Kumail Ali Nanjiani born May 2 1978 is a PakistaniAmerican comedian actor and screenwriter He is primarily known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley 20142019 and for cowriting and starring in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick 2017 For cowriting the latter with his wife Emily V Gordon he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay In 2018 Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world Nanjiani has also voiced Prismo on the animated series Adventure Time and starred in the TNT series Franklin Bash and the Adult Swim series Newsreaders He also cohosted the Comedy Central show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail as well as playing various roles on the comedy series Portlandia
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