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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.
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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.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The X-Files
The Simpsons
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Veep
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Boys
Community
After Midnight
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
What If...?
Poker Face
Key & Peele
The Eric Andre Show
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bob's Burgers
Drunk History
Archer
Only Murders in the Building
Big Mouth
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Chelsea
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Broad City
Adventure Time
Krapopolis
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TripTank
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Bee and PuppyCat
Major Lazer
Ugly Americans
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
The Jeselnik Offensive
Murderville
The Twilight Zone
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Five-Year Engagement
The Kings of Summer
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Burning Love
Sex Tape
Central Intelligence
Life As We Know It
Destroy All Neighbors
History of the World: Part II
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Franklin & Bash
Hell and Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
Dolittle
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Fist Fight
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Bee and PuppyCat
Ultra City Smiths
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Silicon Valley
Men in Black: International
Michael & Michael Have Issues
Eternals
The Lovebirds
Stuber
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
Migration
Booster Gold
Welcome to Chippendales
The Big Sick
Production Credits
Welcome to Chippendales
The Lovebirds
The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
Little America
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