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Kumail Nanjiani

1978 - Today

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Kumail Ali Nanjiani (; Sindhi: ڪميل علي نانجياڻي‎; Urdu: کمیل علی نانجیانی; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley (2014–2019) and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick (2017). For co-writing the latter with his wife, Emily V. Gordon, they were 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kumail Nanjiani is the 2,690th most popular actor (down from 2,416th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 51st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Pakistani Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kumail Nanjiani ranks 2,690 out of 13,578. Before him are Joe Spinell, Frank Finlay, Pierre Arditi, Karl Valentin, Matthias Habich, and Gérard Jugnot. After him are John Mahoney, James Doohan, Patricia Quinn, Janet McTeer, Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, and Mickey Hargitay.

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Among people born in 1978, Kumail Nanjiani ranks 63. Before him are Diplo, Vanessa-Mae, AJ McLean, Shunsuke Nakamura, Gabriel Heinze, and Jen Psaki. After him are Ha Ji-won, Gael García Bernal, Paul Hunter, Laetitia Casta, Lauren German, and Mike Flanagan.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Kumail Nanjiani ranks 65 out of 217. Before him are Dilip Kumar (1922), Nek Chand (1924), Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964), Francis Younghusband (1863), Lal Bokhari (1909), and Farooq Leghari (1940). After him are Hamida Banu Begum (1527), Taxiles (-400), Tariq Ali (1943), Manoj Kumar (1937), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (1988), and Shyama (1935).

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Among ACTORS In Pakistan

Among actors born in Pakistan, Kumail Nanjiani ranks 6. Before him are Pran (1920), Dev Anand (1923), Kabir Bedi (1946), Babita (1947), and Dilip Kumar (1922). After him are Manoj Kumar (1937), Shyama (1935), Sunil Dutt (1929), Prithviraj Kapoor (1906), Art Malik (1952), and Vinod Khanna (1946).

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