Actor
Kumail Nanjiani
- Born: 21 February 1978, Karachi, Pakistan
- Estimated net worth: $8 million
Kumail Nanjiani is a Pakistani-American actor and comedian known for his roles in films and television. He gained widespread recognition for his performance in 'The Big Sick' and the series 'Silicon Valley.' Nanjiani's unique blend of humor and heartfelt…
Kumail Nanjiani: best films and shows
About Kumail Nanjiani
Kumail Nanjiani is a Pakistani-American actor and comedian known for his roles in films and television. He gained widespread recognition for his performance in 'The Big Sick' and the series 'Silicon Valley.' Nanjiani's unique blend of humor and heartfelt storytelling has earned him a reputation as a leading voice in comedy, often exploring themes of culture and identity.
- Born
- 21 February 1978, Karachi, Pakistan
- Known for
- Acting
- Height
- 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
- Spouses
- Emily V. Gordon (2007-present)
- Children
- 1 child
- Parents
- Shahid Nanjiani, Arooj Nanjiani
- Estimated net worth
- $8 million
Fun facts about Kumail Nanjiani
- Kumail Nanjiani is a co-creator of the critically acclaimed film 'The Big Sick,' which is based on his real-life romance with his wife, Emily V. Gordon.
- He has a passion for video games and often incorporates gaming references into his comedy.
Famous Kumail Nanjiani quotes
“I have to tell you something. I'm not a monster.”
“I am not a hero, I am just a guy.”
“You can’t just sit around and wait for things to happen.”
Kumail Nanjiani: coming up
- The Comeback King (Movie)5 February 2027
Credits and dates: TMDB.
Kumail Nanjiani filmography
Cast (153)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Comeback King Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2026 | The Wrong Girls Movie | GG (voice) | 6.1 |
| 2026 | The Breadwinner Movie | Peyton | 7.1 |
| 2026 | Driver's Ed Movie | Mr. Rivers | 6.9 |
| 2026 | The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas Movie | Self | 10.0 |
| 2026 | Funny AF with Kevin Hart TV | Self - Judge | 7.2 |
| 2026 | Over Your Dead Body Movie | Hollywood Dan (uncredited) | 6.4 |
| 2026 | The Screener TV | Parker Harrison | |
| 2025 | Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts Movie | Self | 7.2 |
| 2025 | Ella McCay Movie | Trooper Nash | 5.5 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Deli Boys TV | Danyal Khan | 6.1 |
| 2025 | Is / Was \ Will Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2024 | Destroy All Neighbors Movie | Smelting Refinery Guard | 6.1 |
| 2024 | Grave Conversations TV | Self | 10.0 |
| 2024 | Fallout TV | Xander Harkness | 8.1 |
| 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Movie | Nadeem | 6.4 |
| 2024 | After Midnight TV | Self | 5.5 |
| 2023 | Migration Movie | Mack Mallard (voice) | 7.4 |
| 2023 | Krapopolis TV | Spartan Army Leader (voice) | 7.0 |
| 2023 | Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake TV | Prismo (voice) | 8.7 |
| 2023 | Dr Phil LIVE! TV | Self | 10.0 |
| 2023 | Project Greenlight TV | Self | 4.5 |
| 2023 | Attack of the Doc! Movie | Self | 5.5 |
| 2023 | Money Shot: The Pornhub Story Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 5.7 |
| 2023 | History of the World: Part II TV | Vatsyayana | 5.7 |
| 2023 | Poker Face TV | Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson | 7.4 |
| 2022 | Welcome to Chippendales TV | Somen 'Steve' Banerjee | 6.5 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show TV | Self | 5.6 |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return Movie | Self - Haja Estree | 6.8 |
| 2022 | Bee and PuppyCat TV | Howell (voice) | 8.5 |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi TV | Haja Estree | 7.0 |
| 2022 | The Boys Presents: Diabolical TV | Vik (voice) | 7.1 |
| 2022 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals Movie | Self - Kingo | 7.1 |
| 2022 | Murderville TV | Kumail Nanjiani | 6.4 |
| 2021 | Eternals Movie | Kingo | 6.7 |
| 2021 | A Night at the Academy Museum Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2021 | Only Murders in the Building TV | Rudy Thurber | 8.4 |
| 2021 | What If...? TV | Kingo (voice) | 8.0 |
| 2021 | Roll Up Your Sleeves Movie | Self | 7.1 |
| 2020 | Death to 2020 Movie | Bark Multiverse | 6.5 |
| 2020 | The Lovebirds Movie | Jibran | 6.1 |
| 2020 | Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 Movie | Self | 8.6 |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart TV | Self | 5.5 |
| 2020 | Dolittle Movie | Plimpton (voice) | 6.6 |
| 2019 | Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee Movie | Self | 7.1 |
| 2019 | Bless the Harts TV | Jesus (voice) | 6.5 |
| 2019 | Game Changer TV | Self - Judge | 8.4 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show TV | Self | 6.2 |
| 2019 | Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik TV | Self | 6.9 |
| 2019 | The Boys TV | Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited) | 8.4 |
