Karan Soni

Biography

Karan Soni (born January 8, 1989) is an Indian-American actor and comedian. Often appearing in comedic roles, he came to prominence for playing Dopinder in the films Deadpool (2016) and its sequels Deadpool 2 (2018) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), and voicing Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Born in New Delhi, Soni moved to the United States to study business at the University of Southern California before pursuing an acting career. He made his feature film debut in Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), which was followed by lead appearances on the series Betas (2013) and Other Space (2015). Soni has also appeared in the films Ghostbusters (2016), Office Christmas Party (2016), and Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019). On television, he has appeared as a series regular on Blunt Talk (2015–2016) and Miracle Workers (2019–2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Karan Soni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Deadpool

as Dopinder

Deadpool 2

as Dopinder

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as Pavitr Prabhakar (voice)

Deadpool & Wolverine

as Dopinder

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

as Jack

Ghostbusters

as Bennie

Goosebumps

as Mr. Rooney

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Gordon Lundt

American Dad!

as Indian Anchor (voice)

Trolls World Tour

as Riff (voice)