Kal Penn

About

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

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999American Horror StorySeries • 2011HouseSeries • 2004Sesame StreetSeries • 196924Series • 2001How I Met Your MotherSeries • 2005Buffy the Vampire SlayerSeries • 1997ERSeries • 1994The Big Bang TheorySeries • 2007New GirlSeries • 2011Sabrina, the Teenage WitchSeries • 1996AngelSeries • 1999Spin CitySeries • 1996IndustrySeries • 2020Designated SurvivorSeries • 2016Independent LensSeries • 1999Tru CallingSeries • 2003Scott Pilgrim Takes OffSeries • 2023The Santa ClausesSeries • 2022SmileMovie • 2022The AgencySeries • 2001Fancy NancySeries • 2018Superman ReturnsMovie • 2006Son of the MaskMovie • 2005