Kumail Nanjiani
Birthday: 21 February 1978, Karachi, Pakistan
Height: 174 cm
Kumail Nanjiani was born on February 21, 1978 in Karachi, Pakistan. He is an actor and writer, known for The Big Sick (2017), Central Intelligence (2016) and Silicon Valley (2014). He is married to Em ...Show More
Wikipedia is kind of weird. I feel it's lame to put up my own page, but I desperately want someone e Show more
Wikipedia is kind of weird. I feel it's lame to put up my own page, but I desperately want someone else to do it. Hide
You can get stuck in the trap of reading your YouTube comments all the time. Sometimes I regret it. Show more
You can get stuck in the trap of reading your YouTube comments all the time. Sometimes I regret it. Not everyone is going to love you. And for some reason, stand-up has this thing where everyone thinks they can do it. So everyone thinks they're an expert. Hide
I love, love, love the street-cart food. Gyros are like a meat-flavored fruit roll-up. A meat roll-u Show more
I love, love, love the street-cart food. Gyros are like a meat-flavored fruit roll-up. A meat roll-up. Hide
If you do a sketch, that's a very short narrative. Stand-up, it's bit-to-bit, minute-long narratives Show more
If you do a sketch, that's a very short narrative. Stand-up, it's bit-to-bit, minute-long narratives. Hide
I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories Show more
I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories are very specific about a different place, if you have a relatable core of humanity, people will go along with it. Hide
I never really got into game shows. The easiest one is 'Wheel Of Fortune' because you just have to k Show more
I never really got into game shows. The easiest one is 'Wheel Of Fortune' because you just have to know words, and for the most part everyone knows words. Hide
You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's Show more
You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague, 'Motivate yourself!' and do something. It's specific hours set aside every day for certain things. Hide
When generally people make race-based jokes to me - even if they're not technically racist, they're Show more
When generally people make race-based jokes to me - even if they're not technically racist, they're sort of based on me being Pakistani or whatever - on Twitter, you know, I block a lot of people who say something weird about my name or something. It does bug me generally, but it is all about context. Hide
I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really lik Show more
I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really like it. Hide
The worst job I ever had was an office job that I had for six years, and that's nothing against the Show more
The worst job I ever had was an office job that I had for six years, and that's nothing against the people who I was surrounded by, because they were wonderful people. Hide
I stay home. It's the best place to be alone. There is hardly any walk-through traffic.
I stay home. It's the best place to be alone. There is hardly any walk-through traffic.
I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, expe Show more
I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, experiences from my life. Hide
Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh.
Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh.
I'm from a family of doctors, and I think they really wanted me to be a doctor. I even sort of assum Show more
I'm from a family of doctors, and I think they really wanted me to be a doctor. I even sort of assumed I would be a doctor. Hide
When I started working on 'Michael And Michael,' it was my life for three to four months, and then s Show more
When I started working on 'Michael And Michael,' it was my life for three to four months, and then suddenly it's gone. Hide
Kumail Nanjiani's FILMOGRAPHY
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Kumail Nanjiani'S roles
Lapari
Simon
Pindar Singh
Kumail
Prismo
Jay
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