Kumail Nanjiani: movies and TV shows
Kumail Nanjiani has 168 credits in the archive: 71 films and 97 TV series, from 1953 to 2027. Highest rated: Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2027 · busiest year: 2014 (14 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Comeback King | Film | — | 49 | |
| 2026 | The Breadwinner | Peyton | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2026 | Over Your Dead Body | Hollywood Dan (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 2026 | Funny AF with Kevin Hart | Self - Judge | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2026 | The Wrong Girls | GG (voice) | Film | — | 48 |
| 2026 | See You When I See You | Film | — | 48 | |
| 2026 | The Screener | Parker Harrison | TV | — | 48 |
| 2026 | The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas | Self | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 2025 | Driver's Ed | Mr. Rivers | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 2025 | Deli Boys | Danyal Khan | TV | 6.3 | 47 |
| 2025 | Ella McCay | Trooper Nash | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 2025 | Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts | Self | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 2025 | Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts | Film | 7.2 | 47 | |
| 2025 | Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts | Film | 7.2 | 47 | |
| 2025 | Is / Was \ Will | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2025 | Is / Was \ Will | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2024 | Fallout | Xander Harkness | TV | 8.1 | 46 |
| 2024 | After Midnight | Self | TV | 5.5 | 46 |
| 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Nadeem | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 2024 | Grave Conversations | Self | TV | 10.0 | 46 |
| 2024 | Destroy All Neighbors | Smelting Refinery Guard | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 2023 | Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake | Prismo (voice) | TV | 8.6 | 45 |
| 2023 | Poker Face | Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 2023 | Krapopolis | Spartan Army Leader (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 2023 | Migration | Mack Mallard (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 45 |
| 2023 | History of the World: Part II | Vatsyayana | TV | 5.7 | 45 |
| 2023 | Money Shot: The Pornhub Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 2023 | Dr Phil LIVE! | Self | TV | 10.0 | 45 |
| 2023 | Attack of the Doc! | Self | Film | 5.3 | 45 |
| 2023 | Project Greenlight | Self | TV | 1.0 | 45 |
| 2023 | Project Greenlight | TV | 1.0 | 45 | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 44 |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Haja Estree | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2022 | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | Vik (voice) | TV | 7.1 | 44 |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Haja Estree | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 2022 | Welcome to Chippendales | Somen 'Steve' Banerjee | TV | 6.5 | 44 |
| 2022 | Welcome to Chippendales | TV | 6.5 | 44 | |
| 2022 | Murderville | Kumail Nanjiani | TV | 6.4 | 44 |
| 2022 | Bee and PuppyCat | Howell (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 44 |
| 2022 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals | Self - Kingo | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 2021 | Only Murders in the Building | Rudy Thurber | TV | 8.4 | 43 |
| 2021 | What If...? | Kingo (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 43 |
| 2021 | Eternals | Kingo | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 2021 | Roll Up Your Sleeves | Self | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 2021 | A Night at the Academy Museum | Self | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 2020 | Dolittle | Plimpton (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 2020 | Little America | TV | 6.6 | 42 | |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self | TV | 5.5 | 42 |
| 2020 | The Lovebirds | Jibran | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 2020 | The Lovebirds | Film | 6.1 | 42 | |
| 2020 | Death to 2020 | Bark Multiverse | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 2020 | Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 | Self | Film | 8.6 | 42 |
| 2019 | The Boys | Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited) | TV | 8.4 | 41 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 41 |
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone | Samir Wassan | TV | 6.7 | 41 |
| 2019 | Men in Black: International | Pawny (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 2019 | Bless the Harts | Jesus (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 41 |
| 2019 | Stuber | Stu Prasad | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 2019 | It Started As a Joke | Self | Film | 4.8 | 41 |
| 2019 | Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee | Self | Film | 7.1 | 41 |
| 2019 | Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik | Self | TV | 6.9 | 41 |
| 2018 | Duck Butter | Jake | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 2018 | Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity | Self | Film | 5.1 | 40 |
| 2018 | Poop Talk | Self | Film | 4.5 | 40 |
| 2017 | Big Mouth | himself (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 39 |
| 2017 | The Lego Ninjago Movie | Jay (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 2017 | The Big Sick | Kumail Nanjiani | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 2017 | The Big Sick | Film | 7.3 | 39 | |
| 2017 | The Big Sick | Film | 7.3 | 39 | |
| 2017 | Fist Fight | Officer Mehar | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 2017 | A Happening of Monumental Proportions | Perry | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 2016 | Chelsea | Self | TV | 5.1 | 38 |
| 2016 | HarmonQuest | Eddie Lizzard | TV | 7.8 | 38 |
