Born: February 21, 1978
BlueMeter: Tame
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Next Tour Date

Sunday | April 14
7:00PM

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Works

Records

2013 Beta Male

Specials (and other video)

2015 The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (Season 2)

Showcase features multiple comedians.

2014 The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (Season 1)

Showcase features multiple comedians.

2014 Funny as Hell (Season 4)

Features Multiple Comedians. Aired on HBO Canada.

2013 Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
2012 Mash Up

Series that combines traditional stand-up inter-cut sketch performances of the comedian's bits.

2011 John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show (Season 2)

Features multiple comedians.

2010 Live at Gotham (Season 4)

Features multiple comedians

Books (by and about)

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Biography

Kumail is a tireless Los Angeles-based writer, actor, and comedian. He has been seen performing stand-up on Conan, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with David Letterman, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. His 2013 comedy special Beta Male was on the "best of 2013" lists for Vulture, Village Voice, and the Onion AV Club, and it was chosen best comedy special of the year by Entertainment Weekly. Kumail is a recurring cast member on shows like Portlandia, AdventureTime, and the webseries Burning Love, among others. He has also appeared in the feature films Hell Baby, Loaded, Bad Milo, Five Year Engagement, and the upcoming Hot Tub Time Marchine 2. He was a regular cast member on TNT's Franklin and Bash for two seasons and is now a regular cast member on the Mike Judge show Silicon Valley on HBO. The live show he cohosts, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, is considered the best standup show in Los Angeles, and it will be a series on Comedy Central in 2014.