Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    54

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    February 21, 1978 ( 46 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Karachi, Pakistan

  • Also Known As

    Kumail Ali Nanjiani

    쿠마일 난지아니

    Κουμάιλ Ναντζιάνι

    Кумэйл Нанджиани

    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

Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Ali Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is primarily 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, he was 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. 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, as well as playing various roles on the comedy series Portlandia.