
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

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The X-Files

The Simpsons

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Veep

RuPaul's Drag Race

The Boys

Community

After Midnight

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

What If...?

Key & Peele

The Eric Andre Show

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Bob's Burgers

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

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

TripTank

Bee and PuppyCat

The Green Room with Paul Provenza

Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space

Major Lazer

Ugly Americans

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik

The Jeselnik Offensive

The Twilight Zone

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

History of the World: Part II

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Dolittle

Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Fist Fight

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Ultra City Smiths

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Murderville

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

Men in Black: International

Silicon Valley

Michael & Michael Have Issues

Eternals

The Lovebirds

Stuber

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail

Migration

Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male

The Big Sick

Welcome to Chippendales

Booster Gold
Production Credits
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