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Kal Penn

Kal Penn

Actor · Born 1977-04-23 · Montclair, New Jersey, USA

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Biography

Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, author, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration. He is best known for his role as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar movie franchise. He is also known for his roles as Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, White House staffer Seth Wright on Designated Survivor, Kevin in How I Met Your Mother and Nikhil Ganguli in the film The Namesake (2006). In early 2009, Penn was offered the position of Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, which he accepted, necessitating his character Lawrence Kutner being written out of the TV series House. In 2020, Penn wrote a memoir called "You Can't Be Serious". While promoting this memoir, Penn announced that he and his boyfriend of 11 years, named Josh, were engaged

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Big Bang Theory (2007) — Kevin Campbell
  2. House (2004) — Lawrence Kutner
  3. American Horror Story (2011) — Mac Marzara
  4. How I Met Your Mother (2005) — Kevin Venkataraghavan
  5. Superman Returns (2006) — Stanford
  6. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Henry Chanoor
  7. Smile (2022) — Dr. Morgan Desai
  8. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) — Himself
  9. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) — Kumar Patel
  10. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) — Hunt
  11. Son of the Mask (2005) — Jorge
  12. National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) — Taj Mahal Badalandabad
  13. 24 (2001) — Ahmed Amar
  14. Epic Movie (2007) — Edward
  15. New Girl (2011) — Tripp
  16. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) — Kumar Patel
  17. A Lot Like Love (2005) — Jeeter
  18. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996) — Prajeeb
  19. Designated Survivor (2016) — Seth Wright
  20. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) — Kumar Patel
  21. Angel (1999) — Young Man in Fez
  22. ER (1994) — Narajan
  23. Deck the Halls (2006) — Amit Sayid (uncredited)
  24. The Layover (2017) — Anuj
  25. Love Don't Co$t a Thing (2003) — Kenneth Warman
  26. Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017) — Rajeesh
  27. The Daily Show (1996) — Self - Guest Host
  28. Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj (2006) — Taj Mahal Badalandabad
  29. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023) — Ventakish (voice)
  30. Impractical Jokers (2011) — Self
  31. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
  32. Spin City (1996) — Buddy
  33. Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) — Hadji
  34. Sesame Street (1969)
  35. Clarice (2021) — Shaan Tripathi
  36. Industry (2020) — Jay 'Jonah' Atterbury
  37. Tru Calling (2003) — Steven
  38. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self - Guest
  39. The Underdoggs (2024) — Ryan Kauffman
  40. The Namesake (2006) — Gogol / Nikhil