Kumail Nanjiani
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
Credits
- 2026 · The Breadwinner as
- 2025 · Ella McCay as Trooper Nash
- 2025 · Is / Was \ Will as
- 2023 · Money Shot: The Pornhub Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Welcome to Chippendales as Somen 'Steve' Banerjee
- 2022 · Bee and PuppyCat as Howell (voice)
- 2022 · Murderville as Kumail Nanjiani
- 2021 · A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
- 2020 · Death to 2020 as Bark Multiverse
- 2020 · The Lovebirds as Jibran
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2019 · Bless the Harts as Jesus (voice)
- 2019 · Stuber as Stu Prasad
- 2018 · Duck Butter as Jake
- 2018 · Lie Detector as Self
- 2017 · The Lego Ninjago Movie as Jay (voice)
- 2017 · The Big Sick as Kumail Nanjiani
- 2017 · Fist Fight as Officer Mehar
- 2016 · The Late Bloomer as Rich
- 2016 · Brother Nature as Riggleman
- 2016 · HarmonQuest as Eddie Lizzard
- 2016 · HarmonQuest as Eddie Lizard
- 2015 · Hello, My Name Is Doris as Nasir
- 2015 · Hell and Back as Dave the Demon (voice)
- 2015 · The Grinder as Prosecutor Leonard
- 2015 · Major Lazer as Thor (voice)
- 2015 · Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Brad Syed
- 2014 · Garfunkel and Oates as Jordan
- 2014 · TripTank as Dick Genie (voice)
- 2013 · Hell Baby as Cable Guy
- 2013 · The Kings of Summer as Gary
- 2012 · The Eric Andre Show as Self
- 2012 · TableTop as Self - Guest
- 2010 · Ugly Americans as Neilando Patel (voice)
- Future · Thread: An Insidious Tale as
- 2025 · Driver's Ed as Mr. Rivers
- 2024 · Destroy All Neighbors as Smelting Refinery Guard
- 2024 · Grave Conversations as Self
- 2024 · Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Nadeem
- 2024 · After Midnight as Self
- 2023 · Migration as Mack Mallard (voice)
- 2023 · Krapopolis as Spartan Army Leader (voice)
- 2023 · Dr Phil LIVE! as Self
- 2023 · Project Greenlight as Self
- 2023 · Attack of the Doc! as Self
- 2023 · History of the World: Part II as
- 2023 · Poker Face as Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Haja Estree
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi as Haja Estree
- 2022 · The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Vik (voice)
- 2022 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals as Self - Kingo
- 2021 · Eternals as Kingo
- 2021 · Only Murders in the Building as Rudy Thurber
- 2021 · What If...? as Kingo (voice)
- 2021 · Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
- 2020 · Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 as Self
- 2020 · Dolittle as Plimpton (voice)
- 2019 · Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik as Self
- 2019 · The Boys as Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
- 2019 · Men in Black: International as Pawny (voice)
- 2019 · The Twilight Zone as Samir Wassan
- 2019 · It Started As a Joke as Self
- 2018 · Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity as Self
- 2018 · Poop Talk as Self
- 2017 · Big Mouth as himself (voice)
- 2017 · A Happening of Monumental Proportions as Perry
- 2016 · Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Keanu
- 2016 · Central Intelligence as Jared the Airport Security Guard
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2015 · Addicted to Fresno as Damon
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Flock of Dudes as Ro
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2015 · Misery Loves Comedy as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Cute-ling Mayor (voice)
- 2014 · The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail as Self
- 2014 · Sex Tape as Punit
- 2014 · The Last of the Great Romantics as George the Counter Guy
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- 2014 · Silicon Valley as Dinesh Chugtai
- 2014 · Loaded as Raza
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2014 · Broad City as Benny Calitri
- 2013 · Timms Valley as Arjit Pondicherry
- 2013 · @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
- 2013 · Bad Milo! as Bobbi
- 2013 · Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male as Himself
- 2013 · Drunk History as Lakota Chief
- 2013 · The Jeselnik Offensive as Self
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2013 · The Arrangement as Alfred Dalton
- 2012 · Bunk as
- 2012 · Burning Love as Zakir
- 2012 · The Five-Year Engagement as Pakistani Chef
- 2012 · Veep as Statistician
- 2012 · Key & Peele as College Kid #1
- 2011 · Franklin & Bash as Pindar Singh
- 2011 · Portlandia as Cell Phone Salesman
- 2011 · Portlandia as Birthday Loan Officer
- 2011 · Portlandia as Human Bandwidth Manager
- 2011 · Portlandia as Denim Salesman
- 2011 · Portlandia as SoCal Waiter
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Skip Marooch (voice)
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Skip (voice)
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Life As We Know It as Simon
- 2010 · Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy? as
- 2010 · The Green Room with Paul Provenza as Self
- 2010 · Adventure Time as Prismo (voice)
- 2009 · Community as Lapari
- 2009 · Archer as Farooq Ashkani (voice)
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Michael & Michael Have Issues as Kumail
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest Host
- 2000 · Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Bees (voice)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1993 · The X-Files as Pasha
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Theo (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · The Wrong Girls as
- Future · Any Person, Living Or Dead as
- Future · Kumail Nanjiani: Untitled Hulu Special as Self