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Kal Penn

Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977), best known by his stage name Kal Penn, is an American film actor and politician. As an actor, he is known for his role on the television program House portraying the character Dr. Lawrence Kutner and in the Harold and Kumar comedy films as Kumar Patel. He is also recognized for the critically acclaimed film The Namesake. Penn has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania as a visiting lecturer in the Cinema Studies Program. On April 8, 2009, it was announced that Penn would join the Obama administration as an Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement. This necessitated that his character Lawrence Kutner be written out of the TV series House. Penn resigned his post as Barack Obama's associate director of public engagement on June 1, 2010, for a brief return to his acting career. He filmed the third installment of the Harold and Kumar series, A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas, then returned to the White House Office of Public Engagement as an Associate Director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kal Penn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Apr 23, 1977 In Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
67
First Appeared:
In the movie Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
Latest Project:
Movie The Underdoggs 2024-01-25
Known For
Poster of The Big Picture with Kal Penn
Poster of A Prayer for Rain
Poster of Where's the Party Yaar?
Poster of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Filmography
Movie Jodie Sandeep (voice) 2025
Movie Trust Me, I'm a Doctor Dr. Sandeep Kapoor 2025
Movie The Underdoggs Ryan Kauffman 2024-01-25
Movie Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong Self 2023-02-01
Movie Smile Dr. Morgan Desai 2022-09-23
Movie Hot Mess Holiday Kal Penn 2021-12-11
Movie Untitled Horror Movie Mark 2021-06-12
Series Mira, Royal Detective Mikku (voice) 2020-03-20
Movie The Girl in the Woods 2020-04-17
Series Sunnyside Garrett Modi 2019-09-26
Series Fancy Nancy Mr. Singh (voice) 2018-07-13
Movie The Ashram Nitin 2018-03-02
Movie Speech & Debate James 2017-04-07
Movie The Problem with Apu Self 2017-11-19
Series Superhuman Self - Host 2017-06-12
Movie The Layover Anuj 2017-09-01
Movie Once Upon a Time in Venice Rajeesh 2017-06-08
Series Match Game Himself 2016-06-26
Series Designated Survivor Seth Wright 2016-09-21
Movie Better Off Single Brice 2016-10-07
Series Battle Creek Detective Fontanelle 2015-03-01
Movie The Girl in the Photographs Peter Hemmings 2015-09-14
Series The Big Picture with Kal Penn Himself - Host 2015-03-30
Movie The Sisterhood of Night Gordy Gambhir 2015-04-10
Movie Emily & Tim Tim (Segment 2) 2015-08-29
Series Deadbeat Clyde 2014-04-09
Movie A Prayer for Rain Motwani 2014-12-05
Movie Dementamania 2013-08-23
Series We Are Men Gil Bartis 2013-09-30
Movie A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas Kumar Patel 2011-11-04
Series Top Gear Unknown 2010-11-21
Movie We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial Self 2009-01-18
Movie Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Kumar Patel 2008-04-25
Movie Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam Kumar 2008-07-29
Movie Epic Movie Edward 2007-01-25
Movie Awesometown Guy Reading Newspaper 2006-01-23
Movie Bachelor Party Vegas Z-Bob 2006-04-25
Movie Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj Taj Mahal Badalandabad 2006-12-01
Movie Man About Town Alan Fineberg 2006-06-08
Movie The Namesake Gogol / Nikhil 2006-09-02
Movie Deck the Halls Amit Sayid (uncredited) 2006-11-22
Movie Superman Returns Stanford 2006-06-28
Movie Dancing in Twilight Sam 2005-01-01
Movie A Lot Like Love Jeeter 2005-04-21
Series How I Met Your Mother Unknown 2005-09-19
Movie Son of the Mask Jorge 2005-02-11
Movie Sueno Raj 2005-09-30
Movie Homeland Security Harrison 2004-04-11
Series House Dr. Lawrence Kutner 2004-11-16
Movie Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Kumar Patel 2004-07-02
Movie Where's the Party Yaar? Mo 2004-05-24
Movie Ball and Chain Bobby 2004-05-14
Movie Cosmopolitan Vandana's Fiancee 2003-01-01
Movie Malibu's Most Wanted Hadji 2003-04-10
Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Unknown 2003-01-26
Movie Love Don't Co$t a Thing Kenneth Warman 2003-12-12
Series All About the Andersons George 2003-09-12
Movie National Lampoon's Van Wilder Taj Mahal Badalandabad 2002-03-29
Series 24 Ahmed Amar 2001-11-06
Movie American Desi Ajay Pandya 2001-01-01
Series Independent Lens Jagdesh 1999-08-09
Series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Unknown 1999-09-20
Series Angel Young Man in Fez 1999-10-05
Series Spin City Unknown 1996-09-17
Series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Prajeeb 1996-09-27
Series ER Unknown 1994-09-19
Series The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Unknown 1992-05-25