Kumail Nanjiani
Kumail Ali Nanjiani kʊˈmeɪl ˌnɑːndʒiˈɑːni Sindhi ڪميل علي نانجياڻي Urdu کمیل علی نانجیانی born May 2 1978 is a PakistaniAmerican standup comedian and actor He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley 20142019 and for cowriting and starring in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick 2017 For cowriting 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 cohosted 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 ObiWan 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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