Cast
Kumail Nanjiani
Acting
Cast
Kumail Nanjiani
Known for
Acting
Born
1978-05-02
From
Karachi, Pakistan
Also known as Kumail Ali Nanjiani
Biography
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.
★6.9
MOVIE2026
The Breadwinner
as Peyton
★6.5
MOVIE2026
Over Your Dead Body
as Hollywood Dan (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE2025
Driver's Ed
as Mr. Rivers
★7.4
MOVIE2023
Migration
as Mack Mallard (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2021
Eternals
as Kingo
★5.9
MOVIE2019
Men in Black: International
as Pawny (voice)
★5.4
MOVIE2014
Sex Tape
as Punit
★6.6
MOVIE2020
Dolittle
as Plimpton (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Nadeem
★6.5
MOVIE2017
The Lego Ninjago Movie
as Jay (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2016
Central Intelligence
as Jared the Airport Security Guard
★6.8
MOVIE2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Haja Estree
★5.8
MOVIE2012
The Five-Year Engagement
as Pakistani Chef
★7.3
MOVIE2017
The Big Sick
as Kumail Nanjiani
★6.9
MOVIE2010
Life As We Know It
as Simon
★5.6
MOVIE2025
Ella McCay
as Trooper Nash
★7.0
MOVIE2013
The Kings of Summer
as Gary
★5.2
MOVIE2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
as Brad Syed
★6.6
MOVIE2019
Stuber
as Stu Prasad
★6.0
MOVIE2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Keanu
★6.1
MOVIE2020
The Lovebirds
as Jibran
★5.8
MOVIE2023
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE2025
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
as Self
★4.6
MOVIE2013
The Arrangement
as Alfred Dalton
★5.3
MOVIE2015
Hell and Back
as Dave the Demon (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2020
Death to 2020
as Bark Multiverse
★5.4
MOVIE2016
The Late Bloomer
as Rich
★6.0
MOVIE2017
Fist Fight
as Officer Mehar
★6.4
MOVIE2015
Hello, My Name Is Doris
as Nasir
★5.7
MOVIE2013
Bad Milo!
as Bobbi
MOVIE2026
The Wrong Girls
as GG (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2015
Misery Loves Comedy
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2023
Attack of the Doc!
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE2018
Duck Butter
as Jake
★6.1
MOVIE2024
Destroy All Neighbors
as Smelting Refinery Guard
★7.1
MOVIE2019
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
as Self
MOVIETBA
Compulsive Liar
as Simon
★5.1
MOVIE2013
Hell Baby
as Cable Guy
★7.5
MOVIE2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
as Self
MOVIETBA
All Day & All Night
★10.0
MOVIE2026
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE2019
It Started As a Joke
as Self
MOVIE2027
The Comeback King
★5.7
MOVIE2015
Flock of Dudes
as Ro
★5.2
MOVIE2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
as Perry
MOVIETBA
Thread: An Insidious Tale
★5.3
MOVIE2015
Addicted to Fresno
as Damon
★5.1
MOVIE2016
Brother Nature
as Riggleman
MOVIETBA
Green Bank
MOVIE2025
Is / Was \ Will
★7.1
MOVIE2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
as Self - Kingo
MOVIE2014
The Last of the Great Romantics
as George the Counter Guy
★6.2
MOVIE2013
Timms Valley
as Arjit Pondicherry
★5.8
MOVIE2013
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
as Himself
★7.0
MOVIE2021
A Night at the Academy Museum
as Self
★8.6
MOVIE2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE2018
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
as Self
★4.2
MOVIE2014
Loaded
as Raza
★4.5
MOVIE2018
Poop Talk
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2010