guy | ||
| Self | ||
| Dinesh Chugtai | ||
| Dick Genie (voice) | ||
| Raza | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Benny Calitri | ||
| 2013 | Arjit Pondicherry | |
| Self | ||
| Cable Guy | ||
| Bobbi | ||
| Himself | ||
| Lakota Chief | ||
| Self | ||
| Gary | ||
| Alfred Dalton | ||
| 2012 | N/A | |
| Zakir | ||
| Self | ||
| Pakistani Chef | ||
| Statistician | ||
| 2011 | Pindar Singh | |
| SoCal Waiter | ||
| Cell Phone Salesman | ||
| Birthday Loan Officer | ||
| Human Bandwidth Manager | ||
| Denim Salesman | ||
| Skip (voice) | ||
| Skip Marooch (voice) | ||
| 2010 | Self | |
| Simon | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Prismo (voice) | ||
| Neilando Patel (voice) | ||
| 2009 | Lapari | |
| Farooq Ashkani (voice) | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self - Judge | ||
| 2003 | Self - Guest | |
| Self | ||
| 1997 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1993 | Pasha | |
| 1989 | Theo (voice) | |
| 1988 | N/A | |
| 1975 | Self - Host | |
| Self - Cameo (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Zakir | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Executive Producer | |
| 2022 | Executive Producer | |
| 2020 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2017 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Screenplay | |
| 2013 | Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| Writer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |