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.

Filmography

• 2027The Comeback King
• 2026Driver's Ed — Mr. Rivers
• 2026Over Your Dead Body — Hollywood Dan (uncredited)
• 2026See You When I See You — Producer
• 2026The Breadwinner — Peyton
• The Screener — Parker Harrison
• 2026The Wrong Girls — GG (voice)
• Deli Boys — Danyal Khan
• 2025Ella McCay — Trooper Nash
• 2025Is / Was \ Will — Executive Producer
• 2025Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts — Self, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2024Destroy All Neighbors — Smelting Refinery Guard
• Fallout — Xander Harkness
• 2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire — Nadeem
• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake — Prismo (voice)
• History of the World: Part II — Vatsyayana
• Krapopolis — Spartan Army Leader (voice)
• 2023Migration — Mack Mallard (voice)
• Poker Face — Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
• Project Greenlight — Self, Executive Producer
• Bee and PuppyCat — Howell (voice)
• Murderville — Kumail Nanjiani
• Obi-Wan Kenobi — Haja Estree
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical — Vik (voice)
• Welcome to Chippendales — Somen 'Steve' Banerjee, Executive Producer
• 2021Eternals — Kingo
• Only Murders in the Building — Rudy Thurber
• What If...? — Kingo (voice)
• 2020Death to 2020 — Bark Multiverse
• 2020Dolittle — Plimpton (voice)
• Little America — Executive Producer, Teleplay
• 2020The Lovebirds — Jibran, Executive Producer
• Bless the Harts — Jesus (voice)
• 2019Men in Black: International — Pawny (voice)
• 2019Stuber — Stu Prasad
• The Boys — Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
• The Twilight Zone — Samir Wassan
• 2018Duck Butter — Jake
• 2017A Happening of Monumental Proportions — Perry
• 2017Fist Fight — Officer Mehar
• 2017The Big Sick — Kumail Nanjiani, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2017The Lego Ninjago Movie — Jay (voice)
• 2016Brother Nature — Riggleman
• 2016Central Intelligence — Jared the Airport Security Guard
• HarmonQuest — Eddie Lizzard
• 2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates — Keanu
• 2016The Late Bloomer — Rich
• 2015Addicted to Fresno — Damon
• 2015Flock of Dudes — Ro
• 2015Hell and Back — Dave the Demon (voice)
• 2015Hello, My Name Is Doris — Nasir
• 2015Hot Tub Time Machine 2 — Brad Syed
• Major Lazer — Thor (voice)
• The Grinder — Prosecutor Leonard
• Broad City — Benny Calitri
• Garfunkel and Oates — Jordan
• 2014Loaded — Raza
• Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero — Cute-ling Mayor (voice)
• 2014Sex Tape — Punit
• Silicon Valley — Dinesh Chugtai
• 2014The Last of the Great Romantics — George the Counter Guy
• TripTank — Dick Genie (voice)
• 2013Bad Milo! — Bobbi
• Drunk History — Lakota Chief
• 2013Hell Baby — Cable Guy
• 2013Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male — Himself, Writer
• Newsreaders — Amir Larussa
• 2013The Arrangement — Alfred Dalton
• 2013The Kings of Summer — Gary
• 2013Timms Valley — Arjit Pondicherry
• Bunk
• Burning Love — Zak
• Key & Peele — College Kid #1
• 2012The Five-Year Engagement — Pakistani Chef
• Veep — Statistician
• Bob's Burgers — Skip Marooch (voice)
• Franklin & Bash — Pindar Singh
• Portlandia — Cell Phone Salesman, Birthday Loan Officer, Human Bandwidth Manager, Denim Salesman, SoCal Waiter
• Traffic Light — Paul
• Adventure Time — Prismo (voice)
• 2010Life As We Know It — Simon
• 2010Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
• Ugly Americans — Neilando Patel (voice)
• Archer — Farooq Ashkani (voice)
• Community — Lapari
• Michael & Michael Have Issues — Kumail
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force — Bees (voice)
• The X-Files — Pasha
• The Simpsons — Theo (voice)
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Indian Reporter (uncredited)
• All Day & All Night
• Compulsive Liar — Simon, Screenplay, Executive Producer
• Green Bank
• Howl — Director, Producer
• Sex Criminals — Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• Sidekicks — Screenplay
• Thread: An Insidious Tale
• Very Young Frankenstein

Appearances as themselves (52)

• Funny AF with Kevin Hart — Self - Judge
• 2026The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas — Self
• After Midnight — Self
• Grave Conversations — Self
• 2023Attack of the Doc! — Self
• Dr Phil LIVE! — Self
• 2023Money Shot: The Pornhub Story — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals — Self - Kingo
• 2022Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return — Self - Haja Estree
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 2021A Night at the Academy Museum — Self
• 2021Roll Up Your Sleeves — Self
• 2020Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 — Self
• Reunited Apart — Self
• 2019Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee — Self
• Game Changer — Self - Judge
• Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik — Self
• 2019It Started As a Joke — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Poop Talk — Self
• 2018Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity — Self
• Big Mouth — himself (voice)
• Chelsea — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2015Misery Loves Comedy — Self
• Taskmaster — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self, Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self
• The Jeselnik Offensive — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• The Eric Andre Show — Self
• Conan — Self
• The Green Room with Paul Provenza — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Guest Judge
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self, Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Presenter
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• Laugh Factory — Self
• Good Morning America — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self - Presenter