| 2016 | Central Intelligence | Jared the Airport Security Guard | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates | Keanu | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 2016 | The Late Bloomer | Rich | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 2016 | Brother Nature | Riggleman | Film | 5.1 | 38 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 37 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | TV | 5.1 | 37 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 37 |
| 2015 | Hot Ones | Self | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 37 |
| 2015 | Taskmaster | Self | TV | 8.3 | 37 |
| 2015 | Major Lazer | Thor (voice) | TV | 6.8 | 37 |
| 2015 | The Grinder | Prosecutor Leonard | TV | 6.7 | 37 |
| 2015 | Hell and Back | Dave the Demon (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 2015 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Brad Syed | Film | 5.2 | 37 |
| 2015 | Misery Loves Comedy | Self | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 2015 | Hello, My Name Is Doris | Nasir | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 2015 | Flock of Dudes | Ro | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 2015 | Addicted to Fresno | Damon | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 36 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 36 |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self | TV | 7.8 | 36 |
| 2014 | Silicon Valley | Dinesh Chugtai | TV | 8.1 | 36 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 36 |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | TV | 5.0 | 36 |
| 2014 | Broad City | Benny Calitri | TV | 7.1 | 36 |
| 2014 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Cute-ling Mayor (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 36 |
| 2014 | Garfunkel and Oates | Jordan | TV | 6.9 | 36 |
| 2014 | Sex Tape | Punit | Film | 5.4 | 36 |
| 2014 | TripTank | Dick Genie (voice) | TV | 5.2 | 36 |
| 2014 | The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail | Self | TV | 6.4 | 36 |
| 2014 | The Last of the Great Romantics | George the Counter Guy | Film | — | 36 |
| 2014 | Loaded | Raza | Film | 4.2 | 36 |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | TV | 5.7 | 35 |
| 2013 | @midnight with Chris Hardwick | Self | TV | 5.2 | 35 |
| 2013 | Drunk History | Lakota Chief | TV | 6.8 | 35 |
| 2013 | Newsreaders | Amir Larussa | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 2013 | The Kings of Summer | Gary | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 2013 | The Arrangement | Alfred Dalton | Film | 4.6 | 35 |
| 2013 | The Jeselnik Offensive | Self | TV | 7.4 | 35 |
| 2013 | Bad Milo! | Bobbi | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 2013 | Timms Valley | Arjit Pondicherry | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 2013 | Hell Baby | Cable Guy | Film | 5.1 | 35 |
| 2013 | Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male | Himself | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 2013 | Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male | Film | 5.8 | 35 | |
| 2012 | Veep | Statistician | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 2012 | Key & Peele | College Kid #1 | TV | 7.7 | 34 |
| 2012 | The Eric Andre Show | Self | TV | 7.9 | 34 |
| 2012 | Burning Love | Zakir | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement | Pakistani Chef | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 2012 | Bunk | TV | — | 34 | |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers | Skip Marooch (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash | Pindar Singh | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 2011 | Portlandia | Cell Phone Salesman | TV | 6.9 | 33 |
| 2011 | Portlandia | Birthday Loan Officer | TV | 6.9 | 33 |
| 2011 | Portlandia | Human Bandwidth Manager | TV | 6.9 | 33 |
| 2011 | Portlandia | Denim Salesman | TV | 6.9 | 33 |
| 2011 | Portlandia | SoCal Waiter | TV | 6.9 | 33 |
| 2011 | Traffic Light | Paul | TV | 6.8 | 33 |
| 2010 | Conan | Self | TV | 7.2 | 32 |
| 2010 | Adventure Time | Prismo (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 32 |
| 2010 | Ugly Americans | Neilando Patel (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 32 |
| 2010 | Life As We Know It | Simon | Film | 6.9 | 32 |
| 2010 | The Green Room with Paul Provenza | Self | TV | 8.1 | 32 |
| 2010 | Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy? | Film | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 31 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 7.5 | 31 |
| 2009 | Community | Lapari | TV | 8.0 | 31 |
| 2009 | Archer | Farooq Ashkani (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 31 |
| 2009 | Michael & Michael Have Issues | Kumail | TV | 5.0 | 31 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 25 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest Host | TV | 5.3 | 25 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 25 |
| 2000 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Bees (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 22 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 19 |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 19 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 15 |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Pasha | TV | 8.4 | 15 |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.1 | 14 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Theo (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 11 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self | TV | 5.6 | 10 |
| 1979 | Laugh Factory | Self | TV | — | 1 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 2 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 2 |
| 1975 | Good Morning America | Self - Guest | TV | 4.9 | 2 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| Compulsive Liar | Simon | Film | — | — | |
| Compulsive Liar | Film | — | — | ||
| Compulsive Liar | Film | — | — | ||
| Very Young Frankenstein | TV | — | — | ||
| All Day & All Night | Film | — | — | ||
| Green Bank | Film | — | — | ||
| Thread: An Insidious Tale | Film | — | — | ||
| Sex Criminals | TV | — | — | ||
| Sex Criminals | TV | — | — | ||
| Sidekicks | Film | — | — |