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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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
A Nice Indian Boyas Naveen Gavaskar
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseas Pavitr Prabhakar (voice)
Not Okayas Kelvin
Strange Worldas Caspian (voice)
The People We Hate at the Weddingas Dominic
7 Daysas Ravi
Like a Bossas Josh Tinker
Superintelligenceas Ahmed
Always Be My Maybeas Tony
Corporate Animalsas Freddie
Pokémon Detective Pikachuas Jack
Better Start Runningas Agent Nelson
Deadpool 2as Dopinder
Little Bitchesas Andy
Office Uprisingas Mourad
Once Upon a Deadpoolas Dopinder
And Then There Was Eveas Zain
Creep 2as Dave
Rough Nightas Raviv
Unicorn Storeas Kevin
Deadpoolas Dopinder
Ghostbustersas Bennie
Office Christmas Partyas Nate
Goosebumpsas Mr. Rooney
Supremacyas Store Clerk
Safety Not Guaranteedas Arnau
Worst. Prom. Ever.as Glenn
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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.










Films together
Ryan Reynolds4 films together, 2016 to 2019
Ryan Reynolds's page Pokémon Detective Pikachu2019IMDb rating 6.5Soni as JackReynolds as Detective Pikachu
Deadpool 22018IMDb rating 7.6Soni as DopinderReynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool / Voice of Juggernaut
Once Upon a Deadpool2018IMDb rating 7.1Soni as DopinderReynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool / Juggernautvoice
Deadpool2016IMDb rating 8.0Soni as DopinderReynolds as Wade / Deadpool
T.J. Miller4 films together, 2016 to 2018
T.J. Miller's page Deadpool 22018IMDb rating 7.6Soni as DopinderMiller as Weasel
Once Upon a Deadpool2018IMDb rating 7.1Soni as DopinderMiller as Weasel
Deadpool2016IMDb rating 8.0Soni as DopinderMiller as Weasel
Office Christmas Party2016IMDb rating 5.9Soni as NateMiller as Clay Vanstone
Morena Baccarin3 films together, 2016 to 2018
Morena Baccarin's page Deadpool 22018IMDb rating 7.6Soni as DopinderBaccarin as Vanessa
Once Upon a Deadpool2018IMDb rating 7.1Soni as DopinderBaccarin as Vanessa
Deadpool2016IMDb rating 8.0Soni as DopinderBaccarin as Vanessa
Mark Duplass3 films together, 2012 to 2021
Mark Duplass's page 7 Days2021IMDb rating 6.5Soni as RaviDuplass as Daddy
Creep 22017IMDb rating 6.4Soni as DaveDuplass as Aaron
Safety Not Guaranteed2012IMDb rating 6.9Soni as ArnauDuplass as Kenneth
Kate McKinnon3 films together, 2016 to 2017
Kate McKinnon's page Rough Night2017IMDb rating 5.3Soni as RavivMcKinnon as Kiwi / Pippa
Ghostbusters2016IMDb rating 6.8Soni as BennieMcKinnon as Jillian Holtzmann
Office Christmas Party2016IMDb rating 5.9Soni as NateMcKinnon as Mary
Jillian Bell3 films together, 2015 to 2017
Jillian Bell's page Rough Night2017IMDb rating 5.3Soni as RavivBell as Alice
Office Christmas Party2016IMDb rating 5.9Soni as NateBell as Trina
Goosebumps2015IMDb rating 6.3Soni as Mr. RooneyBell as Lorraine
David LeitchDirector, 2 films, 2018
All films by David Leitch Deadpool 22018IMDb rating 7.6Soni as Dopinder
Once Upon a Deadpool2018IMDb rating 7.1Soni as Dopinder
Rob LettermanDirector, 2 films, 2015 to 2019
All films by Rob Letterman Pokémon Detective Pikachu2019IMDb rating 6.5Soni as Jack
Goosebumps2015IMDb rating 6.3Soni as Mr. Rooney
Patrick BriceDirector, 2 films, 2017 to 2019
All films by Patrick Brice Corporate Animals2019IMDb rating 4.5Soni as Freddie
Creep 22017IMDb rating 6.4Soni as Dave
Also three films together5 more actors
- Jenica BergereAnd Then There Was Eve (2017), Supremacy (2014) and Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
- Leslie UggamsDeadpool 2 (2018), Once Upon a Deadpool (2018) and Deadpool (2016)
- Randal ReederDeadpool 2 (2018), Once Upon a Deadpool (2018) and Deadpool (2016)
- Brianna HildebrandDeadpool 2 (2018), Once Upon a Deadpool (2018) and Deadpool (2016)
- Stefan KapicicDeadpool 2 (2018), Once Upon a Deadpool (2018) and Deadpool (2016)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Karan Soni's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
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
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$786M23.0% of the total
- 2$783M22.9% of the total
- 3$691M20.2% of the total
- 4$450M13.2% of the total
- 5$229M6.7% of the total
- 6$159M4.7% of the total
- 7$115M3.4% of the total
- 8$74M2.2% of the total












