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Kalpen Suresh Modi, known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, comedian, and civil servant. As an actor, he is known for his role portraying Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, as well as the character Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar film series. He is also recognized for his performance in the film The Namesake. Penn has taught at the University of Pennsylvania in the Cinema Studies Program as a visiting lecturer.
Birth Name
Kalpen Suresh Modi
Born
Saturday, 23 April 1977
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Underdoggs | Ryan Kauffman | 2024 |
| Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | Matthew Patel's Lawyer | 2023 |
| Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong | 2023 | |
| The Santa Clauses | Simon Choksi / Santa Claus | 2022 |
| Smile | Dr. Morgan Desai | 2022 |
| Hot Mess Holiday | Kal Penn | 2021 |
| CBS Mornings | Self - Guest Host, Daily Show | 2021 |
| Money Hungry | Self - Host | 2021 |
| Untitled Horror Movie | Mark | 2021 |
| Clarice | Shaan Tripathi | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Underdoggs | Ryan Kauffman | 2024 |
| Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | Matthew Patel's Lawyer | 2023 |
| Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong | 2023 | |
| The Santa Clauses | Simon Choksi / Santa Claus | 2022 |
| Smile | Dr. Morgan Desai | 2022 |
| Hot Mess Holiday | Kal Penn | 2021 |
| CBS Mornings | Self - Guest Host, Daily Show | 2021 |
| Money Hungry | Self - Host | 2021 |
| Untitled Horror Movie | Mark | 2021 |
| Clarice | Shaan Tripathi | 2021 |
| Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 2021 |
| Kal Penn Approves This Message | Self - Host | 2020 |
| The Drew Barrymore Show | Self | 2020 |
| GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
| Mira, Royal Detective | Mikku / Guard 2 / Townsperson | 2020 |
| It's Pony | Fred | 2020 |
| Blue's Clues & You | Self | 2019 |
| Helpsters | Water Wally | 2019 |
| Sunnyside | Garrett Modi | 2019 |
| A Little Late with Lilly Singh | Self | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019 |
| Tamron Hall | Self | 2019 |
| This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy | Self - Host | 2019 |
| Fancy Nancy | Mr. Singh (voice) / Mr. Ravi Singh / Mr. Singh | 2018 |
| The $100,000 Pyramid | Self - Celebrity Player | 2018 |
| The Ashram | Nitin | 2018 |
| The Problem with Apu | Himself / Self | 2017 |
| The IMDb Show | Self - Guest | 2017 |
| The Layover | Anuj | 2017 |
| Superhuman | Self - Host | 2017 |
| Once Upon a Time in Venice | Rajeesh | 2017 |
| Speech & Debate | James Merrick / James | 2017 |
| Hollywood Horror Stories | Self | 2016 |
| Better Off Single | Brice | 2016 |
| Designated Survivor | Seth Wright | 2016 |
| Match Game | Self - Celebrity Panelist | 2016 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 2016 |
| Mack & Moxy | Admirable Kal | 2016 |
| Join or Die with Craig Ferguson | Self - Special Guest | 2016 |
| The Girl in the Photographs | Peter Hemmings | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Emily & Tim | Tim (Segment 2) / Tim Hanratty (segment 'Discord') | 2015 |
| The Sisterhood of Night | Gordy Gambhir | 2015 |
| The Big Picture with Kal Penn | Himself - Host / Self - Host | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | 2015 |
| Battle Creek | Detective Fontanelle / Fontanelle White | 2015 |
| The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | Self - Panelist | 2015 |
| Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain | Motwani | 2014 |
| Deadbeat | Clyde | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self / Self - Heads Up America PSA | 2014 |
| We Are Men | Gil Bartis | 2013 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Dementamania | Christian Van Burden | 2013 |
| Hollywood Game Night | Self - Celebrity Player / Self - Panelist | 2013 |
| New Day | Self | 2013 |
| Sanjay and Craig | Greg | 2013 |
| The Big Brain Theory | Self - Host | 2013 |
| All In With Chris Hayes | Self | 2013 |
| Nikki & Sara Live | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Self | 2012 |
| CBS Saturday Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| CBS This Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Impractical Jokers | Self | 2011 |
| A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | Kumar / Kumar Patel | 2011 |
| American Horror Story | Mac Marzara | 2011 |
| New Girl | Tripp | 2011 |
| 1st Look | Self - Interviewee | 2011 |
| Next Time on Lonny | Self | 2011 |
| Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
| Top Gear USA | Self | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self | 2010 |
| Let's Make a Deal | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam | Kumar | 2008 |
| Celebrity Family Feud | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 2008 |
| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | Kumar / Kumar Patel | 2008 |
| The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Kevin Campbell | 2007 |
| The Namesake | Nikhil a.k.a. Gogol / Gogol / Nikhil | 2007 |
| In Bed with Carrie | Self | 2007 |
| Epic Movie | Edward | 2007 |
| Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj | Taj / Taj Mahal Badalandabad | 2006 |
| Deck the Halls | Amit Sayid - Satellite Computer Tech | 2006 |
| Fuse Celebrity Playlist | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Superman Returns | Stanford | 2006 |
| Man About Town | Alan Fineberg | 2006 |
| Vegas, Baby | Z-Bob | 2006 |
| Awesometown | Guy Reading Newspaper | 2006 |
| Dream | Raj | 2005 |
| How I Met Your Mother | Kevin | 2005 |
| Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Self | 2005 |
| A Lot Like Love | Jeeter | 2005 |
| Son of the Mask | Jorge | 2005 |
| The Hour | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Dancing in Twilight | Sam | 2005 |
| House | Dr. Lawrence Kutner / Lawrence Kutner | 2004 |
| Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | Kumar Patel | 2004 |
| The Soup | Self - Guest | 2004 |
| Ball & Chain | Bobby | 2004 |
| Homeland Security | Harrison | 2004 |
| Love Don't Cost a Thing | Kenneth Warman | 2003 |
| Tru Calling | Steven | 2003 |
| All About the Andersons | Doctor George | 2003 |
| Where's the Party Yaar? | Mo / Mo (Mohan Bakshi) | 2003 |
| Malibu's Most Wanted | Hadji Amerislani | 2003 |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | Self - Guest | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest / Himself | 2003 |
| Cosmopolitan | Vandana's Fiancee | 2003 |
| National Lampoon's Van Wilder | Taj Mahal Badalandabad | 2002 |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | Himself - Guest | 2002 |
| 24 | Ahmed Amar | 2001 |
| The Agency | Malek | 2001 |
| American Desi | Ajay Pandya | 2001 |
| Angel | Young Man in Fez | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Henry Chanoor | 1999 |
| Freshmen | Ajay | 1999 |
| Independent Lens | Vandana's Fiancee | 1999 |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Self | 1999 |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Hunt | 1997 |
| Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Prajeeb | 1996 |
| Spin City | Buddy | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self / Kumar | 1996 |
| ER | Narajan | 1994 |
| NYPD Blue | Solomon Al-Ramai | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| 20/20 | Self | 1978 |
Producer Filmography
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