Kumail Nanjiani

Birthday: 1978-02-21
Birthplace: Karachi, Pakistan
Gender: Male
Drafted: 597
Drafted By: The Free Refills
Owned By: The Free Refills
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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.

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Credits

Year Title Character
The Doubtful Guest
Thread: An Insidious Tale
A Guy Walks Into a Bar
Any Person, Living Or Dead
The Wrong Girls
Driver's Ed
2025-09-18 Ella McCay
2025-02-14 Is / Was \ Will
2024-04-26 Destroy All Neighbors Smelting Refinery Guard
2024-03-20 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Nadeem
2023-12-06 Migration Mack Mallard (voice)
2021-11-03 Eternals Kingo
2020-12-27 Death to 2020 Bark Multiverse
2020-05-22 The Lovebirds Jibran
2020-01-02 Dolittle Plimpton (voice)
2019-07-11 Stuber Stu Prasad
2019-06-12 Men in Black: International Pawny (voice)
2018-04-27 Duck Butter Jake
2017-09-21 The Lego Ninjago Movie Jay (voice)
2017-05-05 A Happening of Monumental Proportions Perry
2017-03-30 The Big Sick Kumail Nanjiani
2017-02-16 Fist Fight Officer Mehar
2016-10-07 The Late Bloomer Rich
2016-09-09 Brother Nature Riggleman
2016-07-07 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Keanu
2016-06-16 Central Intelligence Jared the Airport Security Guard
2015-11-27 Hello, My Name Is Doris Nasir
2015-10-02 Hell and Back Dave the Demon (voice)
2015-10-02 Addicted to Fresno Damon
2015-06-13 Flock of Dudes Ro
2015-02-20 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Brad
2014-07-17 Sex Tape Punit
2014-07-17 The Last of the Great Romantics George the Counter Guy
2014-03-08 Loaded Raza
2013-12-31 Timms Valley Arjit Pondicherry
2013-09-06 Hell Baby Cable Guy
2013-08-28 Bad Milo! Bobbi
2013-01-19 The Kings of Summer Gary
2013-01-01 The Arrangement Alfred Dalton
2012-04-27 The Five-Year Engagement Pakistani Chef
2010-10-02 Life As We Know It Simon
2010-07-01 Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?