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The Comeback King
2027
Kumail Nanjiani
Acting
Born May 2, 1978Karachi, Pakistan
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kumail Nanjiani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
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6.1
The Wrong Girls
2026
7.0
The Breadwinner
2026
6.9
Driver's Ed
2026
10.0
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026
6.4
Over Your Dead Body
2026
7.2
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
2025
5.5
Ella McCay
2025
0.0
Is / Was \ Will
2025
6.1
Destroy All Neighbors
2024
6.4
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
7.4
Migration
2023
5.5
Attack of the Doc!
2023
5.7
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
2023
6.8
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
7.1
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
2022
6.7
Eternals
2021
7.0
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
7.1
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
6.5
Death to 2020
2020
6.1
The Lovebirds
2020
8.6
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020
6.6
Dolittle
2020
7.1
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019
6.6
Stuber
2019
5.9
Men in Black: International
2019
4.8
It Started As a Joke
2019
5.4
Duck Butter
2018
5.1
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2018
4.5
Poop Talk
2018
6.5
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
5.2
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
7.3
The Big Sick
2017
6.0
Fist Fight
2017
5.4
The Late Bloomer
2016
5.0
Brother Nature
2016
6.0
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016
6.4
Central Intelligence
2016
6.4
Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015
5.3
Hell and Back
2015
5.2
Addicted to Fresno
2015
5.7
Flock of Dudes
2015
5.2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
6.1
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
5.4
Sex Tape
2014
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The Last of the Great Romantics
2014
4.2
Loaded
2014
6.2
Timms Valley
2013
5.1
Hell Baby
2013
5.7
Bad Milo!
2013
5.8
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
2013
7.0
The Kings of Summer
2013
4.6
The Arrangement
2013
5.9
The Five-Year Engagement
2012
6.9
Life As We Know It
2010
6.1
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
2010
Compulsive Liar
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Compulsive Liar
All Day & All Night
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All Day & All Night
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Green Bank
Howl
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Howl
TV Shows
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7.2
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
0.0
The Screener
6.1
Deli Boys
10.0
Grave Conversations
8.1
Fallout
5.5
After Midnight
7.0
Krapopolis
8.7
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
10.0
Dr Phil LIVE!
4.5
Project Greenlight
5.7
History of the World: Part II
7.4
Poker Face
6.5
Welcome to Chippendales
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
8.5
Bee and PuppyCat
7.0
Obi-Wan Kenobi
7.1
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
6.3
Murderville
8.4
Only Murders in the Building
8.0
What If...?
5.5
Reunited Apart
6.5
Bless the Harts
8.4
Game Changer
6.2
The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.9
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
8.4
The Boys
6.7
The Twilight Zone
7.6
Big Mouth
7.8
HarmonQuest
5.1
Chelsea
6.7
The Grinder
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
8.3
Taskmaster
6.8
Major Lazer
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
7.1
Hot Ones
4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
7.2
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
6.9
Garfunkel and Oates
6.4
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
8.1
Silicon Valley
5.2
TripTank
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
7.1
Broad City
5.3
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
6.9
Drunk History
7.4
The Jeselnik Offensive
5.7
The Last Leg
7.5
Newsreaders
7.0
Bunk
7.3
Burning Love
7.9
The Eric Andre Show
7.5
Veep
7.7
Key & Peele
7.3
Franklin & Bash
6.8
Traffic Light
6.9
Portlandia
6.9
Portlandia
6.9
Portlandia
6.9
Portlandia
6.9
Portlandia
7.8
Bob's Burgers
7.2
Conan
8.1
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
8.5
Adventure Time
8.2
Ugly Americans
8.0
Community
7.9
Archer
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.0
Michael & Michael Have Issues
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
7.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
4.3
The View
4.3
The View
8.4
The X-Files
6.5
Late Show with David Letterman
7.9
MTV Movie & TV Awards
8.0
The Simpsons
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
0.0
Laugh Factory
6.9
Saturday Night Live
6.9
Saturday Night Live
4.9
Good Morning America
7.1
The Oscars
Very Young Frankenstein
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