Kal Penn
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1977-04-23
Place of Birth
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Kal Penn
Biography
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
Also Known For
Superman Returns
Jun 28, 2006
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
Dec 01, 2006
Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong
Feb 01, 2023
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Jul 02, 2004
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
Dec 12, 2003
Smile
Sep 23, 2022
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Mar 29, 2002
Where's the Party Yaar?
May 24, 2004
American Desi
Jan 01, 2001
A Lot Like Love
Apr 21, 2005
Epic Movie
Jan 25, 2007
Man About Town
Jun 08, 2006
Express: Aisle to Glory
Jul 01, 1998
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Apr 25, 2008
Malibu's Most Wanted
Apr 10, 2003
Bachelor Party Vegas
Apr 25, 2006
Deck the Halls
Nov 22, 2006
Ball and Chain
May 14, 2004
The Namesake
Sep 02, 2006
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Nov 04, 2011
Dementamania
Aug 23, 2013
The Sisterhood of Night
Apr 10, 2015
Regarding Ardy
Feb 01, 2003
A Prayer for Rain
Dec 05, 2014
Harold & Kumars Yuletide Jamz
Nov 04, 2011
Hot Mess Holiday
Dec 11, 2021
Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam
Jul 29, 2008
The Underdoggs
Jan 25, 2024
Emily & Tim
Aug 29, 2015
Better Off Single
Oct 07, 2016
The Layover
Sep 01, 2017
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
Awesometown
Jan 23, 2006
The Girl in the Photographs
Sep 14, 2015
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Jun 08, 2017
Speech & Debate
Apr 07, 2017
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Jan 18, 2009
Son of the Mask
Feb 11, 2005
Sueno
Sep 30, 2005
Cosmopolitan
Jan 01, 2003
The Ashram
Mar 02, 2018
The Problem with Apu
Nov 18, 2017
Dancing in Twilight
Jan 01, 2005
The Girl in the Woods
Apr 17, 2020
Untitled Horror Movie
Jun 12, 2021
Homeland Security
Apr 11, 2004
Brookfield
Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers
Feb 08, 2021
Patel
What the F*ck Is My Password?!
Freshmen
Aug 14, 1999
Contra
Untitled Harold & Kumar Sequel
How I Met Your Mother
Sep 19, 2005
House
Nov 16, 2004
Spin City
Sep 17, 1996
24
Nov 06, 2001
Angel
Oct 05, 1999
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Mira, Royal Detective
Mar 20, 2020
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sep 20, 1999
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Finding Your Roots
Mar 24, 2012
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jan 03, 2005
Independent Lens
Aug 09, 1999
Impractical Jokers
Dec 15, 2011
The Big Brain Theory
May 01, 2013
Battle Creek
Mar 01, 2015
The Big Picture with Kal Penn
Mar 30, 2015
Tru Calling
Oct 30, 2003
We Are Men
Sep 30, 2013
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sep 27, 1996
Deadbeat
Apr 09, 2014
Designated Survivor
Sep 21, 2016
ER
Sep 19, 1994
Top Gear
Nov 21, 2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mar 23, 2015
New Girl
Sep 20, 2011
Superhuman
Jun 12, 2017
The Santa Clauses
Nov 16, 2022
Clarice
Feb 11, 2021
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Nov 17, 2023
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Jan 07, 2021
Fancy Nancy
Jul 13, 2018
Match Game
Jun 26, 2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
The View
Aug 11, 1997
The Big Bang Theory
Sep 24, 2007
All About the Andersons
Sep 12, 2003
Tamron Hall
Sep 09, 2019
American Horror Story
Oct 05, 2011
To Tell the Truth
Jun 14, 2016
Sunnyside
Sep 26, 2019
The $100,000 Pyramid
Jun 27, 2016
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Sep 16, 2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Hollywood Game Night
Jul 11, 2013
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Mar 10, 1997
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
Independent Lens
Aug 09, 1999
Kal Penn Approves This Message
Sep 22, 2020
CBS News Sunday Morning
Jan 28, 1979
Lie Detector
Mar 01, 2018
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Apr 08, 2020
Sesame Street
Nov 10, 1969
Celebrity Weakest Link
Sep 15, 2025
Name That Tune
Jan 06, 2021
The Agency
Sep 27, 2001
The Soup
Jul 01, 2004
