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
111 acting credits
Acting · 111
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
House
2004
The Daily Show
1996
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
24
2001
American Horror Story
2011
How I Met Your Mother
2005
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
ER
1994
Sesame Street
1969
The Big Bang Theory
2007
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
New Girl
2011
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Angel
1999
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Spin City
1996
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Designated Survivor
2016
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Independent Lens
1999
Industry
2020
Tamron Hall
2019
The Soup
2004
Finding Your Roots
2012
Impractical Jokers
2011
Tru Calling
2003
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
To Tell the Truth
2016
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
2023
The Agency
2001
Match Game
2016
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Smile
2022
Fancy Nancy
2018
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Superman Returns
2006
Name That Tune
2021
Clarice
2021
Son of the Mask
2005
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
The Santa Clauses
2022
Top Gear
2010
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
2003
Mira, Royal Detective
2020
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004
The Underdoggs
2024
Battle Creek
2015
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002
We Are Men
2013
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008
Deadbeat
2014
Celebrity Weakest Link
2025
Sunnyside
2019
Deck the Halls
2006
Epic Movie
2007
All About the Andersons
2003
The Layover
2017
A Lot Like Love
2005
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
Man About Town
2006
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
2006
The Namesake
2006
The Big Picture with Kal Penn
2015
Superhuman
2017
Better Off Single
2016
Bachelor Party Vegas
2006
Hot Mess Holiday
2021
Kal Penn Approves This Message
2020
Speech & Debate
2017
Untitled Horror Movie
2021
Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong
2023
Homeland Security
2004
The Girl in the Photographs
2015
Sueno
2005
The Sisterhood of Night
2015
The Ashram
2018
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
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Awesometown
2006
Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam
2008
Cosmopolitan
2003
Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers
2021
American Desi
2001
Emily & Tim
2015
The Problem with Apu
2017
Ball and Chain
2004
A Prayer for Rain
2014
Where's the Party Yaar?
2003
The Big Brain Theory
2013
What the F*ck Is My Password?!
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Dementamania
2013
Regarding Ardy
2003
The Girl in the Woods
2020
Dancing in Twilight
2005
Brookfield
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Patel
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Contra
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Freshmen
1999
Express: Aisle to Glory
1998
Harold & Kumars Yuletide Jamz
2011
Untitled Harold & Kumar Sequel
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