{"id":8339,"date":"2026-07-08T01:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=kumail-nanjiani"},"modified":"2026-07-08T01:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:16:17","slug":"kumail-nanjiani","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=kumail-nanjiani","title":{"rendered":"Kumail Nanjiani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kumail Ali Nanjiani\u00a0(\/k\u028a\u02c8me\u026al\u00a0\u02ccn\u0251\u02d0nd\u0292i\u02c8\u0251\u02d0ni\/; Sindhi:\u00a0\u06aa\u0645\u064a\u0644 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0646\u0627\u0646\u062c\u064a\u0627\u06bb\u064a\u200e;\u00a0Urdu: \u06a9\u0645\u06cc\u0644 \u0639\u0644\u06cc \u0646\u0627\u0646\u062c\u06cc\u0627\u0646\u06cc; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his role as\u00a0Dinesh\u00a0in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0comedy series\u00a0Silicon Valley\u00a0(2014\u20132019) and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film\u00a0The Big Sick\u00a0(2017). For co-writing the latter with his wife,\u00a0Emily V. Gordon, they were nominated for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2018,\u00a0Time magazine named him one of the\u00a0100 most influential people in the world.\u00a0He was nominated for the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series\u00a0for his role in\u00a0The Twilight Zone\u00a0executive produced by\u00a0Jordan Peele\u00a0in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Nanjiani has also voiced\u00a0Prismo\u00a0on the animated series\u00a0Adventure Time\u00a0and starred in the\u00a0TNT series\u00a0Franklin &#038; Bash\u00a0and the\u00a0Adult Swim\u00a0series\u00a0Newsreaders. He also co-hosted the\u00a0Comedy Central\u00a0show\u00a0The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail and played various roles on the comedy series\u00a0Portlandia. He also played\u00a0Kingo in the\u00a0Marvel Cinematic Universe\u00a0(MCU) superhero film\u00a0Eternals\u00a0and\u00a0What If&#8230;?\u00a0Episode\u00a0What If&#8230; Agatha Went to Hollywood?,\u00a0con artist Haja Estree in the\u00a0Disney+\u00a0miniseries\u00a0Obi-Wan Kenobi\u00a0and celebrity scientist\u00a0Vik\u00a0in the television series\u00a0The Boys Presents: Diabolical\u00a0and\u00a0The Boys. In 2022, he starred in\u00a0the lead role\u00a0of the\u00a0Hulu\u00a0miniseries\u00a0Welcome to Chippendales. In 2023, he was nominated for a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0in the\u00a0Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie\u00a0category for his work in\u00a0Welcome to Chippendales.<\/p>\n<p>Description above from the Wikipedia article Kumail Nanjiani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kumail Ali Nanjiani\u00a0(\/k\u028a\u02c8me\u026al\u00a0\u02ccn\u0251\u02d0nd\u0292i\u02c8\u0251\u02d0ni\/; Sindhi:\u00a0\u06aa\u0645\u064a\u0644 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0646\u0627\u0646\u062c\u064a\u0627\u06bb\u064a\u200e;\u00a0Urdu: \u06a9\u0645\u06cc\u0644 \u0639\u0644\u06cc \u0646\u0627\u0646\u062c\u06cc\u0627\u0646\u06cc; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his role as\u00a0Dinesh\u00a0in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0comedy series\u00a0Silicon Valley\u00a0(2014\u20132019) and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film\u00a0The Big Sick\u00a0(2017). 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