
Kal Penn
Born: 1977-04-23
Place of birth: 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 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
Filmography

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020

Express: Aisle to Glory
1998

House
2004

The Big Brain Theory
2013

All About the Andersons
2003

How I Met Your Mother
2005

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997

American Horror Story
2011

The Big Picture with Kal Penn
2015

Impractical Jokers
2011

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

The Big Bang Theory
2007

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
2023

Angel
1999

ER
1994

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996

24
2001

Fancy Nancy
2018