Who is Kal Penn?

Answer 1

Kal Penn is an American born, Indian descended actor who burst onto the acting scene as Van Wilders naive assistant in 2002 with "National Lampoon's Van Wilder." He continues the role in an upcoming sequel "Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj." He has also been in "Malibu's Most Wanted", "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle", and most recently as Lex Luthor's henchman in "Superman Returns". He is hilarious.

Answer 2

Birth name - Kalpen Suresh Modi
Nickname - K-Kal
Hollywood
Height - 5' 11" (1.80 m)

Kal Penn (born on April 23, 1977) is an American actor of Gujarati Indian ancestry. He may be best known for his starring roles in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and National Lampoon's Van Wilder.

He was born in Montclair, New Jersey. He is a graduate of Freehold Township High School and The Fine and Performing Arts Specialized Learning Center. He is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles where he double majored in Film and Sociology. While at UCLA, Kal was a founding member of the underground intellectual society, "6 South."

Penn's feature film debut came in 1998 in "Express: Aisle to Glory". He has since appeared in "American Desi, National Lampoon's Van Wilder", "Malibu's Most Wanted", "A Lot Like Love", "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle", "Dude, Where's the Party?", "Love Don't Cost a Thing" and "Superman Returns" and will be a part of the upcoming "The Namesake", "Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam", and "National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj".

Penn was featured in the "The Lonely Island's" rejected Awesometown MTV pilot music video, along with his friend Brandon Routh (who played Superman in "Superman Returns"). Penn also played one of Lex Luthor's henchmen in "Superman Returns".

In January 2007, Penn will appear in a recurring role as a villain in the sixth season of 24. Also in January 2007, Penn will appear in the spoof comedy Epic Movie.

Answer 3

He's an actor. Most famous for his roles as Taj, Van Wilder's sidekick/secretary, in National Lampoon's Van Wilder and Kumar from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Both awesome movies and I can't wait for The Rise of Taj!!

Answer 4

Kumar from Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.

Answer 5

You could have gone to IMDB.com for info on him (and I see someone above has pretty much copied and pasted that info..)

Here's a recent interview I found of Kal--

http://www.the213.net/php/article.php?id=298

Answer 6

Kal Penn
Date of birth (location)
23 April 1977
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Trivia
Met future "Where's Party Yaar?" co-star Datta Dave and Dave's current... (show more)
Sometimes Credited As:
Kalpen Modi

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Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Self

Actor - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s)

Untitled Harold and Kumar Sequel (2008) (pre-production) .... Kumar
Under New Management (2008) (pre-production) .... Wheeler
Epic Movie (2007) (post-production) .... Edmund
The Danny Comden Project (2006) (TV) (completed) .... Max


Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj (2006) .... Taj Mahal Badalandabad
... aka National Lampoon’s Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (USA: complete title)
The Namesake (2006) .... Gogol Ganguli
Superman Returns (2006) .... Stanford
Bachelor Party Vegas (2006) (V) .... Z-Bob
Man About Town (2006) .... Alan Fineberg
Sueño (2005) .... Raj
A Lot Like Love (2005) .... Jeeter
Son of the Mask (2005) .... Jorge
Dancing in Twilight (2005) .... Sam
Awesometown (2005) (TV) .... Guy Reading Newspaper
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) .... Kumar Patel
... aka Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies (Europe: English title) (UK)
... aka Harold et Kumar chassent le burger (Canada: French title)
Ball & Chain (2004) .... Bobby
... aka Arrangement (International: English title)
Homeland Security (2004) (TV) .... Harrison
Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003) .... Kenneth Warman
... aka Love Don't Co$t a Thing (USA: promotional title)
"Tru Calling" .... Steven (1 episode, 2003)
- Haunted (2003) TV Episode .... Steven
"All About the Andersons" (2003) TV Series .... George (unknown episodes)
"Independent Lens" .... Jagdesh (1 episode, 2003)
- American Made (2003) TV Episode (as Kalpen Modi) .... Jagdesh
Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) .... Hadji
Where's the Party Yaar? (2003) .... Mo (Mohan Bakshi)
... aka Dude, Where's the Party? (USA: video title)
Cosmopolitan (2003) (TV) .... Vandana's Fiancee
Badger (2002) .... Sanjay
Van Wilder (2002) .... Taj Mahal Badalandabad
... aka Van Wilder: Party Liaison (Australia) (Philippines: English title) (UK) (USA: working title)
... aka National Lampoon's Van Wilder (USA: complete title)
... aka Party Animals - ... wilder geht's nicht! (Germany)
Hector (2002) .... Kendal Cunningham
"The Agency" .... Malek (1 episode, 2001)
- Rules of the Game (2001) TV Episode .... Malek
"NYPD Blue" .... Solomon Al-Ramai (1 episode, 2001)
- Baby Love (2001) TV Episode .... Solomon Al-Ramai
"ER" .... Narajan (1 episode, 2001)
- The Longer You Stay (2001) TV Episode .... Narajan
"Angel" .... Fez Boy (1 episode, 2001)
... aka Angel: The Series (USA)
- That Vision Thing (2001) TV Episode .... Fez Boy
"That's Life" (1 episode, 2001)
- Larva (2001) TV Episode
American Desi (2001) .... Ajay Pandya
"Spin City" .... Buddy (1 episode, 2000)
- The Spanish Prisoner (2000) TV Episode .... Buddy
"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" .... Prajeeb (1 episode, 2000)
... aka Sabrina (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Sabrina Goes to College (USA: promotional title)
- You Can't Twin (2000) TV Episode .... Prajeeb


"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" .... Hunt (1 episode, 1999)
... aka BtVS (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Buffy
... aka Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series
- Beer Bad (1999) TV Episode .... Hunt
Freshmen (1999) .... Ajay
Brookfield (1999) (TV) .... Kumar Zimmerman (Series Regular)
Express: Aisle to Glory (1998) .... Jackie Newton



Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Self

Producer - filmography
(In Production) (2000s)

Under New Management (2008) (pre-production) (executive producer)


Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj (2006) (executive producer)
... aka National Lampoon’s Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (USA: complete title)
Hector (2002) (associate producer)



Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Self

Miscellaneous Crew - filmography

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) (production assistant: second unit, New Jersey) (as Kalpen Modi)
... aka Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies (Europe: English title) (UK)
... aka Harold et Kumar chassent le burger (Canada: French title)



Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Self

Self - filmography

Back in Blue: The 'Superman Returns' Movie Special (2006) (TV) .... Himself
"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode #1.5 (2005) TV Episode .... Himself
"HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Son of the Mask (2005) TV Episode .... Himself
"I Love the '90s: Part Deux" (2005) (mini) TV Series .... Himself
"Howard Stern" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 12 August 2004 (2004) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Himself
G-Phoria 2004 (2004) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 29 July 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Himself
2004 MTV Movie Awards (2004) (TV) .... Himself
The Making of 'Love Don't Cost a Thing' (2004) (V) .... Himself




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Answer 7

He was also in the Van Wilder movies.