Kumail Nanjiani
Known for: Acting
Born: May 2, 1978
Place of birth: Karachi, Pakistan
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.
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Filmography
62 movies · 86 TV shows, newest first
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The Comeback King
2027
6.3
The Wrong Girls
2026
7.5
The Breadwinner
2026
10.0
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026
7.2
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
2026
6.4
Over Your Dead Body
2026
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See You When I See You
2026
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The Screener
2026
7.2
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
2025
5.6
Ella McCay
2025
6.9
Driver's Ed
2025
6.0
Deli Boys
2025
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Is / Was \ Will
2025
6.1
Destroy All Neighbors
2024
10.0
Grave Conversations
2024
8.1
Fallout
2024
6.4
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
5.5
After Midnight
2024
7.4
Migration
2023
7.1
Krapopolis
2023
8.7
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
2023
10.0
Dr Phil LIVE!
2023
1.0
Project Greenlight
2023
5.5
Attack of the Doc!
2023
5.7
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
2023
5.7
History of the World: Part II
2023
7.4
Poker Face
2023
6.5
Welcome to Chippendales
2022
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
6.8
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
8.5
Bee and PuppyCat
2022
7.0
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
7.1
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022
7.1
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
2022
6.4
Murderville
2022
6.8
Eternals
2021
7.0
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
8.4
Only Murders in the Building
2021
8.0
What If...?
2021
7.5
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
6.5
Death to 2020
2020
6.1
The Lovebirds
2020
8.6
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020
5.5
Reunited Apart
2020
6.6
Little America
2020
6.6
Dolittle
2020
7.1
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019
6.5
Bless the Harts
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.9
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
2019
8.4
The Boys
2019
6.6
Stuber
2019
5.9
Men in Black: International
2019
6.7
The Twilight Zone
2019
4.8
It Started As a Joke
2019
5.4
Duck Butter
2018
5.1
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2018
4.5
Poop Talk
2018
7.6
Big Mouth
2017
6.5
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
5.2
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
7.3
The Big Sick
2017
6.0
Fist Fight
2017
5.4
The Late Bloomer
2016
5.1
Brother Nature
2016
7.8
HarmonQuest
2016
6.0
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016
6.4
Central Intelligence
2016
5.1
Chelsea
2016
6.3
Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015
5.3
Hell and Back
2015
5.2
Addicted to Fresno
2015
6.7
The Grinder
2015
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
8.3
Taskmaster
2015
5.7
Flock of Dudes
2015
6.8
Major Lazer
2015
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
7.1
Hot Ones
2015
5.2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
6.1
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
7.2
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
6.9
Garfunkel and Oates
2014
6.4
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
2014
5.4
Sex Tape
2014
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The Last of the Great Romantics
2014
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
8.1
Silicon Valley
2014
5.2
TripTank
2014
4.2
Loaded
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
5.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
7.1
Broad City
2014
6.2
Timms Valley
2013
5.3
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
5.1
Hell Baby
2013
5.7
Bad Milo!
2013
5.8
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
2013
6.8
Drunk History
2013
7.4
The Jeselnik Offensive
2013
5.7
The Last Leg
2013
7.0
The Kings of Summer
2013
7.5
Newsreaders
2013
4.6
The Arrangement
2013
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Bunk
2012
7.3
Burning Love
2012
7.9
The Eric Andre Show
2012
5.8
The Five-Year Engagement
2012
7.5
Veep
2012
7.7
Key & Peele
2012
7.3
Franklin & Bash
2011
6.8
Traffic Light
2011
6.9
Portlandia
2011
7.8
Bob's Burgers
2011
7.2
Conan
2010
6.9
Life As We Know It
2010
6.1
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
2010
8.1
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010
8.5
Adventure Time
2010
8.2
Ugly Americans
2010
8.0
Community
2009
7.9
Archer
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
5.0
Michael & Michael Have Issues
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
7.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
4.3
The View
1997
8.4
The X-Files
1993
6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
8.1
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
NR
Laugh Factory
1979
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
4.9
Good Morning America
1975
7.0
The Oscars
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Compulsive Liar
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All Day & All Night
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Green Bank
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Howl
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Very Young Frankenstein
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Sidekicks
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Sex Criminals
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