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nanjiani on march 17 , 2012 speaking at wondercon 2012 in anaheim , california 2008 -- present karachi , pakistan american pakistani 21 february 1978 emily v. gordon kumail nanjiani by gage skidmore.jpg kumail nanjiani
 kumail nanjiani actor , stand-up comedian
kumail nanjiani

kumail nanjiani -lrb- ; born 21 february 1978 -rrb- is a pakistani-american stand-up comedian , actor and podcast host .
he starred on the tnt series `` franklin & bash '' and co-hosts the show `` the meltdown with jonah and kumail '' .
nanjiani is also a regular on hbo 's `` silicon valley '' .
on top of his television and film work , he hosts two podcasts : `` the indoor kids '' and `` the x-files files '' .