| 2019 | Stuber Movie | Stu Prasad | 6.6 |
| 2019 | Men in Black: International Movie | Pawny (voice) | 5.9 |
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone TV | Samir Wassan | 6.7 |
| 2019 | It Started As a Joke Movie | Self | 4.8 |
| 2018 | Duck Butter Movie | Jake | 5.4 |
| 2018 | Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity Movie | Self | 5.1 |
| 2018 | Poop Talk Movie | Self | 4.5 |
| 2017 | Big Mouth TV | himself (voice) | 7.6 |
| 2017 | The Lego Ninjago Movie Movie | Jay (voice) | 6.5 |
| 2017 | A Happening of Monumental Proportions Movie | Perry | 5.2 |
| 2017 | The Big Sick Movie | Kumail Nanjiani | 7.3 |
| 2017 | Fist Fight Movie | Officer Mehar | 6.0 |
| 2016 | The Late Bloomer Movie | Rich | 5.4 |
| 2016 | Brother Nature Movie | Riggleman | 5.0 |
| 2016 | HarmonQuest TV | Eddie Lizzard | 7.8 |
| 2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Movie | Keanu | 6.0 |
| 2016 | Central Intelligence Movie | Jared the Airport Security Guard | 6.4 |
| 2016 | Chelsea TV | Self | 5.1 |
| 2015 | Hello, My Name Is Doris Movie | Nasir | 6.4 |
| 2015 | Hell and Back Movie | Dave the Demon (voice) | 5.3 |
| 2015 | Addicted to Fresno Movie | Damon | 5.2 |
| 2015 | The Grinder TV | Prosecutor Leonard | 6.7 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV | Self - Guest | 6.1 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TV | Self | 6.2 |
| 2015 | Taskmaster TV | Self | 8.3 |
| 2015 | Flock of Dudes Movie | Ro | 5.7 |
| 2015 | Major Lazer TV | Thor (voice) | 6.8 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden TV | Self - Guest | 5.1 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden TV | Self | 5.1 |
| 2015 | Hot Ones TV | Self | 7.1 |
| 2015 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Movie | Brad Syed | 5.2 |
| 2015 | Misery Loves Comedy Movie | Self | 6.1 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV | Self | 4.2 |
| 2014 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero TV | Cute-ling Mayor (voice) | 7.2 |
| 2014 | Garfunkel and Oates TV | Jordan | 6.9 |
| 2014 | The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail TV | Self | 6.4 |
| 2014 | Sex Tape Movie | Punit | 5.4 |
| 2014 | The Last of the Great Romantics Movie | George the Counter Guy | |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver TV | Self | 7.8 |
| 2014 | Silicon Valley TV | Dinesh Chugtai | 8.1 |
| 2014 | TripTank TV | Dick Genie (voice) | 5.2 |
| 2014 | Loaded Movie | Raza | 4.2 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers TV | Self - Guest | 5.1 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV | Self - Guest | 5.8 |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones TV | Self | 5.0 |
| 2014 | Broad City TV | Benny Calitri | 7.1 |
| 2013 | Timms Valley Movie | Arjit Pondicherry | 6.2 |
| 2013 | @midnight with Chris Hardwick TV | Self | 5.3 |
| 2013 | Hell Baby Movie | Cable Guy | 5.1 |
| 2013 | Bad Milo! Movie | Bobbi | 5.7 |
| 2013 | Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male Movie | Himself | 5.8 |
| 2013 | Drunk History TV | Lakota Chief | 6.9 |
| 2013 | The Jeselnik Offensive TV | Self | 7.4 |
| 2013 | The Last Leg TV | Self | 5.7 |
| 2013 | The Kings of Summer Movie | Gary | 7.0 |
| 2013 | Newsreaders TV | Amir Larussa | 7.5 |
| 2013 | The Arrangement Movie | Alfred Dalton | 4.6 |
| 2012 | Bunk TV | Unknown character | 7.0 |
| 2012 | Burning Love TV | Zak | 7.3 |
| 2012 | The Eric Andre Show TV | Self | 7.9 |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement Movie | Pakistani Chef | 5.9 |
| 2012 | Veep TV | Statistician | 7.5 |
| 2012 | Key & Peele TV | College Kid #1 | 7.7 |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash TV | Pindar Singh | 7.3 |
| 2011 | Traffic Light TV | Paul | 6.8 |
| 2011 | Portlandia TV | SoCal Waiter | 6.9 |
| 2011 | Portlandia TV | Denim Salesman | 6.9 |
| 2011 | Portlandia TV | Birthday Loan Officer | 6.9 |
| 2011 | Portlandia TV | Human Bandwidth Manager | 6.9 |
| 2011 | Portlandia TV | Cell Phone Salesman | 6.9 |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers TV | Skip Marooch (voice) | 7.8 |
| 2010 | Conan TV | Self | 7.2 |
| 2010 | Life As We Know It Movie | Simon | 6.9 |
| 2010 | Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy? Movie | Unknown character | 6.1 |
| 2010 | The Green Room with Paul Provenza TV | Self | 8.1 |
| 2010 | Adventure Time TV | Prismo (voice) | 8.5 |
| 2010 | Ugly Americans TV | Neilando Patel (voice) | 8.2 |
| 2009 | Community TV | Lapari | 8.0 |
| 2009 | Archer TV | Farooq Ashkani (voice) | 7.9 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV | Self - Guest | 4.9 |
| 2009 | Michael & Michael Have Issues TV | Kumail | 5.0 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race TV | Self - Guest Judge | 7.5 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV | Self | 5.6 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV | Self - Guest | 5.3 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV | Self - Guest Host | 5.3 |
