Kumail Nanjiani
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Simpsons
Theo (voice)
1989
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Boys
Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
2019
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Adventure Time
Prismo (voice)
2010
Series
Bob's Burgers
Skip Marooch (voice)
2011
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
The X-Files
Pasha
1993
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Indian Reporter (uncredited)
1975
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
2003
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Series
Only Murders in the Building
Rudy Thurber
2021
Series
Community
Lapari
2009
Series
What If...?
Kingo (voice)
2021
Series
Fallout
Xander Harkness
2024
Series
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self
2013
Series
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Series
Archer
Farooq Ashkani (voice)
2009
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
After Midnight
Self
2024
Series
Taskmaster
Self
2015
Series
Big Mouth
himself (voice)
2017
Series
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Prismo (voice)
2023
Series
Good Morning America
Self - Guest
1975
Series
Silicon Valley
Dinesh Chugtai
2014
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016
Series
Chelsea
Self
2016
Series
Veep
Statistician
2012
Series
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Bees (voice)
2000
Film
Over Your Dead Body
Hollywood Dan (uncredited)
2026
Series
The Last Leg
Self
2013
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Film
Eternals
Kingo
2021
Series
Franklin & Bash
Pindar Singh
2011
Series
Portlandia
Cell Phone Salesman
2011
Series
Portlandia
Birthday Loan Officer
2011
Series
Portlandia
Human Bandwidth Manager
2011
Series
Portlandia
Denim Salesman
2011
Series
Portlandia
SoCal Waiter
2011
Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
Series
Krapopolis
Spartan Army Leader (voice)
2023
Series
Poker Face
Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
2023
Series
Key & Peele
College Kid #1
2012
Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Series
The Eric Andre Show
Self
2012
Film
Central Intelligence
Jared the Airport Security Guard
2016
Series
Drunk History
Lakota Chief
2013
Series
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Series
Broad City
Benny Calitri
2014
Film
The Breadwinner
Peyton
2026
Series
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Cute-ling Mayor (voice)
2014
Film
Migration
Mack Mallard (voice)
2023
Series
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Haja Estree
2022
Series
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Vik (voice)
2022
Series
The Twilight Zone
Samir Wassan
2019
Film
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Nadeem
2024
Film
Men in Black: International
Pawny (voice)
2019
Film
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Jay (voice)
2017
Film
Sex Tape
Punit
2014
Series
History of the World: Part II
Vatsyayana
2023
Series
Burning Love
Zakir
2012
Film
Dolittle
Plimpton (voice)
2020
Series
HarmonQuest
Eddie Lizzard
2016
Series
Deli Boys
Danyal Khan
2025
Series
Grave Conversations
Self
2024
Film
Life As We Know It
Simon
2010
Series
Bless the Harts
Jesus (voice)
2019
Series
Ugly Americans
Neilando Patel (voice)
2010
Film
Fist Fight
Officer Mehar
2017
Series
Bee and PuppyCat
Howell (voice)
2022
Film
Driver's Ed
Mr. Rivers
2025
Series
The Grinder
Prosecutor Leonard
2015
Film
The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani
2017
Series
Welcome to Chippendales
Somen 'Steve' Banerjee
2022
Series
Reunited Apart
Self
2020
Film
The Five-Year Engagement
Pakistani Chef
2012
Series
TripTank
Dick Genie (voice)
2014
Film
Ella McCay
Trooper Nash
2025
Series
Major Lazer
Thor (voice)
2015
Series
Murderville
Kumail Nanjiani
2022
Film
The Wrong Girls
GG (voice)
2026
Film
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Keanu
2016
Film
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Haja Estree
2022
Series
Garfunkel and Oates
Jordan
2014
Film
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Brad Syed
2015
Film
The Kings of Summer
Gary
2013
Film
Stuber
Stu Prasad
2019
Series
The Jeselnik Offensive
Self
2013
Film
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Film
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Self
2025
Series
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
Self - Judge
2026
Series
Dr Phil LIVE!
Self
2023
Series
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Self
2010
Series
Traffic Light
Paul
2011
Series
Newsreaders
Amir Larussa
2013
Film
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Nasir
2015
Series
The Screener
Parker Harrison
2026
Film
Death to 2020
Bark Multiverse
2020
Series
Bunk
2012
Film
The Lovebirds
Jibran
2020
Film
Hell and Back
Dave the Demon (voice)
2015
Film
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Perry
2017
Film
The Late Bloomer
Rich
2016
Series
Laugh Factory
Self
1979
Film
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
2015
Series
Michael & Michael Have Issues
Kumail
2009
Film
Duck Butter
Jake
2018
Film
Hell Baby
Cable Guy
2013
Series
Project Greenlight
Self
2023
Film
Bad Milo!
Bobbi
2013
Film
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Self - Kingo
2022
Film
Addicted to Fresno
Damon
2015
Film
The Arrangement
Alfred Dalton
2013
Film
The Comeback King
2027
Film
Destroy All Neighbors
Smelting Refinery Guard
2024
Film
Thread: An Insidious Tale
Film
Flock of Dudes
Ro
2015
Film
Brother Nature
Riggleman
2016
Film
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
Self
2026
Film
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self
2019
Film
Attack of the Doc!
Self
2023
Very Young Frankenstein
Film
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Self
2021
Series
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Self
2014
Film
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Self
2018
Compulsive Liar
Simon
Series
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
Self
2019
Film
It Started As a Joke
Self
2019
Film
Timms Valley
Arjit Pondicherry
2013
All Day & All Night
Film
Poop Talk
Self
2018
Film
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
2021
Film
Is / Was \ Will
2025
Film
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Self
2020
Howl
Film
The Last of the Great Romantics
George the Counter Guy
2014
Film
Green Bank
Film
Loaded
Raza
2014
Film
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
Himself
2013
Film
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
2010