What is Kumail Nanjiani?
{{Infobox person | image = [[File:Kumail Nanjiani (48462872302).jpg|240px]] | name = Kumail Nanjiani | caption = Nanjiani in 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|5|2}} | birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]] | occupation = Actor, podcast host, stand-up comedian, writer | alma mater = [[Grinnell College]] | years_active = 2008–present | spouse = {{marriage|[[Emily V. Gordon]]|2007}} | relatives = [[Shereen Nanjiani]] (second cousin) }} '''Kumail Nanjiani''' (born May 2, 1978)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TVsJonDore/status/39885028154548224|title=Twitter / TVsJonDore: Happy Birthday Kumail Nanjiani!! |publisher=Twitter|date=February 21, 2011|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> is a [[Pakistan]]i-[[Americans|American]] actor, podcast host, stand-up comedian and writer. He is also known as the voice of Prismo on the Emmy Award-winning animated series ''[[Adventure Time]]''. He starred on the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] series ''[[Franklin & Bash]]'' and the [[Adult Swim]] series ''[[Newsreaders]]''. In 2017, Nanjiani starred in the semi-autobiographical [[romantic comedy]] movie ''[[The Big Sick]]'' set in [[Chicago]], which he wrote with his wife [[Emily V. Gordon]]. They were nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[90th Academy Awards]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nanjiani, Kumail}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actors from Chicago]] [[Category:Actors from Karachi]] [[Category:Actors from New York (state)]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American radio personalities]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American television writers]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Comedians from Chicago]] [[Category:Comedians from New York (state)]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Screenwriters from Chicago]]