Kumail Nanjiani

Actor

Born: May 2, 1978 (age 48)
From: Karachi, Pakistan

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,…

Filmography (61)

The Comeback King (2027)
The Wrong Girls (2026)
GG (voice)
The Breadwinner (2026)
Peyton
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas (2026)
Self
Over Your Dead Body (2026)
Hollywood Dan (uncredited)
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts (2025)
Self
Ella McCay (2025)
Trooper Nash
Driver's Ed (2025)
Mr. Rivers
Is / Was \ Will (2025)
Destroy All Neighbors (2024)
Smelting Refinery Guard
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
Nadeem
Migration (2023)
Mack Mallard (voice)
Attack of the Doc! (2023)
Self
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)
Self - Haja Estree
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals (2022)
Self - Kingo
Eternals (2021)
Kingo
A Night at the Academy Museum (2021)
Self
Roll Up Your Sleeves (2021)
Self
Death to 2020 (2020)
Bark Multiverse
The Lovebirds (2020)
Jibran
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 (2020)
Self
Dolittle (2020)
Plimpton (voice)
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee (2019)
Self
Stuber (2019)
Stu Prasad
Men in Black: International (2019)
Pawny (voice)
It Started As a Joke (2019)
Self
Duck Butter (2018)
Jake
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity (2018)
Self
Poop Talk (2018)
Self