People
Kumail Nanjiani
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, the 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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Ella McCay | 2025-09-19 |
Is / Was \ Will | 2025-02-14 |
Destroy All Neighbors as Smelting Refinery Guard | 2024-04-26 |
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Nadeem | 2024-03-20 |
Migration as Mack Mallard (voice) | 2023-12-06 |
Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Patterson Cut as Hajee Estree | 2023-11-01 |
Attack of the Doc! as Self | 2023-04-21 |
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-03-15 |
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Haja Estree | 2022-09-07 |
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals as Self - Kingo | 2022-02-16 |
Eternals as Kingo | 2021-11-03 |
A Night at the Academy Museum as Self | 2021-10-12 |
Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self | 2021-04-18 |
Death to 2020 as Bark Multiverse | 2020-12-27 |
The Lovebirds as Jibran | 2020-05-22 |
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 as Self | 2020-05-16 |
Dolittle as Plimpton (voice) | 2020-01-02 |
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Self | 2019-12-20 |
Stuber as Stu Prasad | 2019-07-11 |
Men in Black: International as Pawny (voice) | 2019-06-12 |
It Started As a Joke as Self | 2019-03-10 |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize as Self | 2018-11-19 |
Duck Butter as Jake | 2018-04-27 |
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity as Self | 2018-04-06 |
Poop Talk as Self | 2018-02-16 |
The Lego Ninjago Movie as Jay (voice) | 2017-09-21 |
A Happening of Monumental Proportions as Perry | 2017-05-05 |
The Big Sick as Kumail Nanjiani | 2017-03-30 |
Fist Fight as Officer Mehar | 2017-02-16 |
The Late Bloomer as Rich | 2016-10-07 |
Brother Nature as Riggleman | 2016-09-09 |
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Keanu | 2016-07-07 |
Central Intelligence as Jared the Airport Security Guard | 2016-06-16 |
Hello, My Name Is Doris as Nasir | 2015-11-27 |
Hell & Back as Dave the Demon (voice) | 2015-10-02 |
Addicted to Fresno as Damon | 2015-10-02 |
Flock of Dudes as Ro | 2015-06-13 |
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Brad | 2015-02-20 |
Misery Loves Comedy as Self | 2015-01-23 |
Sex Tape as Punit | 2014-07-17 |
The Last of the Great Romantics as George the Counter Guy | 2014-07-17 |
Loaded as Raza | 2014-03-08 |
Timms Valley as Arjit Pondicherry | 2013-12-31 |
Hell Baby as Cable Guy | 2013-09-06 |
Bad Milo! as Bobbi | 2013-08-28 |
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male as Himself | 2013-07-21 |
The Kings of Summer as Gary | 2013-01-19 |
The Arrangement as Alfred Dalton | 2013-01-01 |
The Five-Year Engagement as Pakistani Chef | 2012-04-27 |
Life As We Know It as Simon | 2010-10-02 |
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy? | 2010-07-01 |