
Kal Penn
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Biography
Kal Penn (born Kalpen Suresh Modi) is an American actor, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration. He is best known for his roles as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar movie franchise, Taj Mahal Badalandabad in Van Wilder and Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj,
Known For

ER

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

House

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

New Girl

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

How I Met Your Mother

The Big Bang Theory

Angel

CBS News Sunday Morning

Finding Your Roots

Clarice

24

Hollywood Game Night

Impractical Jokers

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Top Gear

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

The $100,000 Pyramid

American Horror Story

Deck the Halls

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

The Daily Show

The Underdoggs

Malibu's Most Wanted

Superman Returns

Smile

The Layover

A Lot Like Love

National Lampoon's Van Wilder

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

Designated Survivor

Battle Creek

We Are Men

Son of the Mask

The Santa Clauses

Deadbeat

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam

Sunnyside

Epic Movie

Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj

The Big Brain Theory

The Namesake
Production Credits
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