Kumail Nanjiani
Birthday: 1978-02-21 | Place of Birth: Karachi, PakistanKumail 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self - Kingo
as Kingo
as Bark Multiverse
as Jibran
as Plimpton (voice)
as Pawny (voice)
as Stu
as Jake
as Jay (voice)
as Kumail Nanjiani
as Officer Mehar
as Nasir
as Rich
as Riggleman
as Brad
as Dave the Demon (voice)
as Ro
as Dinesh Chugtai
as Raza
as Alfred Dalton
as Himself