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Kal Penn

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,

Known For: Acting

Born: Montclair, New Jersey, USA, 1977-04-23

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1998	Express: Aisle to Glory	Jackie Newton	0
2	2001	American Desi	Ajay Pandya	56
3	2002	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Taj Mahal Badalandabad	60
4	2003	Cosmopolitan	Vandana's Fiancee	60
5	2003	Regarding Ardy	Fred	0
6	2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	Hadji	51
7	2003	Love Don't Co$t a Thing	Kenneth Warman	75
8	2004	Homeland Security	Harrison	38
9	2004	Ball and Chain	Bobby	60
10	2004	Where's the Party Yaar?	Mo	46
11	2004	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Kumar Patel	65
12	2005	Dancing in Twilight	Sam	23
13	2005	Son of the Mask	Jorge	42
14	2005	A Lot Like Love	Jeeter	68
15	2005	Sueno	Raj	42
16	2006	Awesometown	Guy Reading Newspaper	74
17	2006	Bachelor Party Vegas	Z-Bob	49
18	2006	Man About Town	Alan Fineberg	52
19	2006	Superman Returns	Stanford	58
20	2006	The Namesake	Gogol / Nikhil	67
21	2006	Deck the Halls	Amit Sayid (uncredited)	56
22	2006	Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj	Taj Mahal Badalandabad	51
23	2007	Epic Movie	Edward	39
24	2008	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Kumar Patel	63
25	2008	Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam	Kumar	65
26	2009	We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial	Self	46
27	2011	A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas	Kumar Patel	60
28	2011	Harold & Kumars Yuletide Jamz	Kumar Patel	70
29	2013	Dementamania		44
30	2014	A Prayer for Rain	Motwani	63
31	2015	The Sisterhood of Night	Gordy Gambhir	63
32	2015	Emily & Tim	Tim (Segment 2)	61
33	2015	The Girl in the Photographs	Peter Hemmings	48
34	2016	Better Off Single	Brice	50
35	2017	Speech & Debate	James	60
36	2017	Once Upon a Time in Venice	Rajeesh	52
37	2017	The Layover	Anuj	54
38	2017	The Problem with Apu	Self	47
39	2018	The Ashram	Nitin	56
40	2020	The Girl in the Woods		65
41	2021	Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers	Self	0
42	2021	Untitled Horror Movie	Mark	42
43	2021	Hot Mess Holiday	Kal Penn	56
44	2022	Smile	Dr. Morgan Desai	67
45	2023	Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong	Self	60
46		Jodie	Sandeep (voice)	0
47	2024	The Underdoggs	Ryan Kauffman	70
48		Trust Me, I'm a Doctor	Dr. Sandeep Kapoor	0
49		Brookfield	Kumar Zimmerman	10

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	CBS News Sunday Morning	Self	68
2	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
3	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
4	1994	ER	Narajan	78
5	1996	The Daily Show	Self - Guest Host	64
6	1996	Spin City	Buddy	71
7	1996	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Prajeeb	78
8	1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Hunt	81
9	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
10	1999	Independent Lens	Jagdesh	65
11	1999	Independent Lens	Vandana's Fiancee	65
12	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Henry Chanoor	79
13	1999	Angel	Young Man in Fez	79
14	2001	24	Ahmed Amar	78
15	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
16	2003	All About the Andersons	Doctor George	85
17	2003	Tru Calling	Steven	73
18	2004	House	Lawrence Kutner	86
19	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
20	2005	How I Met Your Mother	Kevin Venkataraghavan	81
21	2007	The Big Bang Theory	Kevin Campbell	79
22	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
23	2010	Top Gear		61
24	2011	New Girl	Tripp	74
25	2011	American Horror Story	Mac Marzara	81
26	2011	Impractical Jokers	Self	79
27	2012	Finding Your Roots	Self	62
28	2013	The Big Brain Theory	Self - Host	85
29	2013	Hollywood Game Night	Self	65
30	2013	We Are Men	Gil Bartis	54
31	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
32	2014	Deadbeat	Clyde	66
33	2015	Battle Creek	Detective Fontanelle	69
34	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	53
35	2015	The Big Picture with Kal Penn	Himself - Host	64
36	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert		64
37	2016	To Tell the Truth	Self - Panelist	62
38	2016	Match Game	Self - Panelist	59
39	2016	The $100,000 Pyramid	Self	74
40	2016	Designated Survivor	Seth Wright	71
41	2017	Superhuman	Self - Host	40
42	2018	Lie Detector	Self	100
43	2018	Fancy Nancy	Mr. Singh (voice)	65
44	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
45	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
46	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self - Guest Host	65
47	2019	A Little Late with Lilly Singh	Self	36
48	2019	Sunnyside	Garrett Modi	52
49	2020	Mira, Royal Detective	Mikku (voice)	62
50	2020	Kal Penn Approves This Message	Self - Host	70
51	2021	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	Self - Contestant	74
52	2021	Clarice	Shaan Tripathi	69
53	2022	The Santa Clauses	Simon Choksi	71
54	2023	Scott Pilgrim Takes Off	Ventakish (voice)	81