Cast
Kal Penn
Acting
Cast
Kal Penn
Known for
Acting
Born
1977-04-23
From
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Also known as Kalpen Suresh Modi, Cal Pen
Biography
Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, author, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration. He is best known for his role as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar movie franchise. He is also known for his roles as Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, White House staffer Seth Wright on Designated Survivor, Kevin in How I Met Your Mother and Nikhil Ganguli in the film The Namesake (2006). In early 2009, Penn was offered the position of Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, which he accepted, necessitating his character Lawrence Kutner being written out of the TV series House. In 2020, Penn wrote a memoir called "You Can't Be Serious". While promoting this memoir, Penn announced that he and his boyfriend of 11 years, named Josh, were engaged
★6.7
MOVIE2022
Smile
as Dr. Morgan Desai
★5.8
MOVIE2006
Superman Returns
as Stanford
★7.7
MOVIE2003
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
as Kenneth Warman
★3.9
MOVIE2007
Epic Movie
as Edward
★4.2
MOVIE2005
Son of the Mask
as Jorge
★6.0
MOVIE2002
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
as Taj Mahal Badalandabad
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
as Kumar Patel
★6.6
MOVIE2004
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
as Kumar Patel
★5.6
MOVIE2006
Deck the Halls
as Amit Sayid (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE2005
A Lot Like Love
as Jeeter
★6.0
MOVIE2011
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
as Kumar Patel
★5.4
MOVIE2017
The Layover
as Anuj
★5.1
MOVIE2006
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
as Taj Mahal Badalandabad
★5.3
MOVIE2003
Malibu's Most Wanted
as Hadji
★5.2
MOVIE2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice
as Rajeesh
★7.0
MOVIE2024
The Underdoggs
as Ryan Kauffman
★4.5
MOVIE2005
Sueno
as Raj
★6.8
MOVIE2006
The Namesake
as Gogol / Nikhil
★5.2
MOVIE2006
Man About Town
as Alan Fineberg
★4.9
MOVIE2003
Where's the Party Yaar?
as Mo
MOVIE2026
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
as Dr. Sandeep Kapoor
★5.6
MOVIE2015
Emily & Tim
as Tim (Segment 2)
★5.0
MOVIE1999
Freshmen
as Ajay
★4.9
MOVIE2006
Bachelor Party Vegas
as Z-Bob
★6.2
MOVIE2015
The Sisterhood of Night
as Gordy Gambhir
★4.8
MOVIE2017
The Problem with Apu
as Self
★4.4
MOVIE2021
Untitled Horror Movie
as Mark
★6.3
MOVIE2004
Ball and Chain
as Bobby
★5.9
MOVIE2001
American Desi
as Ajay Pandya
★7.5
MOVIE2003
Cosmopolitan
as Vandana's Fiancee
MOVIE2003
Regarding Ardy
as Fred
★5.4
MOVIE2018
The Ashram
as Nitin
★4.8
MOVIE2004
Homeland Security
as Harrison
★7.4
MOVIE2006
Awesometown
as Guy Reading Newspaper
★5.9
MOVIE2017
Speech & Debate
as James
★4.9
MOVIE2015
The Girl in the Photographs
as Peter Hemmings
★6.3
MOVIE2014
A Prayer for Rain
as Motwani
★6.0
MOVIE2021
Hot Mess Holiday
as Kal Penn
★6.4
MOVIE2008
Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam
as Kumar
★4.6
MOVIE2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
as Self
MOVIETBA
What the F*ck Is My Password?!
★3.8
MOVIE2005
Dancing in Twilight
as Sam
★9.0
MOVIE1998
Express: Aisle to Glory
as Jackie Newton
★5.0
MOVIE2016
Better Off Single
as Brice
★6.6
MOVIE2020
The Girl in the Woods
MOVIETBA
Untitled Harold & Kumar Sequel
as Kumar Patel
★7.0
MOVIE2011
Harold & Kumars Yuletide Jamz
as Kumar Patel
★4.4
MOVIE2013
Dementamania
★6.0
MOVIE2023
Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong
as Self
MOVIETBA
Patel
MOVIETBA
Contra
as Dale Stone
MOVIE2021
Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers
as Self
★4.0
MOVIETBA
Brookfield
as Kumar Zimmerman