First Movie - Life As We Know It 2010
Last Movie - Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 2024
Total Movies - 33
Highest Grossing Movies
- UK: Migration (2023) - £21,200,000
- US: Eternals (2021) - $164,870,234
- World: Eternals (2021) - $402,025,682
Combined grosses
- UK - £118.1 Million
- US - $953.1 Million
- Global - $1.9 Billion
Highest Rated Movie - Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) - 90%
Lowest rated movie - Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) - 2%

Acting credits By Year of release

By Year

By UK Gross

By US Gross

By Global Gross

Starring With

SEE SHORT LIST

Year

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Nadeem Razmaadi)

Director(s):

Gil Kenan

Starring:

Paul Rudd • Carrie Coon • Finn Wolfhard • Mckenna Grace • Kumail Nanjiani

2024

Migration

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Mack (voice))

Director(s):

Benjamin Renner • Guylo Homsy

Starring:

Kumail Nanjiani • Tresi Gazal • Elizabeth Banks • Caspar Jennings • Isabela Merced

2023

Eternals

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Kingo)

Director(s):

Chloé Zhao

Starring:

Gemma Chan • Richard Madden • Angelina Jolie • Salma Hayek • Kit Harington

2021

Death to 2020

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Bark Multiverse)

Director(s):

Al Campbell • Alice Mathias

Starring:

Samuel L. Jackson • Hugh Grant • Lisa Kudrow • Kumail Nanjiani • Tracey Ullman

2020

Dolittle

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Plimpton)

Director(s):

Stephen Gaghan

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. • Antonio Banderas • Michael Sheen • Jim Broadbent • Jessie Buckley

2020

The Lovebirds

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Jibran)

Director(s):

Michael Showalter

Starring:

Issa Rae • Kumail Nanjiani • Paul Sparks • Anna Camp • Nicholas X. Parsons

2020

Stuber

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Stu)

Director(s):

Michael Dowse

Starring:

Dave Bautista • Kumail Nanjiani • Mira Sorvino • Natalie Morales • Iko Uwais

2019

Men In Black: International

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Pawny)

Director(s):

F. Gary Gray

Starring:

Chris Hemsworth • Tessa Thompson • Kumail Nanjiani • Rebecca Ferguson • Rafe Spall

2019

Duck Butter

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Jake)

Director(s):

Miguel Arteta

Starring:

Alia Shawkat • Drew Langer • Marc Maron • Mark Duplass • Jay Duplass

2018

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Director(s):

Charlie Bean • Paul Fisher • Bob Logan

Starring:

Jackie Chan • Dave Franco • Fred Armisen • Kumail Nanjiani • Michael Peña

2017

The Big Sick

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Kumail)

Director(s):

Michael Showalter

Starring:

Kumail Nanjiani • Zoe Kazan • Holly Hunter • Ray Romano • Anupam Kher

2017

Fist Fight

Director(s):

Richie Keen

Starring:

Charlie Day • Ice Cube • Tracy Morgan • Jillian Bell • Dean Norris

2017

A Very Bad Day

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Perry)

Director(s):

Judy Greer

Starring:

Keanu Reeves • Jennifer Garner • Allison Janney • Katie Holmes • Bradley Whitford

2017

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Director(s):

Jake Szymanski

Starring:

Zac Efron • Adam Devine • Anna Kendrick • Aubrey Plaza • Stephen Root

2016

Central Intelligence

Director(s):

Rawson Marshall Thurber

Starring:

Dwayne Johnson • Kevin Hart • Amy Ryan • Danielle Nicolet • Jason Bateman

2016

Goosebumps

Director(s):

Rob Letterman

Starring:

Jack Black • Dylan Minnette • Odeya Rush • Ryan Lee • Amy Ryan

2016

The Late Bloomer

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Rich)

Director(s):

Kevin Pollak

Starring:

Charlotte McKinney • Johnny Simmons • Blake Cooper • Kumail Nanjiani • Beck Bennett

2016

Brother Nature

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Riggleman)

Director(s):

Oz Rodriguez • Matt Villines

Starring:

Taran Killam • Gillian Jacobs • Bobby Moynihan • Sarah Burns • Bill Pullman

2016

Misery Loves Comedy

Director(s):

Kevin Pollak

Starring:

Amy Schumer • Jon Favreau • Kevin Smith • Sam Rockwell • Bobby Cannavale

2015

Addicted to Fresno

Director(s):

Jamie Babbit

Starring:

Judy Greer • Natasha Lyonne • Malcolm Barrett • Jessica St. Clair • Edward Barbanell

2015

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Brad)

Director(s):

Steve Pink

Starring:

Rob Corddry • Craig Robinson • Clark Duke • Adam Scott • Gillian Jacobs

2015

Hello, My Name Is Doris

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Nasir)

Director(s):

Michael Showalter

Starring:

Sally Field • Edmund Lupinski • Norma Michaels • Stephen Root • Wendi McLendon-Covey

2015

Flock of Dudes

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Ro)

Director(s):

Bob Castrone

Starring:

Chris DElia • Bryan Greenberg • Eric Andre • Brett Gelman • Skylar Astin

2015

Hell and Back

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Dave the Demon)

Director(s):

Tom Gianas • Ross Shuman

Starring:

Nick Swardson • Mila Kunis • Bob Odenkirk • T.J. Miller • Rob Riggle

2015

Loaded

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Reza)

Director(s):

Chris Zonnas

Starring:

Patrick John Flueger • Kumail Nanjiani • Andrew W. Walker • Alexandra Holden • Robert R. Shafer

2015

Sex Tape

Director(s):

Jake Kasdan

Starring:

Cameron Diaz • Jason Segel • Rob Corddry • Ellie Kemper • Rob Lowe

2014

The Last of the Great Romantics

(Kumail Nanjiani plays George the Counter Guy)

Director(s):

Duncan Skiles

Starring:

Keith Hodge • Kevin Hodge • Skyler Joy • Kumail Nanjiani • Megan Neuringer

2014

The King's of Summer

Director(s):

Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Starring:

Nick Robinson • Gabriel Basso • Moises Arias • Nick Offerman • Erin Moriarty

2013

Hell Baby

Director(s):

Robert Ben Garant • Thomas Lennon

Starring:

Rob Corddry • Leslie Bibb • Alex Berg • Keegan-Michael Key • Robert Ben Garant

2013

The Arrangement

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Alfred Dalton)

Director(s):

Kevin Bray

Starring:

Bryan Greenberg • Michelle LaBret • Stephanie Sigman • Manolo Cardona • Amanda Schull

2013

Bad Milo

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Bobbi)

Director(s):

Jacob Vaughan

Starring:

Ken Marino • Gillian Jacobs • Mary Kay Place • Claudia Choi • Toby Huss

2013

The Five Year Engagement

Director(s):

Nicholas Stoller

Starring:

Jason Segel • Emily Blunt • Chris Pratt • Alison Brie • Lauren Weedman

2012

Life As We Know It

(Kumail Nanjiani plays Simon)

Director(s):

Greg Berlanti

Starring:

Katherine Heigl • Josh Duhamel • Josh Lucas • Alexis Clagett • Brynn Clagett

2010