Born: February 21, 1978
BlueMeter: Tame
Who’s Funnier?
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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. |
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| 2014 |
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (Season 1)
Showcase features multiple comedians. |
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| 2014 |
Funny as Hell (Season 4)
Features Multiple Comedians. Aired on HBO Canada. |
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| 2013 | Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male | |
| 2012 |
Mash Up
Series that combines traditional stand-up inter-cut sketch performances of the comedian's bits. |
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| 2011 |
John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show (Season 2)
Features multiple comedians. |
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| 2010 |
Live at Gotham (Season 4)
Features multiple comedians |
Books (by and about)
No books by or about this comedian. |
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.
