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.
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)
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 and 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)
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 Prasad)
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?
Is / Was \ Will
The Wrong Girls
Driver's Ed
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)
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 - Guest 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)
The Last Leg
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
The Grinder
(Prosecutor Leonard)
What If...?
(Kingo (voice))
Dr Phil LIVE!
(Self)
Key & Peele
(College Kid #1)
After Midnight
(Self)
TableTop
(Self - Guest)
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)
Is / Was \ Will
(Executive Producer)
Little America
(Executive Producer)
Welcome to Chippendales
(Executive Producer)
Project Greenlight
(Executive Producer)