Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, author, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration. He is best known for his role as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar movie franchise. He is also known for his roles as Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, White House staffer Seth Wright on Designated Survivor, Kevin in How I Met Your Mother and Nikhil Ganguli in the film The Namesake (2006). In early 2009, Penn was offered the position of Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, which he accepted, necessitating his character Lawrence Kutner being written out of the TV series House. In 2020, Penn wrote a memoir called "You Can't Be Serious". While promoting this memoir, Penn announced that he and his boyfriend of 11 years, named Josh, were engaged
as Kumar Zimmerman
as Dale Stone
as Kumar Patel
as Dr. Sandeep Kapoor
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Ryan Kauffman
as Ventakish (voice)(1 ep)
as Simon Choksi(6 eps)
as Dr. Morgan Desai
as Kal Penn
as Mark
as Shaan Tripathi(10 eps)
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Jay 'Jonah' Atterbury(3 eps)
as Self - Host(6 eps)
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Mikku (voice)(104 eps)
as Garrett Modi(11 eps)
as Self(3 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self(4 eps)
as Self - Guest Host(1 ep)
as Mr. Singh (voice)(123 eps)
as Nitin
as Self
as Anuj
as Self - Host(8 eps)
as Rajeesh
as James
as Brice
as Seth Wright(53 eps)
as Self(4 eps)
as Self - Panelist(3 eps)
as Self - Panelist(4 eps)
as Peter Hemmings
as Tim (Segment 2)
as Gordy Gambhir
as Himself - Host(12 eps)
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Detective Fontanelle(13 eps)
as Motwani
as Clyde(13 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Gil Bartis(11 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Host(8 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Kumar Patel
as Kumar Patel
as Mac Marzara(5 eps)
as Tripp(2 eps)
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Kumar
as Kumar Patel
as Kevin Campbell(3 eps)
as Gogol / Nikhil
as Edward
as Taj Mahal Badalandabad
as Amit Sayid (uncredited)
as Stanford
as Alan Fineberg
as Z-Bob
as Guy Reading Newspaper
as Raj
as Kevin Venkataraghavan(10 eps)
as Jeeter
as Jorge
as Self(1 ep)
as Sam
as Lawrence Kutner(40 eps)
as Kumar Patel
as Self(1 ep)
as Bobby
as Harrison
as Kenneth Warman
as Steven(1 ep)
as Doctor George(1 ep)
as Hadji
as Fred
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Vandana's Fiancee
as Taj Mahal Badalandabad
as Ahmed Amar(4 eps)
as Malek(1 ep)
as Ajay Pandya
as Young Man in Fez(1 ep)
as Henry Chanoor(1 ep)
as Ajay
as Jagdesh(1 ep)
as Vandana's Fiancee(1 ep)
as Jackie Newton
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Hunt(1 ep)
as Prajeeb(1 ep)
as Buddy(1 ep)
as Self - Guest Host(8 eps)
as Narajan(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(5 eps)
as Self(1 ep)