| 2000 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force TV | Bees (voice) | 7.5 |
| 1997 | The View TV | Self | 4.3 |
| 1997 | The View TV | Self - Guest | 4.3 |
| 1993 | The X-Files TV | Pasha | 8.4 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman TV | Self - Guest | 6.5 |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards TV | Self - Presenter | 7.9 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons TV | Theo (voice) | 8.0 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV | Self | 5.6 |
| 1979 | Laugh Factory TV | Self | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live TV | Self - Host | 6.9 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live TV | Indian Reporter (uncredited) | 6.9 |
| 1975 | Good Morning America TV | Self - Guest | 4.9 |
| 1953 | The Oscars TV | Self - Presenter | 7.1 |
| TBA | Very Young Frankenstein TV | Unknown character | |
| TBA | Green Bank Movie | Unknown character | |
| TBA | Compulsive Liar Movie | Simon | |
| TBA | Howl Movie | Unknown character | |
| TBA | All Day & All Night Movie | Unknown character |
Crew (20)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | See You When I See You Movie | Producer · Production | |
| 2025 | Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts Movie | Writer · Writing | 7.2 |
| 2025 | Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 7.2 |
| 2025 | Is / Was \ Will Movie | Executive Producer · Production | |
| 2023 | Project Greenlight TV | Executive Producer · Production | 4.5 |
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| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Welcome to Chippendales TV | Executive Producer · Production | 6.5 |
| 2020 | The Lovebirds Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 6.1 |
| 2020 | Little America TV | Executive Producer · Production | 6.6 |
| 2020 | Little America TV | Teleplay · Writing | 6.6 |
| 2017 | The Big Sick Movie | Writer · Writing | 7.3 |
| 2017 | The Big Sick Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 7.3 |
| 2013 | Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male Movie | Writer · Writing | 5.8 |
| TBA | Sex Criminals TV | Writer · Writing | |
| TBA | Sex Criminals TV | Executive Producer · Production | |
| TBA | Sex Criminals TV | Creator · Creator | |
| TBA | Compulsive Liar Movie | Executive Producer · Production | |
| TBA | Compulsive Liar Movie | Screenplay · Writing | |
| TBA | Howl Movie | Producer · Production | |
| TBA | Howl Movie | Director · Directing | |
| TBA | Sidekicks Movie | Screenplay · Writing |
Latest releases
- The Wrong Girls2026 / TMDB 6.1
- The Breadwinner2026 / TMDB 7.1
- The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas2026 / TMDB 10.0
- Driver's Ed2026 / TMDB 6.9
- Over Your Dead Body2026 / TMDB 6.4
- Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts2025 / TMDB 7.2
Kumail Nanjiani in the news
Questions about Kumail Nanjiani
What are Kumail Nanjiani's most successful films?
Kumail Nanjiani's most successful films include 'The Big Sick,' which received an Academy Award nomination, and 'Stuber,' which was a commercial hit. His work in these films established him as a prominent actor in Hollywood.
Has Kumail Nanjiani won any awards?
Kumail Nanjiani has received several awards, including a Critics' Choice Award for Best Comedy Special for 'Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male.' He was also nominated for an Emmy Award for his writing on 'Silicon Valley.'
What was Kumail Nanjiani's first film?
Kumail Nanjiani's first film role was in 'The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail' in 2014, but he gained wider recognition with 'The Big Sick' in 2017, which he co-wrote and starred in.
What is Kumail Nanjiani's background?
Kumail Nanjiani was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and moved to the United States for his studies. He has often drawn on his cultural background in his comedic work, exploring themes of identity and family.
What TV shows has Kumail Nanjiani been in?
Kumail Nanjiani is best known for his role in the HBO series 'Silicon Valley,' where he played Dinesh Chugtai. He has also appeared in shows like 'The X-Files' and 'Portlandia.'
What is Kumail Nanjiani's estimated net worth?
Kumail Nanjiani's estimated net worth is around $8 million, which he has earned through his successful career in acting, writing, and stand-up comedy.
What defines Kumail Nanjiani's comedy style?
Kumail Nanjiani's comedy style is characterized by a mix of personal anecdotes and cultural commentary. He often uses his experiences as an immigrant to explore broader social issues with humor.
Is Kumail Nanjiani involved in any upcoming projects?
Kumail Nanjiani is set to star in the upcoming film 'Atsuko Okatsuka: Father,' which is highly anticipated by fans and showcases his continued growth as an actor.