Kal Penn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kal Penn

American actor and civil servant

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1977

Place of Birth: Montclair, New Jersey, United States

Profession: actor, politician, film producer, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Kal Penn

  • Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977), known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, comedian, and civil servant.
  • As an actor, he is known for his role portraying Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, as well as the character Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar film series.
  • He is also recognized for his performance in the film The Namesake.
  • Penn has taught at the University of Pennsylvania in the Cinema Studies Program as a visiting lecturer. In April 2009, Penn joined the Obama administration as an Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement.
  • This necessitated that his TV character, Lawrence Kutner, be written out of House.
  • Penn briefly left his post in June 2010 to film the third installment of the Harold & Kumar series, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, returning to his White House job upon the movie's completion.
  • In July 2011, he again left the White House to accept a role in the television series How I Met Your Mother.From 2016 to 2019, he played Seth Wright in the political drama Designated Survivor and served as host of the game show Superhuman.
  • In 2019, Penn portrayed Garrett Modi in the NBC sitcom series Sunnyside.

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