Kalpen Suresh Modi, known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration.
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 - • Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996 - • Self - Guest Host
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 - • Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 - • Henry Chanoor
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 - • Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 -
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 -
Finding Your Roots
2012 - • Self
Independent Lens
1999 - • Vandana's Fiancee
Impractical Jokers
2011 - • Self
Tamron Hall
2019 - 2024 • Self - Guest
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
• Dr. Sandeep Kapoor
The View
1997 - • Self - Guest
The Underdoggs
2024 • Ryan Kauffman
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 -
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 - • Self
The Santa Clauses
2022 - 2023 • Simon Choksi
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
2023 - 2023 • Matthew Patel's Lawyer (voice)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 - 2023 • Self - Guest
Smile
2022 • Dr. Morgan Desai
Mira, Royal Detective
2020 - 2022 • Mikku (voice)
To Tell the Truth
2016 - 2022 • Self - Panelist
Fancy Nancy
2018 - 2022 • Mr. Singh (voice)
Hot Mess Holiday
2021
Match Game
2016 - 2021 • Self - Panelist
Clarice
2021 - 2021 • Shaan Tripathi
Untitled Horror Movie
2021 • Mark
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 - 2021 • Self
Kal Penn Approves This Message
2020 - • Self - Host
Hollywood Game Night
2013 - 2020 • Self
The Girl in the Woods
2020
Sunnyside
2019 - 2019 • Garrett Modi
Designated Survivor
2016 - 2019 • Seth Wright
The Big Bang Theory
2007 - 2019 • Kevin Campbell
New Girl
2011 - 2018 • Tripp
The Ashram
2018 • Nitin
The Problem with Apu
2017 • Self
The Layover
2017 • Anuj
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017 • Rajeesh
Speech & Debate
2017 • James
Better Off Single
2016 • Brice
Top Gear
2008 - 2016
Deadbeat
2014 - 2016 • Clyde
The Girl in the Photographs
2015 • Peter Hemmings
Emily & Tim
2015 • Tim (Segment 2)
Battle Creek
2015 - 2015 • Detective Fontanelle
The Big Picture with Kal Penn
2015 - • Himself - Host
The Sisterhood of Night
2014 • Gordy Gambhir
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 - 2015 • Self
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
2014 • Motwani
24
2001 - 2010 • Ahmed Amar
How I Met Your Mother
2005 - 2014 • Kevin Venkataraghavan
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 - 2014
We Are Men
2013 - 2013 • Gil Bartis
Dementamania
2013
The Big Brain Theory
2013 - • Self - Host
House
2004 - 2012 • Lawrence Kutner
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011 • Kumar Patel
ER
1994 - 2009 • Narajan
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008 • Kumar Patel
Tru Calling
2003 - 2005 • Steven
Epic Movie
2007 • Edward
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
2006 • Taj Mahal Badalandabad
Deck the Halls
2006 • Amit Sayid (uncredited)
The Namesake
2006 • Gogol / Nikhil
Superman Returns
2006 • Stanford
Man About Town
2006 • Alan Fineberg
Awesometown
2005 • Guy Reading Newspaper
Sueño
2005 • Raj
A Lot Like Love
2005 • Jeeter
Son of the Mask
2005 • Jorge
Dancing in Twilight
2007 • Sam
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004 • Kumar Patel
Where's the Party Yaar?
2003 • Mo
Angel
1999 - 2004 • Young Man in Fez
Ball & Chain
2004 • Bobby
Homeland Security
2004 • Harrison
All About the Andersons
2003 - 2004 • Doctor George
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
2003 • Kenneth Warman
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 - 2003 • Hunt
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 - 2003 • Prajeeb
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003 • Hadji Amerislani
Regarding Ardy
2003 • Fred
Cosmopolitan
2003 • Vandana's Fiancee
Spin City
1996 - 2002 • Buddy
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002 • Taj Mahal Badalandabad
American Desi
2001 • Ajay Pandya
Express: Aisle to Glory
1998 • Jackie Newton
• Producer
2006 • Executive Producer