Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Nanjiani (born February 21, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host. Nanjiani is best known for being a main cast member on HBO's Emmy Award-nominated series Silicon Valley, as well as for providing the voice of Prismo on the Emmy Award-winning animated series Adventure Time. He starred on the TNT series Franklin & Bash and the Adult Swim series Newsreaders. Nanjiani also co-hosted the Comedy Central show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. In addition to his television and film work, he hosted two podcasts: The Indoor Kids and The X-Files Files. In 2017, Nanjiani starred in the autobiographical romantic comedy film The Big Sick, which he wrote with his wife Emily V. Gordon. 2Early life Nanjiani was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He was raised as a Shia Muslim, but later became nonreligious; he has been described as being atheist. The Pakistani-Scottish radio presenter Shereen Nanjiani is his second cousin. During his childhood, Nanjiani lived in Karachi and attended Karachi Grammar Schoo