Acting credits
133
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Kumail Nanjiani
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
Moderate attention
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Movies: 56Series: 79Crew credits: 9
TMDB ID: 466505
IMDb ID: nm3529685
Known for: Acting
Born: May 2, 1978
Age: 47
Place of birth: Karachi, Pakistan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2026
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q6443390
Also known as
Kumail Ali Nanjiani • 쿠마일 난지아니 • Κουμάιλ Ναντζιάνι • 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
Other jobs
Executive Producer (6)Writer (2)Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kumail Nanjiani.
May 29
The Breadwinner
as Peyton
2026 Movie
See You When I See You
Producer
2026 Movie
7.0
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
as Self
2025 Movie
5.7
Ella McCay
as Trooper Nash
2025 Movie
10.0
Driver's Ed
as Mr. Rivers
2025 Movie
Is / Was \ Will
2025 Movie
6.1
Destroy All Neighbors
as Smelting Refinery Guard
2024 Movie
6.5
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Nadeem
2024 Movie
7.4
Migration
as Mack Mallard (voice)
2023 Movie
5.0
Attack of the Doc!
as Self
2023 Movie
5.8
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023 Movie
6.8
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Haja Estree
2022 Movie
7.1
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
as Self - Kingo
2022 Movie
6.8
Eternals
as Kingo
2021 Movie
7.0
A Night at the Academy Museum
as Self
2021 Movie
7.5
Roll Up Your Sleeves
as Self
2021 Movie
6.5
Death to 2020
as Bark Multiverse
2020 Movie
6.1
The Lovebirds
as Jibran
2020 Movie
8.6
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
as Self
2020 Movie
6.6
Dolittle
as Plimpton (voice)
2020 Movie
7.1
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
as Self
2019 Movie
6.6
Stuber
as Stu Prasad
2019 Movie
5.9
Men in Black: International
as Pawny (voice)
2019 Movie
4.8
It Started As a Joke
as Self
2019 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kumail Nanjiani.
The Screener
as Parker Harrison • 1 eps
2026 Series
10.0
Grave Conversations
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
8.1
Fallout
as Xander Harkness • 2 eps
2024 Series
5.5
After Midnight
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.2
Krapopolis
as Spartan Army Leader (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
8.7
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
as Prismo (voice) • 3 eps
2023 Series
10.0
Dr Phil LIVE!
as Self • 1 eps
2023 Series
1.0
Project Greenlight
as Self • 10 eps
2023 Series
5.6
History of the World: Part II
1 eps
2023 Series
7.5
Poker Face
as Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson • 1 eps
2023 Series
6.4
Welcome to Chippendales
as Somen 'Steve' Banerjee • 8 eps
2022 Series
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self • 2 eps
2022 Series
8.4
Bee and PuppyCat
as Howell (voice) • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.0
Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Haja Estree • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.1
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Vik (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.4
Murderville
as Kumail Nanjiani • 1 eps
2022 Series
8.5
Only Murders in the Building
as Rudy Thurber • 7 eps
2021 Series
8.1
What If...?
as Kingo (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
5.5
Reunited Apart
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.7
Little America
Executive Producer • 16 eps
2020 Series
6.6
Bless the Harts
as Jesus (voice) • 4 eps
2019 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
6.9
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.4
The Boys
as Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited) • 1 eps
2019 Series