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Kal Penn

Highest Rated:
86% The Namesake (2006)
Lowest Rated:
2% Epic Movie (2007)
Birthday:
Apr 23, 1977
Birthplace:
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Bio:
Kal Penn qualifies as one of the very few Indian-American actors of Gujarati heritage working in Hollywood. He was born Kalpen Suresh Modi on April 23, 1977, in Montclair, NJ, to an engineer father and a mother employed as a fragrance sampler for a perfume manufacturer. Modi bravely and…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 2% - 86%
Number of Movies: 22
Box Office Since 2001: $464.9M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2011 69% A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
  • Kumar
$35.0M
2009 Under New Management
  • Actor
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2008 53% Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
  • Kumar
$38.1M
2007 2% Epic Movie
  • Edward
$39.7M
2006 7% Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (Van Wilder 2)
  • Taj Mahal Badalandabad
$3.8M
2006 Bachelor Party Vegas (Vegas Baby)
  • Actor
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2006 Ball & Chain (Arrangement)
  • Bobby
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2006 76% Superman Returns
  • Stanford
$200.0M
2006 86% The Namesake
  • Gogol Ganguli
$13.5M
2005 6% Son of the Mask
  • Jorge
$17.0M
2005 41% A Lot Like Love
  • Jeeter
$21.8M
2005 38% Man About Town
  • Actor
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2005 43% Sueño
  • Actor
--
2005 Dancing in Twilight
  • Sam
--
2004 74% Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
  • Kumar
$18.2M
2004 Homeland Security
  • Harrison
--
2003 30% Malibu's Most Wanted
  • Hadji
$34.3M
2003 69% Dude Where's the Party
  • Mohan Bakshi
$48.8k
2003 13% Love Don't Cost a Thing
  • Kenneth Warman
$21.7M
2002 18% National Lampoon's Van Wilder (Party Liaison)
  • Taj Mahal Badalandabad
$21.0M
2002 Freshmen
  • Actor
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2001 42% American Desi
  • Director
  • Ayjay
$0.6M

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Quotes from Kal Penn's Characters

    1. Adrian: Best part of all, you're coming with me.
    2. Kumar: No can do man. I gotta stay here and smoke this weed, otherwise I won't get high.
    From A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas. Submitted by stevie d (2 months ago)
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