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
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2003 • Movie
as Dr. Morgan Desai
as Kenneth Warman
as Stanford
as Edward
as Nitin
as Peter Hemmings
as Gordy Gambhir
as Kumar Patel
as Kal Penn
as Bobby
as Jorge
as Tim (Segment 2)
as Jeeter
as Kumar Patel
as Taj Mahal Badalandabad
as Amit Sayid (uncredited)
as Anuj
as Vandana's Fiancee
as Kumar Patel
Executive Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
as Henry Chanoor
1 episodes
as Lawrence Kutner
40 episodes
as Self - Guest Host
8 episodes
as Mac Marzara
5 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Ahmed Amar
4 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Kevin Venkataraghavan
10 episodes
as Self
4 episodes
1 episodes
as Kevin Campbell
3 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Tripp
2 episodes
as Hunt
1 episodes
as Narajan
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
2 episodes
as Young Man in Fez
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Prajeeb
1 episodes
as Seth Wright
53 episodes
Creator
