Kal Penn
Acting
Born 1977-04-23
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
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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
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Filmography
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
House
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Daily Show
Sesame Street
American Horror Story
The Kelly Clarkson Show
How I Met Your Mother
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
24
The Late Late Show with James Corden
New Girl
The View
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Big Bang Theory
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
ER
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Angel
CBS News Sunday Morning
Impractical Jokers
Designated Survivor
Industry
Spin City
Tamron Hall
SpongeBob SquarePants
Independent Lens
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Tru Calling
Smile
The Soup
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Name That Tune
To Tell the Truth
Superman Returns
The Agency
Finding Your Roots
The $100,000 Pyramid
Fancy Nancy
Match Game
Celebrity Weakest Link
Hollywood Game Night
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
Epic Movie
Mira, Royal Detective
Clarice
Son of the Mask
Battle Creek
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
The Santa Clauses
Deck the Halls
Top Gear
The Layover
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