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Kumail Nanjiani

Name in Native Language: "کمیل علی ننجیانی" (Urdu/UR)
Actor / Screenwriter | * 02/21/1978 (46) | Karachi (Pakistan)
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Kumail Ali Nanjiani (Sindhi: ڪوميل علي ننجياڻي‎; Urdu: کمیل علی ننجیانی; 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, he was 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 ()
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Kumail Ali Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is primarily 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, he was 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.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, as well as playing various roles on the comedy series Portlandia.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Talk-Shows | Animation

Known for these Movies & Shows

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face ...

The Big Sick

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2017 | 3.7/5 | 2h
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they sudd ...

Life As We Know It

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2010 | 3.5/5 | 1h 54min
Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
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Six young ninjas are tasked with defending their island home of Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors using their skill and awesome fleet of vehicles to fight villains and monsters. By day, the ...

The Lego Ninjago Movie

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2017 | 3.3/5 | 1h 41min
Kids & Family, Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy
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After crashing his car, a cop who's recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and s ...

Stuber

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2019 | 3.3/5 | 1h 33min
Action, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Kumail Nanjiani

Independent Spirit Awards Time 100
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Movies with Kumail Nanjiani as Actor(49)

as Smelting Refinery Guard2024 Destroy All Neighbors
2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2023 Attack of the Doc!
2023 Ella McCay
as Rais Bhuiyan2023 The True American
as Mack (voice)2023 Migration
2023 Any Person, Living Or Dead
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023 Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
as Self - Kingo2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
as Self - Haja Estree2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Kingo2021 Eternals
as himself2021 A Night at the Academy Museum
as Bark Multiverse2020 Death to 2020
as Plimpton (voice)2020 Dolittle
as Jibran2020 The Lovebirds
as himself2020 Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
as Stu2019 Stuber
as himself2019 Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
as himself2019 It Started As a Joke
as Pawny (voice)2019 Men in Black: International
as Jake2018 Duck Butter
as himself2018 Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
as himself2018 Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
as Perry2017 A Happening of Monumental Proportions
as himself2017 The Big Sick
as Officer Mehar2017 Fist Fight
as Jay (voice)2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie
as Rich2016 The Late Bloomer
as Riggleman2016 Brother Nature
as Keanu2016 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Jared the Airport Security Guard2016 Central Intelligence
as Damon2015 Addicted to Fresno
as Nasir2015 Hello, My Name Is Doris
as Ro2015 Flock of Dudes
as himself2015 Misery Loves Comedy
as Dave the Demon (voice)2015 Hell & Back
as Brad2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2
as Raza2014 Loaded
as Punit2014 Sex Tape
as George the Counter Guy2014 The Last of the Great Romantics
as Gary2013 The Kings of Summer
as himself2013 Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
as Bobbi2013 Bad Milo!
as Arjit Pondicherry2013 Timms Valley
as Cable Guy2013 Hell Baby
as Alfred Dalton2013 The Arrangement
as Pakistani Chef2012 The Five-Year Engagement
as Simon2010 Life As We Know It
2010 Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?

TV Shows/Series with Kumail Nanjiani as Actor(54)

2023 History of the World: Part II
as himself2023 Project Greenlight
2022 Murderville
as Vik (voice)2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Somen "Steve" Banerjee2022 Welcome to Chippendales
as Howell (voice)2022 Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
as Arjit Pondicherry2021 Ultra City Smiths
as himself2020 Reunited Apart
as Jesus (voice)2019 Bless the Harts
as Samir Wassan2019 The Twilight Zone
as himself2019 Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
as himself (voice)2017 Big Mouth
as Eddie Lizzard2016 HarmonQuest
as Eddie Lizard2016 HarmonQuest
as himself2016 Chelsea
as himself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as himself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as himself2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Thor (voice)2015 Major Lazer
as himself2015 Hot Ones
as himself2014 The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
as Cute-ling Mayor (voice)2014 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Self - Guest2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Howell (voice)2014 Bee and PuppyCat
as himself2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones
as himself2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as himself2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Dinesh Chugtai2014 Silicon Valley
as Jordan2014 Garfunkel and Oates
as Lakota Chief2013 Drunk History
as himself2013 The Jeselnik Offensive
as Statistician2012 Veep
2012 TableTop
2012 Bunk
as Zakir2012 Burning Love
as Various2011 Portlandia
as Skip (voice)2011 Bob's Burgers
as Skip Marooch (voice)2011 Bob's Burgers
as Pindar Singh2011 Franklin & Bash
as Neilando Patel (voice)2010 Ugly Americans
as himself2010 The Green Room with Paul Provenza
as himself2010 Conan
as Lapari2009 Community
as Self - Judge2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as himself2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as himself1997 The View
as Self - Guest1997 The View
as Pasha1993 The X-Files
as Theo (voice)1989 The Simpsons
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Host??? Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)??? Saturday Night Live

Movies with Kumail Nanjiani as Crew(4)

Production/Executive Producer2020 The Lovebirds
Production/Executive Producer2017 The Big Sick
Writing/Screenplay2017 The Big Sick
Writing/Writer2013 Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male

TV Shows/Series with Kumail Nanjiani as Crew(3)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Project Greenlight
Production/Executive Producer2022 Welcome to Chippendales
Production/Executive Producer2020 Little America

Additional Information

Full Name: Kumail Nanjiani
Born: Tuesday, 02/21 1978 (February) in Karachi (Pakistan) (current age: 46 years + 65 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Grinnell College, Karachi Grammar School
Spouses (current/former): Emily V. Gordon
Other names for Kumail Nanjiani (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Kumail Ali Nanjiani"
"쿠마일 난지아니"
"Κουμάιλ Ναντζιάνι"
"Кумэйл Нанджиани"
"クメイル・ナンジアニ"
"库梅尔·南贾尼"
Kumail Nanjiani frequently works together with these people:
David Herman (75x, Actor)
Larry Murphy (48x, Actor)
Andy Samberg (43x, Actor)
Tress MacNeille (37x, Actress)
Brooke Dillman (36x, Actress)
Bill Hader (34x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (33x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (27x, Actress)
Jack McBrayer (27x, Actor)
Kenan Thompson (27x, Actor)
Nick Kroll (25x, Actor)
Michael Showalter (8x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8632, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/08/2024