Silicon Valley and has mainly acted in comedic roles while also showing his success with more dramatic moments.
He is also set to star in The Eternals Marvel Cinematic Universe film to be released in 2021 and had a successful Netflix film release in 2020 starring alongside Issa Rae. Here are Kumail Nanjiani's top-rated roles, so far, according to IMDb.
The Lovebirds (2020) - 6.0
This comedic film belongs in both the action-adventure and rom-com genres as Jibran (Kumail Nanjiani) and Leilani (Issa Rae) have been in a relationship for a while.
They are currently going through a rough patch and deciding to break up when they're pulled into a web of crimes and have to work together to make it out safely from the criminals and not be wrongly convicted.
Stuber (2019) - 6.2
Kumail Nanjiani stars alongside Dave Bautista in this action-adventure comedy that follows a cop (Bautista) who is hunting down the criminal who killed his partner.
He decides to get eye surgery, but he picks up the trail of the killer so he has to commandeer an Uber driver (Nanjiani) to drive him around town tracking him.
The Grinder (2015-2016) - 7.1
This sitcom followed actor Rob Lowe as he attempted to help his brother (Fred Savage) at his law firm without any real-life experience besides acting on a show and portraying a lawyer on the series.
Kumail Nanjiani guest-starred as a prosecutor who faces Lowe's character in real-life court and is humiliated by the unprofessional actor.
Newsreaders (2013-2015) - 7.2
This short-form Adult Swim show was a fictional series that followed a group of newscasters who reported on their wild stories.
The show was a spin-off of Children's Hospital from the same creators (David Wain and Rob Corddry) and multiple actors from that show (Rob Huebel and Malin Åkerman) appearing in this one as well. Nanjiani appeared as a correspondent throughout the entire series.
Garfunkel And Oates (2014) - 7.5
This series followed the musical folk duo, Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome, as they try to make it in the music industry. Kumail Nanjiani guest-starred in one episode of the IFC series.
The episode sees Garfunkel (Lindhome) and Oates (Micucci) wonder if it's true that guys find blondes more attractive and women are nicer to brunettes so they each buy wigs and see if their lives change. At first, they both find that it's true and Nanjiani plays the guy Oates goes out with.
The Big Sick (2017) - 7.5
This dramedy film follows the newly formed romance between Kumail (Nanjiani) and Emily (Zoe Kazan) as life events complicate their relationship. Kumail is worried that his Muslim family will not accept Emily as his partner and everything gets worse when Emily becomes sick and is in a coma.
The film follows Kumail as he stays by Emily's side and becomes close to Emily's parents while they are hoping she recovers. He also reckons with being increasingly worried about how his family will react to their relationship.
Veep (2012-2019) - 8.3
Selina Meyer and her team of political operatives trying to prove their relevance and importance in the Vice President's office and eventually helping Meyer run for President of the United States in later seasons.
Nanjiani guest-starred in one episode of the series as a statistician who has some information that complicates things for Meyer's team and she unleashes a few unique insults, that the show is known for, toward him.
Broad City (2014-2019) - 8.4
Kumail Nanjiani guest-starred for one episode of this Comedy Central series that followed two women's lives in New York City. The episode follows Abbi and Ilana travel around the city trying to beat the heat as Ilana tries to find a present for Lincoln and Abbi tries to find an air conditioner.
Nanjiani guest stars as a friend of Bevers who is moving, filming an audition tape for The Amazing Race and claims to have an air conditioner for Abbi.
Community (2009-2015) - 8.5
Kumail Nanjiani guest-starred for two episodes on this show as part of the custodian crew at Greendale. The show followed a diverse group of community college students who start an unlikely friendship in a Spanish study group.
Although Nanjiani doesn't have a big role, the custodians do show up throughout the series led by Nathan Fillion and he appeared in one of the iconic paintball episodes of the series.
Silicon Valley (2014-2019) - 8.5
Kumail Nanjiani portrays the coding engineer Dinesh Chugtai in this show about a group of friends trying to survive in Silicon Valley while building a company of their own. The tight-knit group has to deal with competition from big corporations and others vying to become the next big thing by stealing their tech.
The show follows the group attempting to navigate their way through the uncertain tech world while trying to uphold their own personal values through it all.
