Kal Penn

Biography

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

Known For

The Big Bang Theory

as Kevin Campbell

House

as Lawrence Kutner

American Horror Story

as Mac Marzara

How I Met Your Mother

as Kevin Venkataraghavan

Superman Returns

as Stanford

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Henry Chanoor

Smile

as Dr. Morgan Desai

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

as Kumar Patel

Son of the Mask

as Jorge

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Hunt