Birthday: Apr 23, 1977
Place of Birth: Montclair, New Jersey, USA

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,

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Superman Returns	Stanford	2006
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj	Taj Mahal Badalandabad	2006
Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong	Self	2023
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Kumar Patel	2004
Love Don't Co$t a Thing	Kenneth Warman	2003
Smile	Dr. Morgan Desai	2022
National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Taj Mahal Badalandabad	2002
Where's the Party Yaar?	Mo	2004
American Desi	Ajay Pandya	2001
A Lot Like Love	Jeeter	2005
Epic Movie	Edward	2007
Man About Town	Alan Fineberg	2006
Express: Aisle to Glory	Jackie Newton	1998
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Kumar Patel	2008
Malibu's Most Wanted	Hadji	2003
Bachelor Party Vegas	Z-Bob	2006
Deck the Halls	Amit Sayid (uncredited)	2006
Ball and Chain	Bobby	2004
The Namesake	Gogol / Nikhil	2006
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas	Kumar Patel	2011
Dementamania		2013
The Sisterhood of Night	Gordy Gambhir	2015
Regarding Ardy	Fred	2003
Jodie	Sandeep (voice)	1970
A Prayer for Rain	Motwani	2014
Harold & Kumars Yuletide Jamz	Kumar Patel	2011
Hot Mess Holiday	Kal Penn	2021
Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam	Kumar	2008
The Underdoggs	Ryan Kauffman	2024
Better Off Single	Brice	2016
Emily & Tim	Tim (Segment 2)	2015
The Layover	Anuj	2017
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor	Dr. Sandeep Kapoor	1970
Awesometown	Guy Reading Newspaper	2006
The Girl in the Photographs	Peter Hemmings	2015
Once Upon a Time in Venice	Rajeesh	2017
Speech & Debate	James	2017
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial	Self	2009
Son of the Mask	Jorge	2005
Sueno	Raj	2005
Cosmopolitan	Vandana's Fiancee	2003
The Ashram	Nitin	2018
The Problem with Apu	Self	2017
Dancing in Twilight	Sam	2005
The Girl in the Woods		2020
Untitled Horror Movie	Mark	2021
Homeland Security	Harrison	2004
Series	Cast	Year
How I Met Your Mother	Kevin Venkataraghavan	2005
House	Lawrence Kutner	2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!		2003
Spin City	Buddy	1996
24	Ahmed Amar	2001
Angel	Young Man in Fez	1999
LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	1988
Mira, Royal Detective	Mikku (voice)	2020
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Henry Chanoor	1999
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		1992
Finding Your Roots	Self	2012
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	2005
Independent Lens	Jagdesh	1999
Impractical Jokers	Self	2011
The Big Brain Theory	Self - Host	2013
Battle Creek	Detective Fontanelle	2015
The Big Picture with Kal Penn	Himself - Host	2015
Tru Calling	Steven	2003
We Are Men	Gil Bartis	2013
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Prajeeb	1996
Deadbeat	Clyde	2014
Designated Survivor	Seth Wright	2016
ER	Narajan	1994
Top Gear		2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	2015
New Girl	Tripp	2011
Superhuman	Self - Host	2017
The Santa Clauses	Simon Choksi	2022
Clarice	Shaan Tripathi	2021
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off	Ventakish (voice)	2023
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	Self - Contestant	2021
Fancy Nancy	Mr. Singh (voice)	2018
Match Game	Self - Panelist	2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	2014
The View	Self - Guest	1997
The Big Bang Theory	Kevin Campbell	2007
All About the Andersons	Doctor George	2003
Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	2019
American Horror Story	Mac Marzara	2011
To Tell the Truth	Self - Panelist	2016
Sunnyside	Garrett Modi	2019
The $100,000 Pyramid	Self	2016
The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh	Self	2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	2009
Hollywood Game Night	Self	2013
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Hunt	1997
The Daily Show	Self - Guest Host	1996
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert		2015
Independent Lens	Vandana's Fiancee	1999
Kal Penn Approves This Message	Self - Host	2020
CBS News Sunday Morning	Self	1979
Lie Detector	Self	2018

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