Kumail Nanjiani

Acting • Born 1978-05-02

Acting3Karachi, Pakistan

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.

Filmography

150 credits

A Night at the Academy Museum

Movie • 2021

Self

Eternals

Movie • 2021

Kingo

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

Movie • 2023

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Movie • 2024

Nadeem

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020

Movie • 2020

Self

Migration

Movie • 2023

Mack Mallard (voice)

Thread: An Insidious Tale

Movie

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

Movie • 2022

Self - Kingo

The Kings of Summer

Movie • 2013

Gary

Attack of the Doc!

Movie • 2023

Self

Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male

Movie • 2013

Himself

Loaded

Movie • 2014

Raza

Ella McCay

Movie • 2025

Trooper Nash

Brother Nature

Movie • 2016

Riggleman

Poop Talk

Movie • 2018

Self

The Arrangement

Movie • 2013

Alfred Dalton

Sex Tape

Movie • 2014

Punit

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Movie • 2022

Self - Haja Estree

Misery Loves Comedy

Movie • 2015

Self

Destroy All Neighbors

Movie • 2024

Smelting Refinery Guard

Hello, My Name Is Doris

Movie • 2015

Nasir

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Movie • 2015

Brad Syed

Flock of Dudes

Movie • 2015

Hell and Back

Movie • 2015

Dave the Demon (voice)

Timms Valley

Movie • 2013

Arjit Pondicherry

Hell Baby

Movie • 2013

Cable Guy

Central Intelligence

Movie • 2016

Jared the Airport Security Guard

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Movie • 2017

Jay (voice)

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Movie • 2016

Keanu

The Late Bloomer

Movie • 2016

Rich

The Big Sick

Movie • 2017

Kumail Nanjiani

Fist Fight

Movie • 2017

Officer Mehar

Bad Milo!

Movie • 2013

Bobbi

The Five-Year Engagement

Movie • 2012

Pakistani Chef

Duck Butter

Movie • 2018

Jake

Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity

Movie • 2018

Self

Stuber

Movie • 2019

Stu Prasad

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

Movie • 2017

Perry

The Lovebirds

Movie • 2020

Jibran

Men in Black: International

Movie • 2019

Pawny (voice)

It Started As a Joke

Movie • 2019

Self

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

Movie • 2019

Self

The Last of the Great Romantics

Movie • 2014

George the Counter Guy

Dolittle

Movie • 2020

Plimpton (voice)

Life As We Know It

Movie • 2010

Simon

Death to 2020

Movie • 2020

Bark Multiverse

Addicted to Fresno

Movie • 2015

Damon

Roll Up Your Sleeves

Movie • 2021

Self

Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?

Movie • 2010

$Is / Was \ Will$

Is / Was \ Will

Movie • 2025

The Wrong Girls

Movie

Driver's Ed

Movie • 2025

Mr. Rivers

The Breadwinner

Movie • 2026

Peyton

Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts

Movie • 2025

Self

Compulsive Liar

Movie

Simon

Blackout

Movie • 2013

Oregon Power Employee

All Day & All Night

Movie

Bless the Harts

TV • 2019

Jesus (voice)

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV • 2015

Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV • 2003

Self - Guest

Burning Love

TV • 2012

Zakir

Silicon Valley

TV • 2014

Dinesh Chugtai

Welcome to Chippendales

TV • 2022

Somen 'Steve' Banerjee

Saturday Night Live

TV • 1975

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Franklin & Bash

TV • 2011

Pindar Singh

Community

TV • 2009

Lapari

Ugly Americans

TV • 2010

Neilando Patel (voice)

TV • 2010

Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV • 2015

Self - Guest

Portlandia

TV • 2011

Cell Phone Salesman

Portlandia

TV • 2011

Birthday Loan Officer

Portlandia

TV • 2011

Human Bandwidth Manager

Murderville

Eddie Lizzard

Bob's Burgers

TV • 2011

Skip (voice)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV • 2022

Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV • 2019

Self

TripTank

TV • 2014

Dick Genie (voice)

The Boys

TV • 2019

Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

TV • 2013

Self

Saturday Night Live

TV • 1975

Self - Host

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV • 2009

Self - Guest

Major Lazer

TV • 2015

Thor (voice)

Krapopolis

TV • 2023

Spartan Army Leader (voice)

The Twilight Zone

TV • 2019

Samir Wassan

Portlandia

TV • 2011

SoCal Waiter

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV • 2009

Self - Guest Judge

Veep

TV • 2012

Statistician

The View

TV • 1997

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV • 2015

The View

TV • 1997

Self - Guest

The Jeselnik Offensive

TV • 2013

Self

Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV • 2015

Self - Guest

Adventure Time

Bees (voice)

Bob's Burgers

TV • 2011

Skip Marooch

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

TV • 2023

Prismo (voice)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV • 2014

Self - Guest

Taskmaster

TV • 2015

Self

The Screener

TV • 2026

Parker Harrison

Laugh Factory

TV • 1979

Self

Fallout

TV • 2024

Xander Harkness

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV • 1992

Self - Presenter

Newsreaders

TV • 2013

Amir Larussa

Good Morning America

TV • 1975

Self - Guest

Sex Criminals

The Oscars

TV • 1953

Self - Presenter