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Kal Penn

Acting

Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers•The Late Show with Stephen Colbert•The Kelly Clarkson Show•The Kelly Clarkson Show•The Daily Show•The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

48 Years Old

Kal Penn (born Kalpen Suresh Modi) is an American actor, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration. He is best known for his roles as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar movie franchise, Taj Mahal Badalandabad in Van Wilder and Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj,

Born

Montclair, New Jersey, USA on 23rd April 1977

All Credits

Late Night with Seth Meyers Image

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Image

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Kelly Clarkson Show Image

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self - Guest Host

The Kelly Clarkson Show Image

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self

The Daily Show Image

The Daily Show

Self - Guest Host

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Image

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden Image

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Self - Guest

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Image

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Image

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Henry Chanoor

House Image

House

Lawrence Kutner

LIVE with Kelly and Mark Image

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Image

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Image

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Image

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Hunt

Impractical Jokers Image

Impractical Jokers

Self

A Little Late with Lilly Singh Image

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

Self

The View Image

The View

Self - Guest

Independent Lens Image

Independent Lens

Vandana's Fiancee

Independent Lens Image

Independent Lens

Jagdesh

Mira, Royal Detective Image

Mira, Royal Detective

Mikku (voice)

How I Met Your Mother Image

How I Met Your Mother

Kevin Venkataraghavan

American Horror Story Image

American Horror Story

Mac Marzara

24 Image

24

Ahmed Amar

Spin City Image

Spin City

Buddy

Angel Image

Angel

Young Man in Fez

The Big Bang Theory Image

The Big Bang Theory

Kevin Campbell

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Image

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Prajeeb

ER Image

ER

Narajan

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Image

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Self - Contestant

Match Game Image

Match Game

Self - Panelist

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Image

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Ventakish (voice)

Designated Survivor Image

Designated Survivor

Seth Wright

New Girl Image

New Girl

Tripp

Tamron Hall Image

Tamron Hall

Self - Guest

Finding Your Roots Image

Finding Your Roots

Self

Fancy Nancy Image

Fancy Nancy

Mr. Singh (voice)

CBS News Sunday Morning Image

CBS News Sunday Morning

Self

Hollywood Game Night Image

Hollywood Game Night

Self

The $100,000 Pyramid Image

The $100,000 Pyramid

Self

Tru Calling Image

Tru Calling

Steven

All About the Andersons Image

All About the Andersons

Doctor George

Sunnyside Image

Sunnyside

Garrett Modi

To Tell the Truth Image

To Tell the Truth

Self - Panelist

The Santa Clauses Image

The Santa Clauses

Simon Choksi

Top Gear Image

Top Gear

Deadbeat Image

Deadbeat

Clyde

Clarice Image

Clarice

Shaan Tripathi

We Are Men Image

We Are Men

Gil Bartis

Superhuman Image

Superhuman

Self - Host

Smile Image

Smile

Dr. Morgan Desai

Superman Returns Image

Superman Returns

Stanford

Battle Creek Image

Battle Creek

Detective Fontanelle

The Big Picture with Kal Penn Image

The Big Picture with Kal Penn

Himself - Host

Love Don't Co$t a Thing Image

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

Kenneth Warman

The Big Brain Theory Image

The Big Brain Theory

Self - Host

Lie Detector

Self

Kal Penn Approves This Message Image

Kal Penn Approves This Message

Self - Host

National Lampoon's Van Wilder Image

National Lampoon's Van Wilder

Taj Mahal Badalandabad

Son of the Mask Image

Son of the Mask

Jorge

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Image

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Kumar Patel

Epic Movie Image

Epic Movie

Edward

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Image

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Kumar Patel

Deck the Halls Image

Deck the Halls

Amit Sayid (uncredited)

The Layover Image

The Layover

Anuj

A Lot Like Love Image

A Lot Like Love

Jeeter

The Underdoggs Image

The Underdoggs

Ryan Kauffman

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas Image

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

Kumar Patel

Once Upon a Time in Venice Image

Once Upon a Time in Venice

Rajeesh

Malibu's Most Wanted Image

Malibu's Most Wanted

Hadji

Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj Image

Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj

Taj Mahal Badalandabad

Man About Town Image

Man About Town

Alan Fineberg

The Namesake Image

The Namesake

Gogol / Nikhil

Better Off Single Image

Better Off Single

Brice

The Problem with Apu Image

The Problem with Apu

Self

Bachelor Party Vegas Image

Bachelor Party Vegas

Z-Bob

Untitled Horror Movie Image

Untitled Horror Movie

Mark

The Girl in the Photographs Image

The Girl in the Photographs

Peter Hemmings

Speech & Debate Image

Speech & Debate

James

Hot Mess Holiday Image

Hot Mess Holiday

Kal Penn

The Ashram Image

The Ashram

Nitin

Sueno Image

Sueno

Raj

Emily & Tim Image

Emily & Tim

Tim (Segment 2)

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial Image

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

Self

The Sisterhood of Night Image

The Sisterhood of Night

Gordy Gambhir

Homeland Security Image

Homeland Security

Harrison

Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam Image

Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam

Kumar

American Desi Image

American Desi

Ajay Pandya

A Prayer for Rain Image

A Prayer for Rain

Motwani

Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong Image

Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong

Self

Ball and Chain Image

Ball and Chain

Bobby

Regarding Ardy Image

Regarding Ardy

Fred

Awesometown Image

Awesometown

Guy Reading Newspaper

Where's the Party Yaar? Image

Where's the Party Yaar?

Mo

Dementamania Image

Dementamania

Jodie

Sandeep (voice)

Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers Image

Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers

Self

Cosmopolitan

Vandana's Fiancee

Trust Me, I'm a Doctor Image

Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

Dr. Sandeep Kapoor

Brookfield

Kumar Zimmerman

Dancing in Twilight Image

Dancing in Twilight

Sam

Express: Aisle to Glory Image

Express: Aisle to Glory

Jackie Newton

Harold & Kumars Yuletide Jamz Image

Harold & Kumars Yuletide Jamz

Kumar Patel

The Girl in the Woods Image

The Girl in the Woods