Kal Penn

Known for ActingBorn 1977-04-23 (age 49)Montclair, New Jersey, USA

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 engagedRead more

Movies & web series

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Express: Aisle to Glory

The Big Brain Theory

House

All About the Andersons

American Horror Story

How I Met Your Mother

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

The Big Picture with Kal Penn

Fancy Nancy

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Impractical Jokers

The Big Bang Theory

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Angel

24

ER

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

SpongeBob SquarePants

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

Cosmopolitan

New Girl

Awesometown

Tru Calling

The Santa Clauses

Name That Tune

Designated Survivor

The Underdoggs

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Kal Penn Approves This Message

The $100,000 Pyramid

Harold & Kumars Yuletide Jamz

Clarice

Battle Creek

Industry

Spin City

The Agency

Smile

A Lot Like Love

The Namesake

CBS News Sunday Morning

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Sesame Street

Deadbeat

Mira, Royal Detective

Hollywood Game Night

Independent Lens

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle