Kal Penn
Biography
Kal Penn is an American actor who was born in Montclair, New Jersey, and studied film and sociology at UCLA, graduating in 2000. His first screen role was in Express: Aisle to Glory in 1998. He later appeared in Van Wilder, Malibu's Most Wanted, Love Don't Cost a Thing, A Lot Like Love, Superman Returns, Epic Movie, and The Namesake. He is known for playing Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar series, including A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011), and for Lawrence Kutner on the medical drama House. He also played Kevin on How I Met Your Mother and Seth Wright on Designated Survivor. His performance in The Namesake earned him the Asian Excellence Award for Outstanding Actor in 2007. He later hosted the game show Superhuman and was nominated for a Children's and Family Emmy Award for The Santa Clauses.
49years old
Turns 50 on April 23in 203 days
- Born Montclair
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Kalpen Suresh Modi
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 22 years2002 to 2024
Genres
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A change of course
In 2008, Penn was a visiting lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, teaching Asian American Studies. The course he taught was called "Images of Asian Americans in the Media".
Kal Penn movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Hayden Schlossberg directed two of these films, Jon Hurwitz two and Nick Simon two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Hayden SchlossbergDirector, 2 films, 2008
All films by Hayden Schlossberg
Jon HurwitzDirector, 2 films, 2008
All films by Jon Hurwitz
Nick SimonDirector, 2 films, 2015 to 2021
All films by Nick Simon
Also two films together10 more actors
- Fred WillardEpic Movie (2007) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- David KrumholtzHarold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- Anthony AndersonHarold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) and Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
- Jamie KennedySon of the Mask (2005) and Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
- Rob CorddryThe Layover (2017) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
- Adam GoldbergOnce Upon a Time in Venice (2017) and Man About Town (2006)
- Christopher MeloniHarold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- Roger BartSpeech & Debate (2017) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
- Damien Dante WayansMan About Town (2006) and Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
- Luke BainesUntitled Horror Movie (2021) and The Girl in the Photographs (2015)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Kal Penn's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.0 billion
15 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 25 films: 15 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 89% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$391M38.1% of the total
- 2$217M21.2% of the total
- 3$87M8.5% of the total
- 4$60M5.8% of the total
- 5$43M4.2% of the total
- 6$43M4.2% of the total
- 7$39M3.8% of the total
- 8$36M3.5% of the total
$108 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 11% of the total