Kumail Nanjiani
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kumail Nanjiani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Shows(83)
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
Self - Judge
2026
The Screener
Parker Harrison
2026
Grave Conversations
Self
2024
Fallout
Xander Harkness
2024
After Midnight
Self
2024
Krapopolis
Spartan Army Leader (voice)
2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Prismo (voice)
2023
Dr Phil LIVE!
Self
2023
Project Greenlight
Self
2023
History of the World: Part II
2023
Poker Face
Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
2023
Welcome to Chippendales
Somen 'Steve' Banerjee
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Bee and PuppyCat
Howell (voice)
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Haja Estree
2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Vik (voice)
2022
Murderville
Kumail Nanjiani
2022
Only Murders in the Building
Rudy Thurber
2021
What If...?
Kingo (voice)
2021
Reunited Apart
Self
2020
Bless the Harts
Jesus (voice)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
Self
2019
The Boys
Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
2019
The Twilight Zone
Samir Wassan
2019
Big Mouth
himself (voice)
2017
HarmonQuest
Eddie Lizzard
2016
Chelsea
Self
2016
The Grinder
Prosecutor Leonard
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Taskmaster
Self
2015
Major Lazer
Thor (voice)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Cute-ling Mayor (voice)
2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Jordan
2014
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Self
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014
Silicon Valley
Dinesh Chugtai
2014
TripTank
Dick Genie (voice)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Broad City
Benny Calitri
2014
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self
2013
Drunk History
Lakota Chief
2013
The Jeselnik Offensive
Self
2013
The Last Leg
Self
2013
Newsreaders
Amir Larussa
2013
Bunk
2012
Burning Love
Zakir
2012
The Eric Andre Show
Self
2012
Veep
Statistician
2012
Key & Peele
College Kid #1
2012
Franklin & Bash
Pindar Singh
2011
Traffic Light
Paul
2011
Portlandia
Cell Phone Salesman
2011
Bob's Burgers
Skip Marooch (voice)
2011
Conan
Self
2010
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Self
2010
Adventure Time
Prismo (voice)
2010
Ugly Americans
Neilando Patel (voice)
2010
Community
Lapari
2009
Archer
Farooq Ashkani (voice)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Michael & Michael Have Issues
Kumail
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Bees (voice)
2000
The View
Self
1997
The X-Files
Pasha
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
The Simpsons
Theo (voice)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Laugh Factory
Self
1979
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Good Morning America
Self - Guest
1975
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Sex Criminals
Movies(60)
The Wrong Girls
2026
The Breadwinner
Peyton
2026
Driver's Ed
Mr. Rivers
2026
Over Your Dead Body
2026
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Self
2025
Ella McCay
Trooper Nash
2025
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
Self
2025
Is / Was \ Will
2025
Destroy All Neighbors
Smelting Refinery Guard
2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Nadeem
2024
Migration
Mack Mallard (voice)
2023
Attack of the Doc!
Self
2023
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Haja Estree
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Self - Kingo
2022
Eternals
Kingo
2021
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Self
2021
Death to 2020
Bark Multiverse
2020
The Lovebirds
Jibran
2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Self
2020
Dolittle
Plimpton (voice)
2020
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self
2019
Stuber
Stu Prasad
2019
Men in Black: International
Pawny (voice)
2019
It Started As a Joke
Self
2019
Duck Butter
Jake
2018
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Self
2018
Poop Talk
Self
2018
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Jay (voice)
2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Perry
2017
The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani
2017
Fist Fight
Officer Mehar
2017
The Late Bloomer
Rich
2016
Brother Nature
Riggleman
2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Keanu
2016
Central Intelligence
Jared the Airport Security Guard
2016
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Nasir
2015
Hell and Back
Dave the Demon (voice)
2015
Addicted to Fresno
Damon
2015
Flock of Dudes
Ro
2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Brad Syed
2015
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
2015
Sex Tape
Punit
2014
The Last of the Great Romantics
George the Counter Guy
2014
Loaded
Raza
2014
Timms Valley
Arjit Pondicherry
2013
Hell Baby
Cable Guy
2013
Bad Milo!
Bobbi
2013
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
Himself
2013
Blackout
Oregon Power Employee
2013
The Kings of Summer
Gary
2013
The Arrangement
Alfred Dalton
2013
The Five-Year Engagement
Pakistani Chef
2012
Life As We Know It
Simon
2010
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
2010
Thread: An Insidious Tale
Compulsive Liar
Simon
All Day & All Night
Green Bank