Acting
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.
Filmography
The Comeback King
Film · 2027
Driver's Ed
Film · 2026
The Breadwinner
Film · 2026
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
Film · 2026
Over Your Dead Body
Film · 2026
The Wrong Girls
Film · 2026
The Screener
Series · 2026
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
Series · 2026
Ella McCay
Film · 2025
Is / Was \ Will
Film · 2025
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Film · 2025
Deli Boys
Series · 2025
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Film · 2024
Destroy All Neighbors
Film · 2024
After Midnight
Series · 2024
Grave Conversations
Series · 2024
Fallout
Series · 2024
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Film · 2023
Migration
Film · 2023
Attack of the Doc!
Film · 2023
Project Greenlight
Series · 2023
Krapopolis
Series · 2023
History of the World: Part II
Series · 2023
Dr Phil LIVE!
Series · 2023
Poker Face
Series · 2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Series · 2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Film · 2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Film · 2022
Welcome to Chippendales
Series · 2022
Murderville
Series · 2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Series · 2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Series · 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Series · 2022
Bee and PuppyCat
Series · 2022
A Night at the Academy Museum
Film · 2021
Eternals
Film · 2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Film · 2021
Only Murders in the Building
Series · 2021
What If...?
Series · 2021
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Film · 2020
The Lovebirds
Film · 2020
Dolittle
Film · 2020
Death to 2020
Film · 2020
Reunited Apart
Series · 2020
Stuber
Film · 2019
Men in Black: International
Film · 2019
It Started As a Joke
Film · 2019
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Film · 2019
Bless the Harts
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
The Boys
Series · 2019
The Twilight Zone
Series · 2019
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
Series · 2019
Game Changer
Series · 2019
Poop Talk
Film · 2018
Duck Butter
Film · 2018
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Film · 2018
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Film · 2017
The Big Sick
Film · 2017
Fist Fight
Film · 2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Film · 2017
Big Mouth
Series · 2017
Brother Nature
Film · 2016
Central Intelligence
Film · 2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Film · 2016
The Late Bloomer
Film · 2016
Chelsea
Series · 2016
HarmonQuest
Series · 2016
Misery Loves Comedy
Film · 2015
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Film · 2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Film · 2015
Flock of Dudes
Film · 2015
Hell and Back
Film · 2015
Addicted to Fresno
Film · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
Major Lazer
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
Hot Ones
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Grinder
Series · 2015
Taskmaster
Series · 2015
Loaded
Film · 2014
Sex Tape
Film · 2014
The Last of the Great Romantics
Film · 2014
Silicon Valley
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Series · 2014
Broad City
Series · 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Series · 2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Series · 2014
TripTank
Series · 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Series · 2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Kings of Summer
Film · 2013
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
Film · 2013
The Arrangement
Film · 2013
Timms Valley
Film · 2013
Hell Baby
Film · 2013
Bad Milo!
Film · 2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Series · 2013
The Jeselnik Offensive
Series · 2013
Drunk History
Series · 2013
The Last Leg
Series · 2013
Newsreaders
Series · 2013
The Five-Year Engagement
Film · 2012
Burning Love
Series · 2012
Bunk
Series · 2012
The Eric Andre Show
Series · 2012
Veep
Series · 2012
Key & Peele
Series · 2012
Franklin & Bash
Series · 2011
Portlandia
Series · 2011
Portlandia
Series · 2011
Portlandia
Series · 2011
Portlandia
Series · 2011
Bob's Burgers
Series · 2011
Portlandia
Series · 2011
Traffic Light
Series · 2011
Life As We Know It
Film · 2010
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
Film · 2010
Ugly Americans
Series · 2010
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Series · 2010
Adventure Time
Series · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Community
Series · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Series · 2009
Archer
Series · 2009
Michael & Michael Have Issues
Series · 2009
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Series · 2000
The View
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The X-Files
Series · 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Series · 1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Series · 1992
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
Laugh Factory
Series · 1979
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Good Morning America
Series · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Compulsive Liar
Film
All Day & All Night
Film
Green Bank
Film
Howl
Film
Very Young Frankenstein
Series