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Kunal Nayyar is a male television and film actor, writer, and performer of Indian ethnicity. Born on April 30, 1981, in Hammersmith, London, he holds citizenship in both the United Kingdom and India. He resides and works in Los Angeles, where he has been active since 2004. His professional fields include television series and comedy film, with *Ice Age: Continental Drift* listed as a notable work.
Nayyar is married to Neha Kapur and practices Hinduism. He is an English speaker who attended St. Columba's School in Delhi, the University of Portland, and Temple University. As an author, he has published works including *Yes, My Accent Is Real* and *Yes, My Accent Is Real - and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Yes, My Accent Is Real
- Yes, My Accent Is Real - and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · London, England
Kunal Nayyar is an Indian actor born in London, England, and raised in New Delhi, India, best known for his role as Rajesh Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory.
Known for
- Christmas Karma — Eshaan Sood2025
- How to Date Billy Walsh — Rupert Brown2024
- Spaceman — Peter2024
- Trolls Band Together — Guy Diamond (voice)2023
- Night Court — Martini Toddwallis2023
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry — A.J. Fikry2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
- Suspicion — Aadesh Chopra2022
- Trolls Holiday in Harmony — Guy Diamond (voice)2021
- Trolls: Tiny Diamond Goes Back to School — Guy Diamond (voice)2020
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 293
- Total plays
- 4,991
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kunal+Nayyar">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor
· 2019 · cited 6,692x
- Deep Learning with Differential Privacy
· 2016 · cited 4,665x
- Genomic Classification of Cutaneous Melanoma
· 2015 · cited 2,714x
- Effects of Once-Weekly Exenatide on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
· 2017 · cited 1,886x
- Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
· 2021 · cited 1,539x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1981-04-30 ) 30 April 1981 (age 45) , Hammersmith , London, England
- Education
- St. Columba's School, Delhi
- Alma mater
- University of Portland ( BBA ) Temple University ( MFA )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 2004–present
- Spouse
- Neha Kapur ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2011 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Kunal Nayyar (/kʊˈnɑːl ˈnaɪ.ər/, kuu-NAHL NY-ər; born 30 April 1981) is a British actor who gained recognition for playing Raj Koothrappali on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019). He also voiced Vijay Patel on the Nickelodeon animated sitcom Sanjay and Craig (2013–2016). Nayyar was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards for his role as Sandeep Singh in Netflix anthology series Criminal: UK (2020).
Forbes listed Nayyar as the world's third-highest-paid television actor in 2015 and 2018, with earnings of US$20 million and US$23.5 million, respectively. As of 2024, his net worth is estimated to be $45 million. The asteroid 8627 Kunalnayyar is named after him.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kunal Nayyar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.