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
Acting
TV
The Big Bang Theory
as Kevin Campbell
2007
TV
House
as Lawrence Kutner
2004
TV
American Horror Story
as Mac Marzara
2011
TV
How I Met Your Mother
as Kevin Venkataraghavan
2005
Movie
Superman Returns
as Stanford
2006
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Henry Chanoor
1999
Movie
Smile
as Dr. Morgan Desai
2022
TV
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Himself
1999
Movie
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
as Kumar Patel
2004
TV
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Hunt
1997
Movie
Son of the Mask
as Jorge
2005
Movie
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
as Taj Mahal Badalandabad
2002
TV
24
as Ahmed Amar
2001
Movie
Epic Movie
as Edward
2007
TV
New Girl
as Tripp
2011
Movie
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
as Kumar Patel
2008
Movie
A Lot Like Love
as Jeeter
2005
TV
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Prajeeb
1996
TV
Designated Survivor
as Seth Wright
2016
Movie
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
as Kumar Patel
2011
TV
Angel
as Young Man in Fez
1999
TV
ER
as Narajan
1994
Movie
Deck the Halls
as Amit Sayid (uncredited)
2006
Movie
The Layover
as Anuj
2017
