Kal Penn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1977-04-23 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Kal Penn

Biography

Kal Penn (born Kalpen Suresh Modi) is an American actor, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration. He is best known for his roles as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar movie franchise, Taj Mahal Badalandabad in Van Wilder and Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj,

Acting

2006

Superman Returns

as Stanford

2006

Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj

as Taj Mahal Badalandabad

2003

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

as Kenneth Warman

2022

Smile

as Dr. Morgan Desai

2002

National Lampoon's Van Wilder

as Taj Mahal Badalandabad

2001

American Desi

as Ajay Pandya

2005

2007

Epic Movie

as Edward

2006

Man About Town

as Alan Fineberg

1998

Express: Aisle to Glory

as Jackie Newton

2006

Deck the Halls

as Amit Sayid (uncredited)

2004

2006

The Namesake

as Gogol / Nikhil

2015

The Sisterhood of Night

as Gordy Gambhir

2003

-

Jodie

as Sandeep (voice)

2014

2021

Hot Mess Holiday

as Kal Penn

2024

The Underdoggs

as Ryan Kauffman

2016

2015

Emily & Tim

as Tim (Segment 2)

2017

-

Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

as Dr. Sandeep Kapoor

2006

Awesometown

as Guy Reading Newspaper

2015

2017

2005

2005

Sueno

as Raj

2003

Cosmopolitan

as Vandana's Fiancee

2018

The Ashram

as Nitin

2004

-

Brookfield

as Kumar Zimmerman

Production

2006

Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj

as Executive Producer

-

Patel

as Executive Producer

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