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Kal Penn
Kal Penn

Kal Penn

ActingBorn April 23, 1977 (age 49)Montclair, New Jersey, USA

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

Filmography

2025
Celebrity Weakest Link

as Self - Contestant

TV
2024
The Underdoggs

as Ryan Kauffman

Movie
2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

as Ventakish (voice)

TV
2022
The Santa Clauses

as Simon Choksi

TV
2022
Smile

as Dr. Morgan Desai

Movie
2021
Hot Mess Holiday

as Kal Penn

Movie
2021Movie
2021
Clarice

as Shaan Tripathi

TV
2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

as Self - Contestant

TV
2021
Name That Tune

as Self - Contestant

TV
2020
Industry

as Jay 'Jonah' Atterbury

TV
2020TV
2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

as Self - Contestant

TV
2020
Mira, Royal Detective

as Mikku (voice)

TV
2019
Sunnyside

as Garrett Modi

TV
2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

TV
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self - Guest Host

TV
2018
Fancy Nancy

as Mr. Singh (voice)

TV
2018
The Ashram

as Nitin

Movie
2017Movie
2017Movie
2017
Superhuman

as Self - Host

TV
2017Movie
2017Movie
2016Movie
2016
Designated Survivor

as Seth Wright

TV
2016
Match Game

as Self - Panelist

TV
2016
To Tell the Truth

as Self - Panelist

TV
2015Movie
2015
Emily & Tim

as Tim (Segment 2)

Movie
2015
The Sisterhood of Night

as Gordy Gambhir

Movie
2015TV
2015
Battle Creek

as Detective Fontanelle

TV
2014Movie
2014
Deadbeat

as Clyde

TV
2013
We Are Men

as Gil Bartis

TV
2013Movie
2013
The Big Brain Theory

as Self - Host

TV
2012TV
2011TV
2011Movie
2011Movie
2011
American Horror Story

as Mac Marzara

TV
2011
New Girl

as Tripp

TV
2010TV
2007
The Big Bang Theory

as Kevin Campbell

TV
2007
Epic Movie

as Edward

Movie
2006
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj

as Taj Mahal Badalandabad

Movie
2006
Deck the Halls

as Amit Sayid (uncredited)

Movie
2006
The Namesake

as Gogol / Nikhil

Movie
2006
Superman Returns

as Stanford

Movie
2006
Man About Town

as Alan Fineberg

Movie
2006Movie
2006
Awesometown

as Guy Reading Newspaper

Movie
2005
Sueno

as Raj

Movie
2005
How I Met Your Mother

as Kevin Venkataraghavan

TV
2005Movie
2005Movie
2005Movie
2004
House

as Lawrence Kutner

TV
2004Movie
2004
The Soup

as Self

TV
2004Movie
2004Movie
2003
Love Don't Co$t a Thing

as Kenneth Warman

Movie
2003
Tru Calling

as Steven

TV
2003
All About the Andersons

as Doctor George

TV
2003Movie
2003Movie
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2003
Cosmopolitan

as Vandana's Fiancee

Movie
2002
National Lampoon's Van Wilder

as Taj Mahal Badalandabad

Movie
2001
24

as Ahmed Amar

TV
2001
The Agency

as Malek

TV
2001
American Desi

as Ajay Pandya

Movie
1999
Angel

as Young Man in Fez

TV
1999TV
1999
Freshmen

as Ajay

Movie
1999TV
1999
Independent Lens

as Vandana's Fiancee

TV
1999TV
1998
Express: Aisle to Glory

as Jackie Newton

Movie
1997
The View

as Self - Guest

TV
1996
Spin City

as Buddy

TV
1996
The Daily Show

as Self - Guest Host

TV
1994
ER

as Narajan

TV
1988TV
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

as Dr. Sandeep Kapoor

Movie
Brookfield

as Kumar Zimmerman

Movie
Movie
Contra

as Dale Stone

Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 23, 1977
Place of BirthMontclair, New Jersey, USA
Popularity1.8