Kumail Nanjiani
Kumail Nanjiani
Biography
Kumail 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
Actor
as Zakir
as Smelting Refinery Guard
as Nadeem Razmaadi
as Mack Mallard (voice)
as Self
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Spartan Army Leader (voice)
as Self
as Self - Haja Estree
as Self - Kingo
as Somen 'Steve' Banerjee
as Self
as Howell (voice)
as Haja Estree
as Vik (voice)
as Kumail Nanjiani
as Kingo
as Self
as Self
as Arjit Pondicherry
as Rudy Thurber
as Bark Multiverse
as Jibran
as Plimpton (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Stu
as Pawny (voice)
as Self
as Jesus (voice)
as Jesus Christ (voice)
as Self
as Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
as Samir Wassan
as Jake
as Self
as Self
as Jay (voice)
as Kumail Nanjiani
as Officer Mehar
as himself (voice)
as Rich
as Riggleman
as Keanu
as Jared the Airport Security Guard
as Eddie Lizzard
as Eddie Lizard
as Self
as Nasir
as Dave the Demon (voice)
as Damon
as Ro
as Brad
as Self
as Thor (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Punit
as George the Counter Guy
as Raza
as Self
as Cute-ling Mayor (voice)
as Howell (voice)
as Jordan
as Dinesh Chugtai
as Dick Genie (voice)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Benny Calitri
as Arjit Pondicherry
as Cable Guy
as Bobbi
as Himself
as Gary
as Alfred Dalton
as Self
as Lakota Chief
as Self
as Pakistani Chef
as Zakir
as Self
as Statistician
as Pindar Singh
as Cell Phone Salesman
as Birthday Loan Officer
as Human Bandwidth Manager
as Denim Salesman
as SoCal Waiter
as Skip Marooch (voice)
as Skip (voice)
as Simon
as Self
as Prismo (voice)
as Neilando Patel (voice)
as Lapari
as Farooq Ashkani (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self - Judge
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Guest Host
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Pasha
as Theo (voice)
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self - Host
Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer