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Kal Penn
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American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration
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Kal Penn is an American male actor and film producer. He was born in Montclair, New Jersey, in 1977. His professional career began in 1998. He has worked at the White House and is employed by the University of Pennsylvania.
Penn identifies as Hindu and is a member of the Democratic Party. He is a native English speaker and writes in English. He attended Stanford University and the University of California, Los Angeles. His sexual orientation is homosexuality.
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Celebrity Weakest Link — Self - Contestant2025
- The Underdoggs — Ryan Kauffman2024
- Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong — Self2023
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off — Ventakish (voice)2023
- Smile — Dr. Morgan Desai2022
- The Santa Clauses — Simon Choksi2022
- Hot Mess Holiday — Kal Penn2021
- Untitled Horror Movie — Mark2021
- Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers — Self2021
- Clarice — Shaan Tripathi2021
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Key facts
- President
- Barack Obama
- Born
- Kalpen Suresh Modi , ( 1977-04-23 ) April 23, 1977 (age 49) , Montclair, New Jersey , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Domestic partner s
- Josh (2010–present; engaged)
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles ( BA )
- Occupation
- Actor author former civil servant
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Montclair
- Occupation
- politician
- Employer
- University of Pennsylvania
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Kal Penn, Office of Public Engagement.jpg
- Work location
- White House
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- Kal Penn
- date of birth
- 1977-04-23
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- Kal Penn
- social media followers
- 568082
- writing language
- English language
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Kalpen Suresh Modi (Gujarati: કલ્પેન સુરેશ મોદી; born April 23, 1977), known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration.
As an actor he is known for his portrayals of Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar film series, Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, White House staffer Seth Wright on Designated Survivor, and Kevin, a psychologist and boyfriend to Robin in How I Met Your Mother. He is also recognized for his performance in the film The Namesake. Penn once taught at the University of Pennsylvania in the Cinema Studies Program as a visiting lecturer.
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