Kumail Nanjiani

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.

Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
2013
Writer
The Doubtful Guest

Writer
Is / Was \ Will
2025
Executive Producer
Ella McCay
2025
Conan O'Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
2025
Self
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Nadeem
Destroy All Neighbors
2024
Smelting Refinery Guard
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Migration
2023
Mack Mallard (voice)
Attack of the Doc!
2023
Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
2022
Self - Kingo
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
Self - Haja Estree
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
Self
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
Self
The Lovebirds
2020
Executive Producer
The Big Sick
2017
Screenplay
Eternals
2021
Kingo
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020
Self
Thread: An Insidious Tale

Dolittle
2020
Plimpton (voice)
Death to 2020
2020
Bark Multiverse
Stuber
2019
Stu Prasad
Men in Black: International
2019
Pawny (voice)
It Started As a Joke
2019
Self
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019
Self
Poop Talk
2018
Self
Duck Butter
2018
Jake
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2018
Self
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
Jay (voice)
Fist Fight
2017
Officer Mehar
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
Perry
Brother Nature
2016
Riggleman
Central Intelligence
2016
Jared the Airport Security Guard
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016
Keanu
The Late Bloomer
2016
Rich
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
Self
Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015
Nasir
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
Brad
Flock of Dudes
2015
Ro
Hell and Back
2015
Dave the Demon (voice)
Addicted to Fresno
2015
Damon
Loaded
2014
Raza
Sex Tape
2014
Punit
The Last of the Great Romantics
2014
George the Counter Guy
The Kings of Summer
2013
Gary
The Arrangement
2013
Alfred Dalton
Hell Baby
2013
Cable Guy
Bad Milo!
2013
Bobbi
The Five-Year Engagement
2012
Pakistani Chef
Life As We Know It
2010
Simon
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
2010