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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.

Filmography

2026
The Wrong Girls
Movie
2026
Driver's Ed

as Mr. Rivers

Movie
2026
The Breadwinner

as Peyton

Movie
2025
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts

as Self

Movie
2025
Ella McCay

as Trooper Nash

Movie
2025
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas

as Self

Movie
2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as Nadeem

Movie
2023
Migration

as Mack Mallard (voice)

Movie
2021
Eternals

as Kingo

Movie
2020
Dolittle

as Plimpton (voice)

Movie
2019
Men in Black: International

as Pawny (voice)

Movie
2016
Central Intelligence

as Jared the Airport Security Guard

Movie
2015
Hello, My Name Is Doris

as Nasir

Movie
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Thread: An Insidious Tale
Movie
2021
Only Murders in the Building

as Rudy Thurber

TV Show
2014
Silicon Valley

as Dinesh Chugtai

TV Show
2011
Portlandia

as SoCal Waiter

TV Show
2010
Adventure Time

as Prismo (voice)

TV Show