Kumail Nanjiani
Acting
1978-05-02 · Karachi, Pakistan
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.
Filmography
TheatersThe Comeback King
2027 · Movie
TheatersThe Wrong Girls
2026 · Movie
The Breadwinner
2026 · Movie
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026 · Movie
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
2026 · Series
Over Your Dead Body
2026 · Movie
See You When I See You
2026 · Movie
The Screener
2026 · Series
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
2025 · Movie
Ella McCay
2025 · Movie
Driver's Ed
2025 · Movie
Deli Boys
2025 · Series
Is / Was \ Will
2025 · Movie
Destroy All Neighbors
2024 · Movie
Grave Conversations
2024 · Series
Fallout
2024 · Series
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Movie
After Midnight
2024 · Series
Migration
2023 · Movie
Krapopolis
2023 · Series
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
2023 · Series
Dr Phil LIVE!
2023 · Series
Project Greenlight
2023 · Series
Attack of the Doc!
2023 · Movie
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
2023 · Movie
History of the World: Part II
2023 · Series
Poker Face
2023 · Series
Welcome to Chippendales
2022 · Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022 · Movie
Bee and PuppyCat
2022 · Series
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · Series
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022 · Series
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
2022 · Movie
Murderville
2022 · Series
Eternals
2021 · Movie
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021 · Movie
Only Murders in the Building
2021 · Series
What If...?
2021 · Series
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021 · Movie
Death to 2020
2020 · Movie
The Lovebirds
2020 · Movie
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020 · Movie
Reunited Apart
2020 · Series
Little America
2020 · Series
Dolittle
2020 · Movie
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019 · Movie
Bless the Harts
2019 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
2019 · Series
The Boys
2019 · Series
Stuber
2019 · Movie
Men in Black: International
2019 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
2019 · Series
It Started As a Joke
2019 · Movie
Duck Butter
2018 · Movie
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2018 · Movie
Poop Talk
2018 · Movie
Big Mouth
2017 · Series
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017 · Movie
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017 · Movie
The Big Sick
2017 · Movie
Fist Fight
2017 · Movie
The Late Bloomer
2016 · Movie
Brother Nature
2016 · Movie
HarmonQuest
2016 · Series
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016 · Movie
Central Intelligence
2016 · Movie
Chelsea
2016 · Series
Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015 · Movie
Hell and Back
2015 · Movie
Addicted to Fresno
2015 · Movie
The Grinder
2015 · Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Series
Taskmaster
2015 · Series
Flock of Dudes
2015 · Movie
Major Lazer
2015 · Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
Hot Ones
2015 · Series
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015 · Movie
Misery Loves Comedy
2015 · Movie
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014 · Series
Garfunkel and Oates
2014 · Series
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
2014 · Series
Sex Tape
2014 · Movie
The Last of the Great Romantics
2014 · Movie
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · Series
Silicon Valley
2014 · Series
TripTank
2014 · Series
Loaded
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Series
Broad City
2014 · Series
Timms Valley
2013 · Movie
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013 · Series
Hell Baby
2013 · Movie
Bad Milo!
2013 · Movie
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
2013 · Movie
Drunk History
2013 · Series
The Jeselnik Offensive
2013 · Series
The Last Leg
2013 · Series
The Kings of Summer
2013 · Movie
Newsreaders
2013 · Series
The Arrangement
2013 · Movie
Bunk
2012 · Series
Burning Love
2012 · Series
The Eric Andre Show
2012 · Series
The Five-Year Engagement
2012 · Movie
Veep
2012 · Series
Key & Peele
2012 · Series
Franklin & Bash
2011 · Series
Traffic Light
2011 · Series
Portlandia
2011 · Series
Bob's Burgers
2011 · Series
Conan
2010 · Series
Life As We Know It
2010 · Movie
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
2010 · Movie
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010 · Series
Adventure Time
2010 · Series
Ugly Americans
2010 · Series
Community
2009 · Series
Archer
2009 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Michael & Michael Have Issues
2009 · Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
The X-Files
1993 · Series
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Series
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Laugh Factory
1979 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Good Morning America
1975 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Very Young Frankenstein
Series
Sex Criminals
Series
Compulsive Liar
Movie
Green Bank
Movie
All Day & All Night
Movie
Howl
Movie
Sidekicks
Movie