Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American actor, podcast host, stand-up comedian and writer.

He is also known as the voice of Prismo on the Emmy Award-winning animated series Adventure Time. He starred on the TNT series Franklin & Bash and the Adult Swim series Newsreaders. 

In 2017, Nanjiani starred in the semi-autobiographical romantic comedy movie The Big Sick set in Chicago, which he wrote with his wife Emily V. Gordon. They were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 90th Academy Awards.

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