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Kal Penn

American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration

Person · Open Library

Born: 1977-04-23
Works: 1

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You Can't Be Serious

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Film & TV

Acting · 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…

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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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Type: Person

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Listeners: 51
Total plays: 353

Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977), best known by his stage name Kal Penn, is an American film actor and politician. As an actor, he is known for his role on the television program House portraying the character Dr. Lawrence Kutner and in the Harold and Kumar comedy films as Kumar Patel. He is also recognized for the critically acclaimed film The Namesake. Penn has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania as a visiting lecturer in the Cinema Studies Program. <a href="https://www.last

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,429x
GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,075x
Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK
· 2021 · cited 4,133x
Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,589x
A Randomized Comparison of Coronary-Stent Placement and Balloon Angioplasty in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
· 1994 · cited 3,364x

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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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Key dates

Born: 23 April 1977

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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

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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.