Kal Penn
Actor

Kal Penn

4 Movies
2 TV Shows
6 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 6
Birthday April 23, 1977 (49 years old)
Place of Birth Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As Kalpen Suresh Modi, Cal Pen, Καλ ΠΡν, γ‚«γƒ«γƒ»γƒšγƒ³
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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

Filmography (112)

Celebrity Weakest Link 2025
The Underdoggs 2024
Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong 2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off 2023
Smile 2022
The Santa Clauses 2022
Hot Mess Holiday 2021
Untitled Horror Movie 2021
Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers 2021
Clarice 2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 2021
Name That Tune 2021
The Girl in the Woods 2020
Mira, Royal Detective 2020
Kal Penn Approves This Message 2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 2020
Industry 2020
Tamron Hall 2019
Sunnyside 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh 2019
The Ashram 2018
Fancy Nancy 2018
The Layover 2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice 2017
Speech & Debate 2017
The Problem with Apu 2017
Superhuman 2017
Better Off Single 2016
Designated Survivor 2016
Match Game 2016
To Tell the Truth 2016
The $100,000 Pyramid 2016
The Sisterhood of Night 2015
Emily & Tim 2015
The Girl in the Photographs 2015
Battle Creek 2015
The Big Picture with Kal Penn 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
A Prayer for Rain 2014
Deadbeat 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
Dementamania 2013
The Big Brain Theory 2013
We Are Men 2013
Hollywood Game Night 2013
Finding Your Roots 2012
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas 2011
Harold & Kumars Yuletide Jamz 2011
Impractical Jokers 2011
New Girl 2011
American Horror Story 2011
Top Gear 2010
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 2009
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay 2008
Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam 2008
Epic Movie 2007
The Big Bang Theory 2007
Superman Returns 2006
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj 2006
Man About Town 2006
Bachelor Party Vegas 2006
Deck the Halls 2006
The Namesake 2006
Awesometown 2006
A Lot Like Love 2005
Son of the Mask 2005
Sueno 2005
Dancing in Twilight 2005
How I Met Your Mother 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2005
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle 2004
Ball and Chain 2004
Homeland Security 2004
House 2004
The Soup 2004
Love Don't Co$t a Thing 2003
Where's the Party Yaar? 2003
Malibu's Most Wanted 2003
Regarding Ardy 2003
Cosmopolitan 2003
Tru Calling 2003
All About the Andersons 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2002
American Desi 2001
24 2001
The Agency 2001
Freshmen 1999
Angel 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999
Independent Lens 1999
SpongeBob SquarePants 1999
Express: Aisle to Glory 1998
The View 1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997
Spin City 1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 1996
The Daily Show 1996
ER 1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
CBS News Sunday Morning 1979
Sesame Street 1969
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
Brookfield
Patel
What the F*ck Is My Password?!
Contra
Untitled Harold & Kumar Sequel