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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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |