Kumail Nanjiani
Acting
Born: May 2, 1978 (age 48) · Karachi, Pakistan
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Boys
2019
The Simpsons
1989
Eternals
2021
Central Intelligence
2016
Men in Black: International
2019
What If...?
2021
Sex Tape
2014
Dolittle
2020
The X-Files
1993
Life As We Know It
2010
Adventure Time
2010
Fallout
2024
Photos (9)
Movies (40)
Over Your Dead Body
Hollywood Dan (uncredited)
Eternals
Kingo
Migration
Mack Mallard (voice)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Nadeem
Men in Black: International
Pawny (voice)
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Jay (voice)
Sex Tape
Punit
The Breadwinner
Peyton
Central Intelligence
Jared the Airport Security Guard
Dolittle
Plimpton (voice)
Fist Fight
Officer Mehar
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Brad Syed
The Five-Year Engagement
Pakistani Chef
Driver's Ed
Mr. Rivers
Ella McCay
Trooper Nash
The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani
Life As We Know It
Simon
Stuber
Stu Prasad
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Keanu
Hell and Back
Dave the Demon (voice)
The Wrong Girls
GG (voice)
Death to 2020
Bark Multiverse
The Kings of Summer
Gary
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Nasir
The Lovebirds
Jibran
The Late Bloomer
Rich
Brother Nature
Riggleman
Bad Milo!
Bobbi
Addicted to Fresno
Damon
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Perry
Duck Butter
Jake
The Arrangement
Alfred Dalton
Destroy All Neighbors
Smelting Refinery Guard
Hell Baby
Cable Guy
Flock of Dudes
Ro
Timms Valley
Arjit Pondicherry
Is / Was \ Will
2025
Loaded
Raza
The Last of the Great Romantics
George the Counter Guy
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
2010
TV Shows (48)
The Simpsons
Theo (voice) · 1 eps
Adventure Time
Prismo (voice) · 6 eps
The Boys
Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited) · 2 eps
Bob's Burgers
Skip Marooch (voice) · 3 eps
Saturday Night Live
Indian Reporter (uncredited) · 1 eps
The X-Files
Pasha · 1 eps
Only Murders in the Building
Rudy Thurber · 7 eps
What If...?
Kingo (voice) · 1 eps
Community
Lapari · 2 eps
Fallout
Xander Harkness · 2 eps
Archer
Farooq Ashkani (voice) · 1 eps
Franklin & Bash
Pindar Singh · 31 eps
Silicon Valley
Dinesh Chugtai · 53 eps
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Bees (voice) · 1 eps
Veep
Statistician · 1 eps
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Prismo (voice) · 3 eps
Portlandia
Cell Phone Salesman · 1 eps
Portlandia
Birthday Loan Officer · 1 eps
Portlandia
Human Bandwidth Manager · 1 eps
Portlandia
Denim Salesman · 1 eps
Portlandia
SoCal Waiter · 7 eps
Krapopolis
Spartan Army Leader (voice) · 1 eps
Key & Peele
College Kid #1 · 1 eps
Poker Face
Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson · 1 eps
Drunk History
Lakota Chief · 1 eps
Broad City
Benny Calitri · 1 eps
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Vik (voice) · 1 eps
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Cute-ling Mayor (voice) · 1 eps
Murderville
Kumail Nanjiani · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Samir Wassan · 1 eps
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Haja Estree · 3 eps
Burning Love
Zakir · 14 eps
History of the World: Part II
Vatsyayana · 1 eps
HarmonQuest
Eddie Lizzard · 2 eps
Bless the Harts
Jesus (voice) · 4 eps
The Grinder
Prosecutor Leonard · 2 eps
Ugly Americans
Neilando Patel (voice) · 1 eps
Major Lazer
Thor (voice) · 1 eps
Deli Boys
Danyal Khan · 2 eps
TripTank
Dick Genie (voice) · 1 eps
Bee and PuppyCat
Howell (voice) · 3 eps
Garfunkel and Oates
Jordan · 1 eps
Welcome to Chippendales
Somen 'Steve' Banerjee · 8 eps
Traffic Light
Paul · 1 eps
Michael & Michael Have Issues
Kumail · 7 eps
Newsreaders
Amir Larussa · 3 eps
Bunk
3 eps
The Screener
Parker Harrison · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (58)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 6 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Conan
Self · 2 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · 2 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · 2 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 5 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host · 1 eps
The View
Self · 2 eps
The View
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self · 2 eps
Hot Ones
Self · 1 eps
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self · 2 eps
Big Mouth
himself (voice) · 1 eps
After Midnight
Self · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
Taskmaster
Self · 10 eps
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Good Morning America
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Last Leg
Self · 1 eps
Chelsea
Self · 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · 1 eps
The Eric Andre Show
Self · 1 eps
Grave Conversations
Self · 1 eps
Reunited Apart
Self · 1 eps
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Haja Estree
The Jeselnik Offensive
Self · 2 eps
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
Self - Judge · 2 eps
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Self
Dr Phil LIVE!
Self · 1 eps
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laugh Factory
Self · 3 eps
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Self · 1 eps
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Self - Kingo
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
Self · 1 eps
Attack of the Doc!
Self
Project Greenlight
Self · 10 eps
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Self · 24 eps
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
Self
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Self
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Self
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Self
Poop Talk
Self
It Started As a Joke
Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
Himself
Upcoming (2)
Writing (4)
Producing (8)
Little America
Executive Producer
The Big Sick
Executive Producer
Welcome to Chippendales
Executive Producer
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Executive Producer
The Lovebirds
Executive Producer
Project Greenlight
Executive Producer
See You When I See You
Producer
Is / Was \ Will
Executive Producer