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Kumail Nanjiani
Karachi, Pakistan
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 kno…
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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.
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2027
The Comeback King
Movie
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2026
The Wrong Girls
Movie GG (voice)
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2026
The Breadwinner
Movie Peyton
- 2026
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2026
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
TV show Self - Judge
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2026
Over Your Dead Body
Movie Hollywood Dan (uncredited)
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2026
See You When I See You
Movie Producer
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2026
The Screener
TV show Parker Harrison
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2025
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Movie Self
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2025
Ella McCay
Movie Trooper Nash
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2025
Driver's Ed
Movie Mr. Rivers
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2025
Deli Boys
TV show Danyal Khan
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2025
Is / Was \ Will
Movie
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2024
Returning to the Firehouse: Making Frozen Empire
Movie Himself
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2024
Destroy All Neighbors
Movie Smelting Refinery Guard
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2024
Grave Conversations
TV show Self
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2024
Fallout
TV show Xander Harkness
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2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Movie Nadeem
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2024
After Midnight
TV show Self
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2023
Migration
Movie Mack Mallard (voice)
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2023
Krapopolis
TV show Spartan Army Leader (voice)
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2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
TV show Prismo (voice)
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2023
Dr Phil LIVE!
TV show Self
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2023
Project Greenlight
TV show Self
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2023
Attack of the Doc!
Movie Self
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2023
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2023
History of the World: Part II
TV show Vatsyayana
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2023
Poker Face
TV show Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
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2022
Welcome to Chippendales
TV show Somen 'Steve' Banerjee
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self
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2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Movie Self - Haja Estree
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2022
Bee and PuppyCat
TV show Howell (voice)
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2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
TV show Haja Estree
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2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TV show Vik (voice)
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2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Movie Self - Kingo
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2022
Murderville
TV show Kumail Nanjiani
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2021
Eternals
Movie Kingo
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2021
A Night at the Academy Museum
Movie Self
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2021
Only Murders in the Building
TV show Rudy Thurber
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2021
What If...?
TV show Kingo (voice)
