05/02/1978
Karachi, Pakistan:
Kumail Ali Nanjiani, né le 2 mai 1978 à Karachi (Pakistan), est un acteur, comédien et scénariste pakistano-américain. Après s’être installé aux États-Unis pour ses études à Grinnell College, il se lance dans le stand-up puis obtient ses premiers petits rôles à la télévision. Il se fait connaître grâce à la série Silicon Valley (2014-2019) où il incarne Dinesh Chugtai et à son film The Big Sick (2017), qu’il co-écrit et dans lequel il tient le rôle principal, ce qui lui vaut une nomination aux Oscars pour le meilleur scénario original. Par la suite, il participe à des œuvres variées : il prête sa voix dans Adventure Time, joue dans Eternals (2021), apparaît dans Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Boys Presents: Diabolical et incarne le rôle principal dans la mini-série Welcome to Chippendales (2022). Son jeu alterne entre humour, tendresse et gravité, et il est salué pour sa capacité à aborder des thèmes culturels, identitaires et personnels au sein de rôles à la fois divertissants et sensibles.
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The Wrong Girls (2026) as |
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The Breadwinner (2026) as Peyton |
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Driver's Ed (2026) as Mr. Rivers |
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Over Your Dead Body (2026) as |
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Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts (2025) as Self |
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Ella McCay (2025) as Trooper Nash |
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The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas (2025) as Self |
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Is / Was \ Will (2025) as |
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Destroy All Neighbors (2024) as Smelting Refinery Guard |
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) as Nadeem |
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Migration (2023) as Mack Mallard (voice) |
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Attack of the Doc! (2023) as Self |
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Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (2023) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022) as Self - Haja Estree |
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals (2022) as Self - Kingo |
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Eternals (2021) as Kingo |
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A Night at the Academy Museum (2021) as Self |
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Roll Up Your Sleeves (2021) as Self |
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Death to 2020 (2020) as Bark Multiverse |
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The Lovebirds (2020) as Jibran |
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Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 (2020) as Self |
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Dolittle (2020) as Plimpton (voice) |
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Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee (2019) as Self |
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Stuber (2019) as Stu Prasad |
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Men in Black: International (2019) as Pawny (voice) |
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It Started As a Joke (2019) as Self |
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Duck Butter (2018) as Jake |
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Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity (2018) as Self |
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Poop Talk (2018) as Self |
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The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) as Jay (voice) |
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A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017) as Perry |
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The Big Sick (2017) as Kumail Nanjiani |
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Fist Fight (2017) as Officer Mehar |
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The Late Bloomer (2016) as Rich |
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Brother Nature (2016) as Riggleman |
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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016) as Keanu |
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Central Intelligence (2016) as Jared the Airport Security Guard |
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Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015) as Nasir |
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Addicted to Fresno (2015) as Damon |
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Hell and Back (2015) as Dave the Demon (voice) |
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Flock of Dudes (2015) as Ro |
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Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) as Brad Syed |
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Misery Loves Comedy (2015) as Self |
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Sex Tape (2014) as Punit |
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The Last of the Great Romantics (2014) as George the Counter Guy |
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Loaded (2014) as Raza |
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Timms Valley (2013) as Arjit Pondicherry |
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Hell Baby (2013) as Cable Guy |
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Bad Milo! (2013) as Bobbi |
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Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male (2013) as Himself |
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Blackout (2013) as Oregon Power Employee |
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The Kings of Summer (2013) as Gary |
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The Arrangement (2013) as Alfred Dalton |
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The Five-Year Engagement (2012) as Pakistani Chef |
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Life As We Know It (2010) as Simon |
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Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy? (2010) as |
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Compulsive Liar () as Simon |
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Thread: An Insidious Tale () as |
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All Day & All Night () as |
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Green Bank () as |
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See You When I See You (2026) Producer |
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Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts (2025) Writer |
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Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts (2025) Executive Producer |
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Is / Was \ Will (2025) Executive Producer |
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The Lovebirds (2020) Executive Producer |
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The Big Sick (2017) Executive Producer |
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The Big Sick (2017) Writer |
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Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male (2013) Writer |
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Compulsive Liar () Screenplay |
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Compulsive Liar () Executive Producer |
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Sidekicks () Screenplay |