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Kal Penn

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Kalpen Suresh Modi (Gujarati: કલ્પેન સુરેશ મોદી; born April 23, 1977), known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration. As an actor he is known for his portrayals of Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar film series, Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, White House staffer Seth Wright on Designated Survivor, and Kevin, a psychologist and boyfriend to Robin in How I Met Your Mother. He is also recognized for his performance in the film The Namesake. Penn once taught at the University of Pennsylvania in the Cinema Studies Program as a visiting lecturer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2024). Kal Penn is the 5,430th most popular actor (up from 5,667th in 2024), the 8,425th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,302nd in 2019) and the 2,483rd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Kal Penn ranks 5,430 out of 13,578. Before him are Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Burt Kwouk, Haley Joel Osment, Peter Mygind, Robert Goulet, and Jesse Plemons. After him are Michael Badalucco, Yuliya Borisova, Tobias Menzies, Kaan Urgancıoğlu, Tommy Noonan, and Lana Clarkson.

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Among people born in 1977, Kal Penn ranks 144. Before him are Titus O'Neil, Mikaël Silvestre, Kia Stevens, Colin Hanks, Hiro Mashima, and Antonio Mateu Lahoz. After him are David Dastmalchian, Jelena Rozga, Makoto Ikeda, Sarah Biasini, Sam Rivers, and Lana Parrilla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kal Penn ranks 8,427 out of 20,380. Before him are Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), Alan Ball (1957), Haley Joel Osment (1988), Henry Dearborn (1751), Robert Goulet (1933), and Jesse Plemons (1988). After him are Michael Badalucco (1954), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Stuart Kauffman (1939), Louis Kuehn (1901), Richard Marcinko (1940), and Frank O'Hara (1926).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kal Penn ranks 2,484. Before him are Harve Presnell (1933), Curly Howard (1903), Noah Wyle (1971), Haley Joel Osment (1988), Robert Goulet (1933), and Jesse Plemons (1988). After him are Michael Badalucco (1954), Tommy Noonan (1921), Lana Clarkson (1962), Mitzi Gaynor (1931), Erik King (1963), and Julie Bowen (1970).

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