Kal Penn
Biography
Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, author, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration. He is best known for his role as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar movie franchise. He is also known for his roles as Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, White House staffer Seth Wright on Designated Survivor, Kevin in How I Met Your Mother and Nikhil Ganguli in the film The Namesake (2006). In early 2009, Penn was offered the position of Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, which he accepted, necessitating his character Lawrence Kutner being written out of the TV series House. In 2020, Penn wrote a memoir called "You Can't Be Serious". While promoting this memoir, Penn announced that he and his boyfriend of 11 years, named Josh, were engaged
Known For
Acting
2006
asStanford
2006
asTaj Mahal Badalandabad
2023
asSelf
2004
asKumar Patel
2003
asKenneth Warman
2022
asDr. Morgan Desai
2002
asTaj Mahal Badalandabad
2004
asMo
2001
asAjay Pandya
2005
asJeeter
2007
asEdward
2006
asAlan Fineberg
1998
asJackie Newton
2008
asKumar Patel
2003
asHadji
2006
asZ-Bob
2006
asAmit Sayid (uncredited)
2004
asBobby
2006
asGogol / Nikhil
2011
asKumar Patel
2013
as
2015
asGordy Gambhir
2003
asFred
2014
asMotwani
2011
asKumar Patel
2021
asKal Penn
2008
asKumar
2024
asRyan Kauffman
2016
asBrice
2015
asTim (Segment 2)
2017
asAnuj
asDr. Sandeep Kapoor
2006
asGuy Reading Newspaper
2015
asPeter Hemmings
2017
asRajeesh
2017
asJames
2009
asSelf
2005
asJorge
2005
asRaj
2003
asVandana's Fiancee
2018
asNitin
2017
asSelf
2005
asSam
2020
as
2021
asMark
2004
asHarrison
asKumar Zimmerman
2021
asSelf
as as 
asKevin Venkataraghavan
asLawrence Kutner
asSelf
asBuddy
asAhmed Amar
asYoung Man in Fez
asSelf - Guest
asMikku (voice)
asHenry Chanoor
as
asSelf
asSelf
asJagdesh
asSelf
asSelf - Host
asDetective Fontanelle
asHimself - Host
asSteven
asGil Bartis
asPrajeeb
asClyde
asSeth Wright
asNarajan
as
asSelf - Guest
asTripp
asSelf - Host
asSimon Choksi
asShaan Tripathi
asVentakish (voice)
asSelf - Contestant
asMr. Singh (voice)
asSelf - Panelist
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asKevin Campbell
asDoctor George
asSelf - Guest
asMac Marzara
asSelf - Panelist
asGarrett Modi
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asHunt
asSelf - Guest Host
asasVandana's Fiancee
asSelf - Host
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf - Guest Host
asSelf
Production
Crew
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