Kumail Nanjiani
Pakistani-American comedian and actor
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| 2025 | Kumail Nanjiani appears in the TV series 'Poker Face' |
| 2025 | Kumail Nanjiani is in post-production for an unspecified project, indicating ongoing work in the entertainment industry. |
| 2025 | Kumail Nanjiani won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for 'Only Murders in the Building' |
| 2024 | Played Rudy 'Christmas Guy' Thurber in 'Only Murders in the Building' |
| 2024 | Voiced Kingo in an episode of 'What If...?' titled 'What If... Agatha Went to Hollywood?' |
| 2024 | Voiced a Spartan Army Leader in the animated series 'Krapopolis' |
| 2023 | Nanjiani appeared as himself on 'The Eric Andre Show' |
| 2023 | Kumail Nanjiani appeared as Vātsyāyana in 'History of the World, Part II' television series |
| 2023 | 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. |
| October 2023 | Donated proceeds from LA Largo show to Doctors Without Borders to support aid during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. |
| March 24 2023 | Confirmed to join the cast of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. |
| 2022 | Stars in the lead role of the Hulu miniseries Welcome to Chippendales. |
| 2022 | Appeared in Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries as Haja Estree in 3 episodes |
| 2021 | Received nominations for NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for Little America, and for Independent Spirit Awards for Best New Scripted Series |
| November 5 2021 | Starred as Kingo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals. |
| 2020 | Appeared on Reunited Apart episode focused on Ghostbusters |
| 2020 | Executive produced and wrote for Little America |
| March 2020 | Launched the podcast Staying In with Emily and Kumail during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Made guest appearances on multiple TV shows including Achievement Hunter, Gay of Thrones, and Hot Ones |
| 2019 | Starred in lead roles in two films: 'Stuber' as Stu Prasad and 'The Lovebirds' (which he also executive produced) |
| 2019 | Nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in The Twilight Zone. |
| March 25 2019 | Appeared at the Apple Event to promote Little America. |
| 2018 | Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. |
| 2018 | Nanjiani provided voice acting for multiple characters including Prismo, Gnome, and Marauder in the Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion video game |
| 2018 | Invited to the actors and writers branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
| 2017 | Won the Auteur Award at the San Diego International Film Festival |
| 2017 | Hosted Saturday Night Live |
| 2017 | Nanjiani voiced Jarun Tann in the video game Mass Effect: Andromeda |
| 2017 | Nanjiani voiced The Agonizer character in the video game Middle-earth: Shadow of War |
| 2017 | Appeared on Game Grumps and Movie Fights TV shows, both episodes featuring Paul Scheer |
| 2017 | Co-writes and stars in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick with his wife Emily V. Gordon, for which they are nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. |
| 2016 | Hosted the 31st Independent Spirit Awards |
| 2015 | Appeared in sci-fi audio series Hunt the Truth, playing character Mshak Moradi |
| 2014 | Began co-producing The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail television show. |
| July 2014 | Began hosting The X-Files Files podcast and started The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail on Comedy Central. |
| April 2014 | Began playing the character Dinesh in the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley. |
| 2013 | Began appearing regularly on the podcast Harmontown, playing himself |
| 2013 | Kumail Nanjiani voiced the character Reggie in The Walking Dead: Season Two video game |
| July 2013 | Comedy Central special Beta Male aired. |
| 2011 | Began hosting the video game-themed podcast The Indoor Kids with his wife Emily V. Gordon after Ali Baker left the show. |
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