Kal Penn
Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, author, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration. He is best known for his role as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar movie franchise. He is also known for his roles as Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, White House staffer Seth Wright on Designated Survivor, Kevin in How I Met Your Mother and Nikhil Ganguli in the film The Namesake (2006). In early 2009, Penn was offered the position of Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, which he accepted, necessitating his character Lawrence Kutner being written out of the TV series House. In 2020, Penn wrote a memoir called "You Can't Be Serious". While promoting this memoir, Penn announced that he and his boyfriend of 11 years, named Josh, were engaged
Filmography (107 titles)
MovieTrust Me, I'm a Doctor
Dr. Sandeep Kapoor · 2026
5.0ShowCelebrity Weakest Link
Self - Contestant · 2025
7.0MovieThe Underdoggs
Ryan Kauffman · 2024
7.9ShowScott Pilgrim Takes Off
Ventakish (voice) · 2023
6.0MovieSchoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong
Self · 2023
7.1ShowThe Santa Clauses
Simon Choksi · 2022
6.7MovieSmile
Dr. Morgan Desai · 2022
6.0MovieHot Mess Holiday
Kal Penn · 2021
4.4MovieUntitled Horror Movie
Mark · 2021
6.9ShowClarice
Shaan Tripathi · 2021
MovieClarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers
Self · 2021
7.1ShowCelebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant · 2021
7.1ShowName That Tune
Self - Contestant · 2021
6.8ShowIndustry
Jay 'Jonah' Atterbury · 2020
7.0ShowKal Penn Approves This Message
Self - Host · 2020
6.6MovieThe Girl in the Woods
2020
9.8ShowWho Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant · 2020
6.5ShowMira, Royal Detective
Mikku (voice) · 2020
5.2ShowSunnyside
Garrett Modi · 2019
3.4ShowA Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self · 2019
4.7ShowTamron Hall
Self - Guest · 2019
6.3ShowThe Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 2019
8.0ShowFancy Nancy
Mr. Singh (voice) · 2018
5.4MovieThe Ashram
Nitin · 2018
4.8MovieThe Problem with Apu
Self · 2017
5.4MovieThe Layover
Anuj · 2017
4.0ShowSuperhuman
Self - Host · 2017
5.2MovieOnce Upon a Time in Venice
Rajeesh · 2017
5.9MovieSpeech & Debate
James · 2017
5.0MovieBetter Off Single
Brice · 2016