Kumail Nanjiani
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.
Movies (59)
The Comeback King
2027
The Wrong Girls
2026
The Breadwinner
2026
Driver's Ed
2026
Over Your Dead Body
2026
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
2025
Ella McCay
2025
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2025
Is / Was \ Will
2025
Destroy All Neighbors
2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Migration
2023
Attack of the Doc!
2023
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
2022
Eternals
2021
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
Death to 2020
2020
The Lovebirds
2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020
Dolittle
2020
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019
Stuber
2019
Men in Black: International
2019
It Started As a Joke
2019
Duck Butter
2018
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2018
Poop Talk
2018
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
The Big Sick
2017
Fist Fight
2017
The Late Bloomer
2016
Brother Nature
2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016
Central Intelligence
2016
Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015
Hell and Back
2015
Addicted to Fresno
2015
Flock of Dudes
2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
Sex Tape
2014
The Last of the Great Romantics
2014
Loaded
2014
Timms Valley
2013
Hell Baby
2013
Bad Milo!
2013
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
2013
Blackout
2013
The Kings of Summer
2013
The Arrangement
2013
The Five-Year Engagement
2012
Life As We Know It
2010
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
2010
Thread: An Insidious Tale
Green Bank
TV Shows (95)
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
2026
The Screener
2026
Grave Conversations
2024
Fallout
2024
After Midnight
2024
Krapopolis
2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
2023
Dr Phil LIVE!
2023
Project Greenlight
2023
History of the World: Part II
2023
Poker Face
2023
Welcome to Chippendales
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Bee and PuppyCat
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022
Murderville
2022
Only Murders in the Building
2021
What If...?
2021
Reunited Apart
2020
Bless the Harts
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
2019
The Boys
2019
The Twilight Zone
2019
Big Mouth
2017
HarmonQuest
2016
HarmonQuest
2016
Chelsea
2016
The Grinder
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Taskmaster
2015
Major Lazer
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
Garfunkel and Oates
2014
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Silicon Valley
2014
TripTank
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Broad City
2014
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
Drunk History
2013
The Jeselnik Offensive
2013
The Last Leg
2013
Newsreaders
2013
Bunk
2012
Burning Love
2012
The Eric Andre Show
2012
Veep
2012
Key & Peele
2012
Franklin & Bash
2011
Traffic Light
2011
Portlandia
2011
Portlandia
2011
Portlandia
2011
Portlandia
2011
Portlandia
2011
Bob's Burgers
2011
Bob's Burgers
2011
Bob's Burgers
2011
Conan
2010
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010
Adventure Time
2010
Ugly Americans
2010
Community
2009
Archer
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Michael & Michael Have Issues
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
The View
1997
The View
1997
The X-Files
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Simpsons
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Laugh Factory
1979
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Good Morning America
1975
The Oscars
1953
