Nik Dodani
Biography
Nik Dodani is an American actor, writer and comedian from Dallas who became known for playing Zahid in the Netflix series Atypical and Pat Patel in the revived CBS sitcom Murphy Brown. He started out in community theater around Phoenix, where his first notable part was Zero in a staged version of Holes, and he made his television debut in the second season of HBO's The Comeback. His film work includes Alex Strangelove (2018), Dark Was the Night (2018), Escape Room (2019), Dear Evan Hansen (2021), Mark, Mary and Some Other People (2021), Strange World (2022), Twisters (2024) and The Parenting (2025), and he has voiced characters on animated shows such as Big Nate, The Owl House and Hailey's On It!. He began doing stand-up in 2015, and in 2021 he played Ogie in Waitress on Broadway.
32years old
Turns 33 on December 19in 38 days
- Born Dallas
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 9 years2016 to 2025
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First role
Dodani began acting in community theater in the Phoenix area. His first notable role was Zero in a stage production of Holes, which is based on Louis Sachar's novel.
A first
Dodani started doing stand-up comedy in 2015. His first late-night stand-up appearance came on September 28, 2018, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Behind the camera
In October 2018, word came that Dodani had been chosen to write the screenplay for a film version of Rakesh Satyal's novel Blue Boy.
Behind the camera
With Joey Long as his creative partner, Dodani started his own production banner in March 2022. The banner is called Cosmic Pomegranate.
Behind the camera
In 2023, Dodani worked as a co-producer on Broadway for Life of Pi, a play that Lolita Chakrabarti wrote as an adaptation of Yann Martel's novel.
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Nik Dodani shares two films with Logan Miller, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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