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.

Known For

The Boys

The Simpsons

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The X-Files

Adventure Time

All Movies (61)

• The Comeback King2027
• The Wrong Girls2026
• The Breadwinner2026 · as Peyton
• Driver's Ed2026 · as Mr. Rivers
• The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas2026 · as Self
• Over Your Dead Body2026 · as Hollywood Dan (uncredited)
• Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts2025 · as Self
• Ella McCay2025 · as Trooper Nash
• Is / Was \ Will2025
• Destroy All Neighbors2024 · as Smelting Refinery Guard
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire2024 · as Nadeem
• Migration2023 · as Mack Mallard (voice)
• Attack of the Doc!2023 · as Self
• Money Shot: The Pornhub Story2023 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return2022 · as Self - Haja Estree
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals2022 · as Self - Kingo
• Eternals2021 · as Kingo
• A Night at the Academy Museum2021 · as Self
• Roll Up Your Sleeves2021 · as Self
• Death to 20202020 · as Bark Multiverse
• The Lovebirds2020 · as Jibran
• Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 20202020 · as Self
• Dolittle2020 · as Plimpton (voice)
• Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee2019 · as Self
• Stuber2019 · as Stu Prasad
• Men in Black: International2019 · as Pawny (voice)
• It Started As a Joke2019 · as Self
• Duck Butter2018 · as Jake
• Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity2018 · as Self
• Poop Talk2018 · as Self
• The Lego Ninjago Movie2017 · as Jay (voice)
• A Happening of Monumental Proportions2017 · as Perry
• The Big Sick2017 · as Kumail Nanjiani
• Fist Fight2017 · as Officer Mehar
• The Late Bloomer2016 · as Rich
• Brother Nature2016 · as Riggleman
• Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates2016 · as Keanu
• Central Intelligence2016 · as Jared the Airport Security Guard
• Hello, My Name Is Doris2015 · as Nasir
• Hell and Back2015 · as Dave the Demon (voice)
• Addicted to Fresno2015 · as Damon
• Flock of Dudes2015 · as Ro
• Hot Tub Time Machine 22015 · as Brad Syed
• Misery Loves Comedy2015 · as Self
• Sex Tape2014 · as Punit
• The Last of the Great Romantics2014 · as George the Counter Guy
• Loaded2014 · as Raza
• Timms Valley2013 · as Arjit Pondicherry
• Hell Baby2013 · as Cable Guy
• Bad Milo!2013 · as Bobbi
• Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male2013 · as Himself
• Blackout2013 · as Oregon Power Employee
• The Kings of Summer2013 · as Gary
• The Arrangement2013 · as Alfred Dalton
• The Five-Year Engagement2012 · as Pakistani Chef
• Life As We Know It2010 · as Simon
• Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?2010
• Thread: An Insidious Tale—
• Compulsive Liar— · as Simon
• All Day & All Night—
• Green Bank—

All TV Shows (95)

• Funny AF with Kevin Hart2026 · as Self - Judge
• The Screener2026 · as Parker Harrison
• Deli Boys2025 · as Danyal Khan
• Grave Conversations2024 · as Self
• Fallout2024 · as Xander Harkness
• After Midnight2024 · as Self
• Krapopolis2023 · as Spartan Army Leader (voice)
• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake2023 · as Prismo (voice)
• Dr Phil LIVE!2023 · as Self
• Project Greenlight2023 · as Self
• History of the World: Part II2023
• Poker Face2023 · as Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
• Welcome to Chippendales2022 · as Somen 'Steve' Banerjee
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
• Bee and PuppyCat2022 · as Howell (voice)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi2022 · as Haja Estree
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical2022 · as Vik (voice)
• Murderville2022 · as Kumail Nanjiani
• Only Murders in the Building2021 · as Rudy Thurber
• What If...?2021 · as Kingo (voice)
• Reunited Apart2020 · as Self
• Bless the Harts2019 · as Jesus (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik2019 · as Self
• The Boys2019 · as Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
• The Twilight Zone2019 · as Samir Wassan
• Big Mouth2017 · as himself (voice)
• HarmonQuest2016 · as Eddie Lizzard
• HarmonQuest2016 · as Eddie Lizard
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• The Grinder2015 · as Prosecutor Leonard
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Taskmaster2015 · as Self
• Major Lazer2015 · as Thor (voice)
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero2014 · as Cute-ling Mayor (voice)
• Garfunkel and Oates2014 · as Jordan
• The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail2014 · as Self
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Self
• Silicon Valley2014 · as Dinesh Chugtai
• TripTank2014 · as Dick Genie (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Broad City2014 · as Benny Calitri
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick2013 · as Self
• Drunk History2013 · as Lakota Chief
• The Jeselnik Offensive2013 · as Self
• The Last Leg2013 · as Self
• Newsreaders2013 · as Amir Larussa
• Bunk2012
• Burning Love2012 · as Zakir
• The Eric Andre Show2012 · as Self
• Veep2012 · as Statistician
• Key & Peele2012 · as College Kid #1
• Franklin & Bash2011 · as Pindar Singh
• Traffic Light2011 · as Paul
• Portlandia2011 · as Cell Phone Salesman
• Portlandia2011 · as Birthday Loan Officer
• Portlandia2011 · as Human Bandwidth Manager
• Portlandia2011 · as Denim Salesman
• Portlandia2011 · as SoCal Waiter
• Bob's Burgers2011 · as Skip Marooch (voice)
• Bob's Burgers2011 · as Skip (voice)
• Bob's Burgers2011 · as Skip Marooch
• Conan2010 · as Self
• The Green Room with Paul Provenza2010 · as Self
• Adventure Time2010 · as Prismo (voice)
• Ugly Americans2010 · as Neilando Patel (voice)
• Community2009 · as Lapari
• Archer2009 · as Farooq Ashkani (voice)
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Michael & Michael Have Issues2009 · as Kumail
• RuPaul's Drag Race2009 · as Self - Guest Judge
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest Host
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force2000 · as Bees (voice)
• The View1997 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• The X-Files1993 · as Pasha
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• The Simpsons1989 · as Theo (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self
• Laugh Factory1979 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Good Morning America1975 · as Self - Guest
• The Oscars1953 · as Self - Presenter
• Very Young Frankenstein—