Kumail Nanjiani #2
Kumail Nanjiani #2
Silicon Valley, The X-Files Revival
Note: This item is a 19" x 28" Poster signed by Kumail and cast members of SILICON VALLEY; almost half a centimeter thick. It has a small dent in the middle of the letter V of the word Valley and the lower right corner is also a bit dented.
Kumail Nanjiani plays insecure coder Dinesh in HBO's SILICON VALLEY (3rd season premiere: April 24, 2016).
He is a Los Angeles-based writer and performer who has been featured in Variety's "10 Comics to Watch," Hollywood Reporter's "10 Rising Comedy Talents" and New York Magazine's "10 Comedians that Funny People Find Funny." He first gained attention for his one-man show UNPRONOUNCEABLE and has performed stand-up on CONAN, LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN, THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN and JIMMY KIMMER LIVE!
His other television credits include TNT's FRANKLIN & BASH, IFC's PORTLANDIA, NEWSREADERS, INSIDE AMY SCHUMER, COMMUNITY, THE GRINDER, and web series BURNING LOVE. He was featured on HBO's VEEP and had a one-hour special on Comedy Central in July 2013.
Kumail is also well known for hosting a weekly podcast titled THE X-FILES FILES dedicated to discussion and fond reminiscences about THE X-FILES. Each episode features him and a guest, including former TXF writers, producers, actors and directors, in light-hearted banter centered around either one or two episodes of the series. He had a guest role in a stand-alone episode of THE X-FILES REVIVAL (2016) in which Mulder and Scully track down some sort of supernatural creature. Kumail portrayed the animal control officer who helps them.
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Kumail Nanjiani at the Internet Movie Database