Kumail Nanjiani
Biografía
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.
Filmografía
The Breadwinner
Peyton (2026)
The Screener
Parker Harrison (2026)
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Self (2025)
Ella McCay
Trooper Nash (2025)
Driver's Ed
Mr. Rivers (2025)
Is / Was \ Will
(2025)
Acaba con los vecinos
Smelting Refinery Guard (2024)
Grave Conversations
Self (2024)
Fallout
Xander Harkness (2024)
Cazafantasmas: Imperio helado
Nadeem (2024)
After Midnight
Self (2024)
Migración. Un viaje patas arriba
Mack Mallard (voice) (2023)
Krapopolis
Spartan Army Leader (voice) (2023)
Hora de aventuras: Fionna y Cake
Prismo (voice) (2023)
Dr Phil LIVE!
Self (2023)
Project Greenlight
Self (2023)
Attack of the Doc!
Self (2023)
Hasta el fondo: La historia de Pornhub
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) (2023)
La loca historia del mundo. Parte 2
(2023)
Poker Face
Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson (2023)
Bienvenidos a Chippendales
Somen 'Steve' Banerjee (2022)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self (2022)
Obi-Wan Kenobi: El retorno del Jedi
Self - Haja Estree (2022)
Bee and PuppyCat
Howell (voice) (2022)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Haja Estree (2022)
The Boys presenta: Diabolical
Vik (voice) (2022)
Reunidos: Así se hizo Eternals
Self - Kingo (2022)
Murderville
Kumail Nanjiani (2022)
Eternals
Kingo (2021)
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self (2021)
Solo asesinatos en el edificio
Rudy Thurber (2021)
¿Qué pasaría si...?
Kingo (voice) (2021)
Remángate
Self (2021)
A la mierda el 2020
Bark Multiverse (2020)
Los tortolitos
Jibran (2020)
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Self (2020)
Reunited Apart
Self (2020)
Las aventuras del doctor Dolittle
Plimpton (voice) (2020)
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self (2019)
Bless the Harts
Jesus (voice) (2019)
El programa de Kelly Clarkson
Self (2019)
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
Self (2019)
The Boys
Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited) (2019)
Stuber Express
Stu Prasad (2019)
Men in Black: International
Pawny (voice) (2019)
The Twilight Zone
Samir Wassan (2019)
It Started As a Joke
Self (2019)
Duck Butter
Jake (2018)
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Self (2018)
Poop Talk
Self (2018)
Big Mouth
himself (voice) (2017)
La Lego Ninjago película
Jay (voice) (2017)
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Perry (2017)
La gran enfermedad del amor
Kumail Nanjiani (2017)
Pelea de profes
Officer Mehar (2017)
The Late Bloomer
Rich (2016)
Hermanos Políticos
Riggleman (2016)
HarmonQuest
Eddie Lizard (2016)
Mike y Dave buscan rollo serio
Keanu (2016)
Un espía y medio
Jared the Airport Security Guard (2016)
Chelsea
Self (2016)
Hola, mi nombre es Doris
Nasir (2015)
Hell & Back
Dave the Demon (voice) (2015)
Addicted to Fresno
Damon (2015)
The Grinder
Prosecutor Leonard (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) (2015)
Taskmaster
Self (2015)
Flock of Dudes
Ro (2015)
Major Lazer
Thor (voice) (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest (2015)
Hot Ones
Self (2015)
Jacuzzi al pasado 2
Brad Syed (2015)
Misery Loves Comedy
Self (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self (2014)
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Cute-ling Mayor (voice) (2014)
Garfunkel and Oates
Jordan (2014)
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Self (2014)
Sex Tape. Algo pasa en la nube
Punit (2014)
The Last of the Great Romantics
George the Counter Guy (2014)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self (2014)
Silicon Valley
Dinesh Chugtai (2014)
TripTank
Dick Genie (voice) (2014)
Loaded
Raza (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest (2014)
Broad City
Benny Calitri (2014)
Timms Valley
Arjit Pondicherry (2013)
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self (2013)
Hell Baby
Cable Guy (2013)
Bicho malo (Bad Milo)
Bobbi (2013)
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
Himself (2013)
Drunk History
Lakota Chief (2013)
Blackout
Oregon Power Employee (2013)
The Jeselnik Offensive
Self (2013)
The Last Leg
Self (2013)
Los reyes del verano
Gary (2013)
Newsreaders
Amir Larussa (2013)
The Arrangement
Alfred Dalton (2013)
Bunk
(2012)
Burning Love
Zakir (2012)
The Eric Andre Show
Self (2012)
Eternamente comprometidos
Pakistani Chef (2012)
Veep
Statistician (2012)
Franklin & Bash
Pindar Singh (2011)
Portlandia
SoCal Waiter (2011)
Bob's Burgers
Skip Marooch (2011)
Conan
Self (2010)
Como la vida misma
Simon (2010)
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
(2010)
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Self (2010)
Hora de aventuras
Prismo (voice) (2010)
Ugly Americans
Neilando Patel (voice) (2010)
Community
Lapari (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest (2009)
Michael & Michael Have Issues
Kumail (2009)
RuPaul: Reinas del drag
Self - Guest Judge (2009)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host (2003)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Bees (voice) (2000)
The View
Self - Guest (1997)
Expediente X
Pasha (1993)
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter (1992)
Los Simpson
Theo (voice) (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self (1988)
Laugh Factory
Self (1979)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host (1975)
Good Morning America
Self - Guest (1975)
The Oscars
Self - Presenter (1953)
The Wrong Girls
All Day & All Night
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Sex Criminals
Thread: An Insidious Tale
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Key & Peele
College Kid #1
Compulsive Liar
Simon
Archer
Farooq Ashkani (voice)