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Kumail Nanjiani
4 FOLLOWERS • 71 CREDITS • FEB 21, 1978 • 46
Biography
Kumail Ali Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is primarily 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, he was 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.
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, as well as playing various roles on the comedy series Portlandia.
Known For
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Saturday Night Live
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The X-Files
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Simpsons
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Veep
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RuPaul's Drag Race
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
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The Boys
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Community
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Bob's Burgers
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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The Eric Andre Show
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Drunk History
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Archer
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Big Mouth
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Chelsea
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Broad City
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Adventure Time
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Krapopolis
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The Boys Presents: Diabolical
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The Boys Presents: Diabolical
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TripTank
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The Green Room with Paul Provenza
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Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space (Duplicated)
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Major Lazer
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Ugly Americans
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@midnight with Chris Hardwick
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Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
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The Jeselnik Offensive
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The Twilight Zone
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Obi-Wan Kenobi
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The Five-Year Engagement
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Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
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Life As We Know It
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Sex Tape
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Burning Love
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Central Intelligence
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Destroy All Neighbors
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History of the World: Part II
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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
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Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
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Dolittle
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Hot Tub Time Machine 2
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Fist Fight
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
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Bee and PuppyCat
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The Lego Ninjago Movie
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Ultra City Smiths
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Murderville
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Silicon Valley
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
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Men in Black: International
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Eternals
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The Lovebirds
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Stuber
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The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
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Welcome to Chippendales
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Migration
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The Big Sick
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Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
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