Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Nanjiani

Birthday: 1978-05-02

Place of birth: Karachi, Pakistan

Also known as: Kumail Ali Nanjiani, 쿠마일 난지아니, Κουμάιλ Ναντζιάνι, Кумэйл Нанджиани, クメイル・ナンジアニ, 库梅尔·南贾尼, Κουμέιλ Ναντζιάνι, 庫梅爾·南賈尼, คูเมล นานจิเอนี, کمیل نانجیانی

imdb_id: nm3529685

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 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.

Played in movies:

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020

Score: 8.6

Roll Up Your Sleeves

Score: 7.5

Migration

Score: 7.4

The Big Sick

Score: 7.3

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

Score: 7.2

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

Score: 7.2

A Night at the Academy Museum

Score: 7.0

The Kings of Summer

Score: 7.0

Life As We Know It

Score: 6.9

Eternals

Score: 6.8

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Score: 6.8

Stuber

Score: 6.6

Dolittle

Score: 6.6

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Score: 6.5

Death to 2020

Score: 6.5

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Score: 6.5

Destroy All Neighbors

Score: 6.4

Central Intelligence

Score: 6.4

Hello, My Name Is Doris

Score: 6.4

Timms Valley

Score: 6.2

The Lovebirds

Score: 6.1

Flock of Dudes

Score: 6.1

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Score: 6.1

Fist Fight

Score: 6.1

Misery Loves Comedy

Score: 6.0

Men in Black: International

Score: 5.9

The Five-Year Engagement

Score: 5.9

Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?

Score: 5.8

Bad Milo!

Score: 5.7

Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male

Score: 5.7

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

Score: 5.7

The Late Bloomer

Score: 5.4

Duck Butter

Score: 5.4

Sex Tape

Score: 5.4

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

Score: 5.4

Hell and Back

Score: 5.2

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Score: 5.2

Addicted to Fresno

Score: 5.2

Brother Nature

Score: 5.2

Hell Baby

Score: 5.2

Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity

Score: 5.1

The Arrangement

Score: 5.0

Attack of the Doc!

Score: 5.0

It Started As a Joke

Score: 4.8

Poop Talk

Score: 4.5

Loaded

Score: 4.3

Driver's Ed

Score: 0.0

The Wrong Girls

Score: 0.0

Is / Was \ Will

Score: 0.0

Any Person, Living Or Dead

Score: 0.0

The Last of the Great Romantics

Score: 0.0

Ella McCay

Score: 0.0

A Guy Walks Into a Bar

Score: 0.0

Thread: An Insidious Tale

Score: 0.0

The Doubtful Guest

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Dr Phil LIVE!

Score: 9.0

TableTop

Score: 8.8

Adventure Time

Score: 8.5

The Boys

Score: 8.5

Only Murders in the Building

Score: 8.5

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

Ugly Americans

Score: 8.2

What If...?

Score: 8.1

Silicon Valley

Score: 8.1

Bee and PuppyCat

Score: 8.1

Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space

Score: 8.1

The Simpsons

Score: 8.0

The Green Room with Paul Provenza

Score: 8.0

Community

Score: 8.0

Archer

Score: 7.9

The Eric Andre Show

Score: 7.9

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Score: 7.9

Bob's Burgers

Score: 7.8

Bob's Burgers

Score: 7.8

HarmonQuest

Score: 7.8

HarmonQuest

Score: 7.8

Big Mouth

Score: 7.6

Key & Peele

Score: 7.6

RuPaul's Drag Race

Score: 7.6

Krapopolis

Score: 7.5

Veep

Score: 7.4

Hot Ones

Score: 7.4

Franklin & Bash

Score: 7.3

Burning Love

Score: 7.3

Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik

Score: 7.2

The Jeselnik Offensive

Score: 7.2

Broad City

Score: 7.2

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

Score: 7.2

Conan

Score: 7.1

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Score: 7.1

Saturday Night Live

Score: 6.9

Saturday Night Live

Score: 6.9

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

Score: 6.9

Portlandia

Score: 6.9

Portlandia

Score: 6.9

Portlandia

Score: 6.9

Portlandia

Score: 6.9

Portlandia

Score: 6.9

Garfunkel and Oates

Score: 6.9

Bless the Harts

Score: 6.8

Bless the Harts

Score: 6.8

Drunk History

Score: 6.8

The Grinder

Score: 6.7

The Twilight Zone

Score: 6.7

Major Lazer

Score: 6.6

Welcome to Chippendales

Score: 6.5

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Score: 6.4

Ultra City Smiths

Score: 6.4

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Score: 6.4

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.4

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.4

After Midnight

Score: 6.3

Murderville

Score: 6.3

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail

Score: 6.0

Michael & Michael Have Issues

Score: 5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.8

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Score: 5.7

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Score: 5.7

History of the World: Part II

Score: 5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.6

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Score: 5.5

Reunited Apart

Score: 5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Score: 5.5

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Score: 5.3

The Last Leg

Score: 5.3

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Score: 5.3

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Score: 5.3

Chelsea

Score: 5.2

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

Score: 5.2

TripTank

Score: 5.1

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Score: 5.1

The View

Score: 4.5

The View

Score: 4.5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Score: 4.4

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Score: 4.0

Lie Detector

Score: 0.0

Project Greenlight

Score: 0.0

Bunk

Score: 0.0