Kal Penn
Known For
Acting
Born
1977-04-23 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA
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
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Henry Chanoor
House
as Lawrence Kutner
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest Host
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
24
as Ahmed Amar
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
American Horror Story
as Mac Marzara
How I Met Your Mother
as Kevin Venkataraghavan
Sesame Street
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest Host
The Big Bang Theory
as Kevin Campbell
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Hunt
ER
as Narajan
The View
as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
New Girl
as Tripp
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Prajeeb