Kal Penn
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1977-04-23 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Also known As
Kalpen Suresh Modi
Cal Pen
Καλ Πεν
カル・ペン
凱爾潘
کال پن
Kal Penn
Biography
Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, author, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration. He is best known for his role as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar movie franchise. He is also known for his roles as Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, White House staffer Seth Wright on Designated Survivor, Kevin in How I Met Your Mother and Nikhil Ganguli in the film The Namesake (2006). In early 2009, Penn was offered the position of Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, which he accepted, necessitating his character Lawre...
Acting
2006
as Stanford
2006
as Taj Mahal Badalandabad
2023
2004
as Kumar Patel
2003
as Kenneth Warman
2022
as Dr. Morgan Desai
2002
as Taj Mahal Badalandabad
2004
2001
as Ajay Pandya
2005
as Jeeter
2007
as Edward
2006
as Alan Fineberg
1998
as Jackie Newton
2008
as Kumar Patel
2003
as Hadji
2006
as Z-Bob
2006
as Amit Sayid (uncredited)
2004
as Bobby
2006
as Gogol / Nikhil
2011
as Kumar Patel
2013
2015
as Gordy Gambhir
2003
as Fred
2014
as Motwani
2011
as Kumar Patel
2021
as Kal Penn
2008
as Kumar
2024
as Ryan Kauffman
2016
as Brice
2015
as Tim (Segment 2)
2017
as Anuj
-
as Dr. Sandeep Kapoor
2006
as Guy Reading Newspaper
2015
as Peter Hemmings
2017
as Rajeesh
2017
as James
2005
as Jorge
2005
as Raj
2003
as Vandana's Fiancee
2018
as Nitin
2017
as Self
2005
as Sam
2021
as Mark
2004
as Harrison
-
as Kumar Zimmerman
Production
2006
as Executive Producer
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as Producer
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as Executive Producer
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