Acting
Kal Penn
Also Known As: Kalpen Suresh Modi, Cal Pen
Birth Date
April 23, 1977
(49 years old)
Place of Birth
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
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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
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Henry Chanoor
1999 • 1 episode
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009 • 2 episodes
The Daily Show
Self - Guest Host
1996 • 8 episodes
House
Lawrence Kutner
2004 • 40 episodes
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • 1 episode
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014 • 1 episode
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019 • 4 episodes
Sesame Street
1969 • 1 episode
American Horror Story
Mac Marzara
2011 • 5 episodes
24
Ahmed Amar
2001 • 4 episodes
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015 • 2 episodes
How I Met Your Mother
Kevin Venkataraghavan
2005 • 10 episodes
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005 • 1 episode
New Girl
Tripp
2011 • 2 episodes
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003 • 2 episodes
The View
Self - Guest
1997 • 1 episode
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Hunt
1997 • 1 episode
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979 • 1 episode
ER
Narajan
1994 • 1 episode
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988 • 5 episodes