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.
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.
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External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm3529685
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6443390
Facebook: https://facebook.com/KumailNanjiani
Instagram: https://instagram.com/kumailn
Filmography (Movies)
The Breadwinner
Character:Peyton
Release Date:12/03/2026
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Character:Self
Release Date:19/12/2025
Ella McCay
Character:Trooper Nash
Release Date:11/12/2025
Driver's Ed
Character:Mr. Rivers
Release Date:13/09/2025
Is / Was \ Will
Character:
Release Date:14/02/2025
Destroy All Neighbors
Character:Smelting Refinery Guard
Release Date:26/04/2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Character:Nadeem
Release Date:20/03/2024
Migration
Character:Mack Mallard (voice)
Release Date:06/12/2023
Attack of the Doc!
Character:Self
Release Date:21/04/2023
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:15/03/2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Character:Self - Haja Estree
Release Date:07/09/2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Character:Self - Kingo
Release Date:16/02/2022
Eternals
Character:Kingo
Release Date:03/11/2021
A Night at the Academy Museum
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Character:Self
Release Date:18/04/2021
Death to 2020
Character:Bark Multiverse
Release Date:27/12/2020
The Lovebirds
Character:Jibran
Release Date:22/05/2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2020
Dolittle
Character:Plimpton (voice)
Release Date:02/01/2020
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Character:Self
Release Date:20/12/2019
Stuber
Character:Stu Prasad
Release Date:11/07/2019
Men in Black: International
Character:Pawny (voice)
Release Date:12/06/2019
It Started As a Joke
Character:Self
Release Date:10/03/2019
Duck Butter
Character:Jake
Release Date:27/04/2018
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Character:Self
Release Date:06/04/2018
Poop Talk
Character:Self
Release Date:16/02/2018
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Character:Jay (voice)
Release Date:21/09/2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Character:Perry
Release Date:05/05/2017
The Big Sick
Character:Kumail Nanjiani
Release Date:30/03/2017
Fist Fight
Character:Officer Mehar
Release Date:16/02/2017
The Late Bloomer
Character:Rich
Release Date:07/10/2016
Brother Nature
Character:Riggleman
Release Date:09/09/2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Character:Keanu
Release Date:07/07/2016
Central Intelligence
Character:Jared the Airport Security Guard
Release Date:15/06/2016
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Character:Nasir
Release Date:27/11/2015
Hell and Back
Character:Dave the Demon (voice)
Release Date:02/10/2015
Addicted to Fresno
Character:Damon
Release Date:02/10/2015
Flock of Dudes
Character:Ro
Release Date:13/06/2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Character:Brad Syed
Release Date:20/02/2015
Misery Loves Comedy
Character:Self
Release Date:23/01/2015
Sex Tape
Character:Punit
Release Date:17/07/2014
The Last of the Great Romantics
Character:George the Counter Guy
Release Date:17/07/2014
Loaded
Character:Raza
Release Date:08/03/2014
Timms Valley
Character:Arjit Pondicherry
Release Date:31/12/2013
Hell Baby
Character:Cable Guy
Release Date:06/09/2013
Bad Milo!
Character:Bobbi
Release Date:28/08/2013
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
Character:Himself
Release Date:21/07/2013
The Kings of Summer
Character:Gary
Release Date:19/01/2013
The Arrangement
Character:Alfred Dalton
Release Date:01/01/2013
The Five-Year Engagement
Character:Pakistani Chef
Release Date:27/04/2012
Life As We Know It
Character:Simon
Release Date:02/10/2010
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
Character:
Release Date:01/07/2010
Television Appearances
The Screener
Character:Parker Harrison
Grave Conversations
Character:Self
Fallout
Character:Xander Harkness
After Midnight
Character:Self
Krapopolis
Character:Spartan Army Leader (voice)
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Character:Prismo (voice)
Dr Phil LIVE!
Character:Self
Project Greenlight
Character:Self
History of the World: Part II
Character:
Poker Face
Character:Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
Welcome to Chippendales
Character:Somen 'Steve' Banerjee
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Character:Self
Bee and PuppyCat
Character:Howell (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Character:Haja Estree
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Character:Vik (voice)
Murderville
Character:Kumail Nanjiani
Only Murders in the Building
Character:Rudy Thurber
What If...?
Character:Kingo (voice)
Reunited Apart
Character:Self
Bless the Harts
Character:Jesus (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
Character:Self
The Boys
Character:Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
Character:Samir Wassan
Big Mouth
Character:himself (voice)
HarmonQuest
Character:Eddie Lizzard
HarmonQuest
Character:Eddie Lizard
Chelsea
Character:Self
The Grinder
Character:Prosecutor Leonard
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Taskmaster
Character:Self
Major Lazer
Character:Thor (voice)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Character:Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Character:Self - Guest
Hot Ones
Character:Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Character:Cute-ling Mayor (voice)
Garfunkel and Oates
Character:Jordan
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Character:Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Character:Self
Silicon Valley
Character:Dinesh Chugtai
TripTank
Character:Dick Genie (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Character:Self
Broad City
Character:Benny Calitri
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Character:Self
Drunk History
Character:Lakota Chief
The Jeselnik Offensive
Character:Self
The Last Leg
Character:Self
Newsreaders
Character:Amir Larussa
Bunk
Character:
Burning Love
Character:Zakir
The Eric Andre Show
Character:Self
Veep
Character:Statistician
TableTop
Character:Self - Guest
Key & Peele
Character:College Kid #1
Franklin & Bash
Character:Pindar Singh
Portlandia
Character:Cell Phone Salesman
Portlandia
Character:Birthday Loan Officer
Portlandia
Character:Human Bandwidth Manager
Portlandia
Character:Denim Salesman
Portlandia
Character:SoCal Waiter
Bob's Burgers
Character:Skip Marooch (voice)
Bob's Burgers
Character:Skip (voice)
Bob's Burgers
Character:Skip Marooch
Conan
Character:Self
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Character:Self
Adventure Time
Character:Prismo (voice)
Ugly Americans
Character:Neilando Patel (voice)
Community
Character:Lapari
Archer
Character:Farooq Ashkani (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
Michael & Michael Have Issues
Character:Kumail
RuPaul's Drag Race
Character:Self - Guest Judge
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest Host
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Character:Bees (voice)
The View
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self - Guest
The X-Files
Character:Pasha
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
The Simpsons
Character:Theo (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self
Laugh Factory
Character:Self
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Good Morning America
Character:Self - Guest
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