Kumail Nanjiani (geb. 21. Februar 1978) ist ein pakistanisch-amerikanischer Stand-Up-Comedian, Film- und Fernsehschauspieler und Podcast-Moderator, bekannt als Hauptdarsteller der Fernsehserie "Silicon Valley", sowie für die Stimme von Prismo in der Animationsserie "Adventure Time". Er ist auch Co-Moderator der Comedy Central Show "The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail" und zweier Podcasts: "The Indoor Kids" und "The X-Files Files". Im Jahr 2017 spielte Nanjiani in "The Big Sick", einem halb-autobiografischen Film, den er zusammen mit seiner Frau Emily V. Gordon schrieb, der lose auf ihrer eigenen Beziehung basiert. Der Film brachte dem Paar eine Nominierung für den Oscar für das beste Originaldrehbuch ein.
Filmografie
Filme
2027 – The Comeback King
2026 – The Wrong Girls
2026 – The Breadwinner – Der Vollzeitpapa
2026 – Driver's Ed - Vorfahrt für die Liebe
2026 – The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026 – Over Your Dead Body
2025 – Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
2025 – Ella McCay
2025 – Is / Was Will
2024 – Destroy All Neighbors
2024 – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2023 – Raus aus dem Teich
2023 – Attack of the Doc!
2023 – Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
2022 – Obi-Wan Kenobi: Die Rückkehr eines Jedi
2022 – GEMEINSAM UNBESIEGBAR: Making Of Eternals
2021 – Eternals
2021 – A Night at the Academy Museum
2021 – Roll Up Your Sleeves
2020 – Death to 2020
2020 – Die Turteltauben
2020 – Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020 – Die fantastische Reise des Dr. Dolittle
2019 – Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019 – Stuber
2019 – Men in Black – International
2019 – It Started As a Joke
2018 – Duck Butter
2018 – Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2018 – Poop Talk
2017 – The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017 – Career Day mit Hindernissen
2017 – The Big Sick
2017 – Fist Fight
2016 – The Late Bloomer
2016 – Schwieger- Brüder
2016 – Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016 – Central Intelligence
2015 – Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015 – Fresno
2015 – Hell & Back
2015 – Flock of Dudes
2015 – Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015 – Misery Loves Comedy
2014 – Sex Tape
2014 – The Last of the Great Romantics
2014 – Loaded
2013 – Timms Valley
2013 – Hell Baby
2013 – Bad Milo!
2013 – Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
2013 – Kings of Summer
2013 – The Arrangement
2012 – Fast verheiratet
2010 – So spielt das Leben
2010 – Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
All Day & All Night
Compulsive Liar
Green Bank
Howl
Thread: An Insidious Tale Serien
2026 – Funny AF with Kevin Hart
2026 – The Screener
2025 – Deli Boys
2024 – Grave Conversations
2024 – Fallout
2024 – After Midnight
2023 – Krapopolis
2023 – Adventure Time: Fionna und Cake
2023 – Dr Phil LIVE!
2023 – Project Greenlight
2023 – Die verrückte Geschichte der Welt, Teil II
2023 – Poker Face
2022 – Welcome to Chippendales
2022 – The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 – Bee and PuppyCat
2022 – Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 – The Boys – Diabolical
2022 – Murderville
2021 – Only Murders in the Building
2021 – What If…?
2020 – Reunited Apart
2019 – Bless the Harts
2019 – Game Changer
2019 – The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 – Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
2019 – The Boys
2019 – The Twilight Zone
2017 – Big Mouth
2016 – HarmonQuest
2016 – Chelsea
2015 – The Grinder
2015 – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 – Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 – Taskmaster
2015 – Major Lazer
2015 – The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 – Hot Ones
2014 – Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 – Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014 – Garfunkel and Oates
2014 – The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
2014 – Last Week Tonight mit John Oliver
2014 – Silicon Valley
2014 – TripTank
2014 – Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 – Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 – Broad City
2013 – @midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013 – Drunk History
2013 – The Jeselnik Offensive
2013 – Adam Hills: The Last Leg
2013 – Newsreaders
2012 – Bunk
2012 – Burning Love
2012 – The Eric Andre Show
2012 – Veep – Die Vizepräsidentin
2012 – Key & Peele
2011 – Franklin & Bash
2011 – Traffic Light
2011 – Portlandia
2011 – Bob’s Burgers
2010 – Conan
2010 – The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010 – Adventure Time - Abenteuerzeit mit Finn und Jake
2010 – Ugly Americans
2009 – Archer
2009 – Community
2009 – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 – Michael & Michael Have Issues
2009 – RuPaul's Drag Race
2003 – The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2000 – Aqua Teen Hungerforce
1997 – The View
1993 – Akte X – Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI
1993 – Late Show with David Letterman
1992 – MTV Movie & TV Awards
1989 – Die Simpsons
1988 – LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1979 – Laugh Factory
1975 – Saturday Night Live
1975 – Good Morning America
1953 – Oscar Verleihung
Very Young Frankenstein
Filme
2027 – The Comeback King
2026 – The Wrong Girls
2026 – The Breadwinner – Der Vollzeitpapa
2026 – Driver's Ed - Vorfahrt für die Liebe
2026 – The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026 – Over Your Dead Body
2025 – Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
2025 – Ella McCay
2025 – Is / Was Will
2024 – Destroy All Neighbors
2024 – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2023 – Raus aus dem Teich
2023 – Attack of the Doc!
