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Karan Soni

Biography

Karan Soni is an Indian-American actor who often works in comedy. Born in New Delhi, he went to the United States for business studies at the University of Southern California before he turned to acting. His feature debut came with Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), after which he led the series Betas (2013) and Other Space (2015). He became known for playing the taxi driver Dopinder in Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018), and for voicing Pavitr Prabhakar, also known as Spider-Man India, in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). His other films include Ghostbusters (2016), Office Christmas Party (2016), Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) and A Nice Indian Boy (2024), and he also had regular roles on the television series Blunt Talk and Miracle Workers.

37years old

Turns 38 on January 8in 58 days

  • Born New Delhi
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films
27
Career span
13 years2011 to 2024

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  1. First role

    Soni made his feature film debut in the 2010 comedy Kaka Nirvana, directed by Yusuf Sumer and starring alongside Rachel Quinn.

Karan Soni movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Deadpool2016 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Dopinder

    IMDb rating 8.01.3M votes

  2. Deadpool 22018 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Dopinder

    IMDb rating 7.6758K votes

  3. Safety Not Guaranteed2012as Arnau

    IMDb rating 6.9136K votes

  4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023as Pavitr Prabhakarvoice

    IMDb rating 8.5553K votes

  5. Creep 22017as Dave

    IMDb rating 6.442K votes

  6. Pokémon Detective Pikachu2019as Jack

    IMDb rating 6.5200K votes

  7. Ghostbusters2016as Bennie

    IMDb rating 6.8261K votes

  8. Office Uprising2018as Mourad

    IMDb rating 5.618K votes

Most often with

David Leitch directed two of these films, Rob Letterman two and Patrick Brice 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.

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Films together

Box office

What Karan Soni's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$3.4 billion

13 of the 27 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 27 films: 13 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.

  • 13Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 7Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Deadpool 22018as Dopinder
    $786M23.0% of the total
  2. 2
    Deadpool2016as Dopinder
    $783M22.9% of the total
  3. 3
    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023as Pavitr Prabhakar (voice)
    $691M20.2% of the total
  4. 4
    $450M13.2% of the total
  5. 5
    Ghostbusters2016as Bennie
    $229M6.7% of the total
  6. 6
    Goosebumps2015as Mr. Rooney
    $159M4.7% of the total
  7. 7
    $115M3.4% of the total
  8. 8
    Strange World2022as Caspian (voice)
    $74M2.2% of the total
Once Upon a Deadpool (2018), $51.3 millionRough Night (2017), $47.3 millionLike a Boss (2020), $26.9 millionSafety Not Guaranteed (2012), $4.4 millionOffice Uprising (2018), $165,623

$130 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total