Kumail Nanjiani
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.
The Doubtful Guest
A Night at the Academy Museum
(Self)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
(Self)
Eternals
(Kingo)
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
(Nadeem Razmaadi)
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
(Self)
Migration
(Mack Mallard (voice))
Thread: An Insidious Tale
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
(Self - Kingo)
The Kings of Summer
(Gary)
Attack of the Doc!
(Self)
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
(Himself)
Loaded
(Raza)
A Guy Walks Into a Bar
Ella McCay
Brother Nature
(Riggleman)
Poop Talk
(Self)
The Arrangement
(Alfred Dalton)
Sex Tape
(Punit)
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
(Self - Haja Estree)
Misery Loves Comedy
(Self)
Destroy All Neighbors
(Smelting Refinery Guard)
Hello, My Name Is Doris
(Nasir)
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
(Brad)
Flock of Dudes
(Ro)
Hell & Back
(Dave the Demon (voice))
Timms Valley
(Arjit Pondicherry)
Hell Baby
(Cable Guy)
Central Intelligence
(Jared the Airport Security Guard)
The Lego Ninjago Movie
(Jay (voice))
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
(Keanu)
Burning Love 2
(Zakir)
The Late Bloomer
(Rich)
The Big Sick
(Kumail Nanjiani)
Fist Fight
(Officer Mehar)
Bad Milo!
(Bobbi)
The Five-Year Engagement
(Pakistani Chef)
Duck Butter
(Jake)
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
(Self)
Stuber
(Stu)
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
(Perry)
The Lovebirds
(Jibran)
Men in Black: International
(Pawny (voice))
It Started As a Joke
(Self)
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
(Self)
The Last of the Great Romantics
(George the Counter Guy)
Dolittle
(Plimpton (voice))
Any Person, Living Or Dead
Life As We Know It
(Simon)
Death to 2020
(Bark Multiverse)
Addicted to Fresno
(Damon)
Roll Up Your Sleeves
(Self)
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
Bless the Harts
(Jesus (voice))
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
Burning Love
(Zakir)
Silicon Valley
(Dinesh Chugtai)
Welcome to Chippendales
(Somen 'Steve' Banerjee)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Cameo (uncredited))
Franklin & Bash
(Pindar Singh)
Community
(Lapari)
Ugly Americans
(Neilando Patel (voice))
Bunk
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self - Guest)
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self - Guest)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Big Mouth
(himself (voice))
Project Greenlight
(Self)
Broad City
(Benny Calitri)
The Eric Andre Show
(Self)
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
(Self)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self - Guest)
Portlandia
(Cell Phone Salesman)
Portlandia
(Birthday Loan Officer)
Portlandia
(Human Bandwidth Manager)
Portlandia
(Denim Salesman)
Murderville
(Kumail Nanjiani)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
(Self)
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
(Cute-ling Mayor (voice))
Chelsea
(Self)
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
(Vik (voice))
Obi-Wan Kenobi
(Haja Estree)
The Simpsons
(Theo (voice))
Bob's Burgers
(Skip Marooch (voice))
HarmonQuest
(Eddie Lizzard)
Bob's Burgers
(Skip (voice))
The Jennifer Hudson Show
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TripTank
(Dick Genie (voice))
The Boys
(Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited))
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
Major Lazer
(Thor (voice))
Krapopolis
(Spartan Army Leader (voice))
Bee and PuppyCat
(Howell (voice))
The Twilight Zone
(Samir Wassan)
Portlandia
(SoCal Waiter)
Bless the Harts
(Jesus Christ (voice))
RuPaul's Drag Race
(Self - Judge)
Veep
(Statistician)
Ultra City Smiths
(Arjit Pondicherry)
The View
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The View
(Self - Guest)
The Jeselnik Offensive
(Self)
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
(Self)
HarmonQuest
(Eddie Lizard)
Archer
(Farooq Ashkani (voice))
Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
(Howell (voice))
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
Drunk History
(Lakota Chief)
Reunited Apart
(Self)
The X-Files
(Pasha)
Hot Ones
(Self)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
(Self)
History of the World: Part II
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
Adventure Time
(Prismo (voice))
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self - Guest Host)
Garfunkel and Oates
(Jordan)
Conan
(Self)
Only Murders in the Building
(Rudy Thurber)
Lie Detector
(Self)
Michael & Michael Have Issues
(Kumail)
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
(Writer)
The Doubtful Guest
(Writer)
A Guy Walks Into a Bar
(Executive Producer)
The Big Sick
(Screenplay)
The Big Sick
(Executive Producer)
The Lovebirds
(Executive Producer)
Sidekicks
(Screenplay)
See You When I See You
(Producer)
Little America
(Executive Producer)
Welcome to Chippendales
(Executive Producer)
Project Greenlight
(Executive Producer)