2023 – Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
2022 – Obi-Wan Kenobi: Die Rückkehr eines Jedi
2022 – GEMEINSAM UNBESIEGBAR: Making Of Eternals
2021 – Eternals
2021 – A Night at the Academy Museum
2021 – Roll Up Your Sleeves
2020 – Death to 2020
2020 – Die Turteltauben
2020 – Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020 – Die fantastische Reise des Dr. Dolittle
2019 – Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019 – Stuber
2019 – Men in Black – International
2019 – It Started As a Joke
2018 – Duck Butter
2018 – Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2018 – Poop Talk
2017 – The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017 – Career Day mit Hindernissen
2017 – The Big Sick
2017 – Fist Fight
2016 – The Late Bloomer
2016 – Schwieger- Brüder
2016 – Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016 – Central Intelligence
2015 – Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015 – Fresno
2015 – Hell & Back
2015 – Flock of Dudes
2015 – Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015 – Misery Loves Comedy
2014 – Sex Tape
2014 – The Last of the Great Romantics
2014 – Loaded
2013 – Timms Valley
2013 – Hell Baby
2013 – Bad Milo!
2013 – Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
2013 – Kings of Summer
2013 – The Arrangement
2012 – Fast verheiratet
2010 – So spielt das Leben
2010 – Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
All Day & All Night
Compulsive Liar
Green Bank
Howl
Thread: An Insidious Tale Serien
2026 – Funny AF with Kevin Hart
2026 – The Screener
2025 – Deli Boys
2024 – Grave Conversations
2024 – Fallout
2024 – After Midnight
2023 – Krapopolis
2023 – Adventure Time: Fionna und Cake
2023 – Dr Phil LIVE!
2023 – Project Greenlight
2023 – Die verrückte Geschichte der Welt, Teil II
2023 – Poker Face
2022 – Welcome to Chippendales
2022 – The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 – Bee and PuppyCat
2022 – Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 – The Boys – Diabolical
2022 – Murderville
2021 – Only Murders in the Building
2021 – What If…?
2020 – Reunited Apart
2019 – Bless the Harts
2019 – Game Changer
2019 – The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 – Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
2019 – The Boys
2019 – The Twilight Zone
2017 – Big Mouth
2016 – HarmonQuest
2016 – Chelsea
2015 – The Grinder
2015 – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 – Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 – Taskmaster
2015 – Major Lazer
2015 – The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 – Hot Ones
2014 – Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 – Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014 – Garfunkel and Oates
2014 – The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
2014 – Last Week Tonight mit John Oliver
2014 – Silicon Valley
2014 – TripTank
2014 – Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 – Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 – Broad City
2013 – @midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013 – Drunk History
2013 – The Jeselnik Offensive
2013 – Adam Hills: The Last Leg
2013 – Newsreaders
2012 – Bunk
2012 – Burning Love
2012 – The Eric Andre Show
2012 – Veep – Die Vizepräsidentin
2012 – Key & Peele
2011 – Franklin & Bash
2011 – Traffic Light
2011 – Portlandia
2011 – Bob’s Burgers
2010 – Conan
2010 – The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010 – Adventure Time - Abenteuerzeit mit Finn und Jake
2010 – Ugly Americans
2009 – Archer
2009 – Community
2009 – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 – Michael & Michael Have Issues
2009 – RuPaul's Drag Race
2003 – The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2000 – Aqua Teen Hungerforce
1997 – The View
1993 – Akte X – Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI
1993 – Late Show with David Letterman
1992 – MTV Movie & TV Awards
1989 – Die Simpsons
1988 – LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1979 – Laugh Factory
1975 – Saturday Night Live
1975 – Good Morning America
1953 – Oscar Verleihung
Very Young Frankenstein
