
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

The X-Files

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Simpsons

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Saturday Night Live

Veep

RuPaul's Drag Race

The Boys

Community

After Midnight

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Bob's Burgers

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

What If...?

Key & Peele

The Eric Andre Show

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Drunk History

Archer

Only Murders in the Building

Big Mouth

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Chelsea

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Broad City

Adventure Time

Krapopolis

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

TripTank

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

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

Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Five-Year Engagement

The Kings of Summer

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

Burning Love

Sex Tape

Central Intelligence

Life As We Know It

Destroy All Neighbors

Ultra City Smiths

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

Fist Fight

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Bee and PuppyCat

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Murderville

Silicon Valley

Men in Black: International

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

Eternals

Michael & Michael Have Issues

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail

Stuber

The Lovebirds

Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male

Welcome to Chippendales

Migration

Booster Gold

The Big Sick
Production Credits
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