Kumail Nanjiani

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1978-05-02 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Karachi, Pakistan

Kumail 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 ...

Acting

2021

Eternals

as Kingo

2023

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023

Migration

as Mack Mallard (voice)

2014

Loaded

as Raza

2016

Brother Nature

as Riggleman

2018

Poop Talk

as Self

2013

The Arrangement

as Alfred Dalton

2014

Sex Tape

as Punit

2022

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

as Self - Haja Estree

2024

Destroy All Neighbors

as Smelting Refinery Guard

2015

Hell and Back

as Dave the Demon (voice)

2013

Timms Valley

as Arjit Pondicherry

2013

Hell Baby

as Cable Guy

2016

Central Intelligence

as Jared the Airport Security Guard

2017

2016

2017

The Big Sick

as Kumail Nanjiani

2017

Fist Fight

as Officer Mehar

2013

Bad Milo!

as Bobbi

2012

The Five-Year Engagement

as Pakistani Chef

2018

2019

Stuber

as Stu Prasad

2020

The Lovebirds

as Jibran

2019

2014

The Last of the Great Romantics

as George the Counter Guy

2020

Dolittle

as Plimpton (voice)

2010

2020

Death to 2020

as Bark Multiverse

2015

Production

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A Guy Walks Into a Bar

as Executive Producer

2017

The Big Sick

as Screenplay

2017

The Big Sick

as Executive Producer

2020

The Lovebirds

as Executive Producer

-

Sidekicks

as Screenplay

2025

Is / Was \ Will

as Executive Producer

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