Kal Penn

@Movie Producers, Timeline and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Kal Penn (Kalpen Suresh Modi) is an American actor, chef, producer and civil servant of Indian origin. New Jersey American Film & Theater Personalities Actors T V & Movie Producers Taurus Celebrities Kal Penn (Kalpen Suresh Modi) is an American actor, chef, producer and civil servant of Indian origin. He has portrayed the popular TV character Lawrence Kutner on the television program ‘House’, and appeared as Kumar Patel in the ‘Harold & Kumar’ film series. He has also received a lot of critical acclaim for the film ‘The Namesake’. Penn has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania in the Cinema Studies Program. Penn worked as an Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement for two stints during April 2009 - July 2011. After his White House stint, he appeared in the hit television series ‘How I Met Your Mother’. His immigrant parents wanted that he should become a doctor or a lawyer when he grew up. But Kal had a dream of entertaining people from his very childhood and chose to become an actor instead. After all his hard work he eventually got roles in films and television movies and made his mark on the audience of different age groups. He has won nominations for his role in various movies and even won some of them.

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Birthday: April 23, 1977 Nationality: American Famous: Civil Servant, Movie Producers, Producer, T V, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, T V & Movie Producers City/State: New Jersey Known as: Kalpen Suresh Modi Birth Place: Montclair, New Jersey Gender: Male Information Detail Birthday April 23, 1977 Nationality American Famous Civil Servant, Movie Producers, Producer, T V, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, T V & Movie Producers City/State New Jersey Known as Kalpen Suresh Modi Birth Place Montclair, New Jersey Gender Male Sun Sign Taurus Born in Montclair, New Jersey Famous as Actor, Producer, Civil Servant

Montclair, New Jersey

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Kal Penn was born Kalpen Suresh Modi in Montclaire, New jersey, United States, on April 23, 1977. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His father is Sursesh Modi, an engineer, and his mother is Asmita, a fragrance evaluator at a perfume company with a master’s degree in chemistry. He has a younger brother named Pulin. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His parents were traditional Gujrati immigrants who wanted their son to become a lawyer or a doctor, but Kal chose to be an actor instead. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He attended the ‘Marlboro Middle School’ in Marlboro, New Jersey, and played saxophone in the school band. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

During his schooldays he joined the drama classes held at school instead of joining the school soccer team and took part in ‘The Wiz’ which was produced by the school when in the eight grade. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Kal Penn started his acting career in 1988 with a film titled ‘Express: Aisle to Glory’. During this time he changed his long and difficult Indian name to ‘Kal Penn’, which was much shorter one, so that potential employers would not shun him. He actually started to get fifty per cent more calls after the change though he still likes to be called by his original name. Unsplash Acting Career

He starred in ‘American Desi’ in 2001, in ‘National Lampoon’s Van Wilder’ in 2002 and in ‘Love Don’t Cost a Thing’ in 2003. Unsplash Acting Career

He made a breakthrough as a famous actor when he was selected to play the role of an Indian American student named Kumar Patel in the comedy feature film ‘Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle’ in 2004. Unsplash Acting Career

In 2006, he starred in the films ‘Superman Returns’ and ‘National Lampoon’s Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj’. Unsplash Acting Career

In 2007, he was offered a part in the film ‘Planet Terror’ but had to refuse it as he was busy shooting for ‘The Namesake’. Unsplash Acting Career

Apart from roles in various films, Kal Penn has appeared in various television series such as ‘ER’, ‘24’, ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’, ‘Battle Creek’, ‘We are Men’ and ‘How I Met Your Mother’ by 2011. Unsplash Roles in TV

He became highly popular as an actor with his role of Dr. Lawrence Kutner in the medical drama ‘House’ produced by ‘FOX’. Unsplash Roles in TV

In 2016, he was cast for ‘Designated Survivor’ with Keifer Sutherland from the earlier cast of ‘24’. Unsplash Roles in TV

Information	Detail
Birthday	April 23, 1977
Nationality	American
Famous	Civil Servant, Movie Producers, Producer, T V, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, T V & Movie Producers
City/State	New Jersey
Known as	Kalpen Suresh Modi
Birth Place	Montclair, New Jersey
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Taurus
Born in	Montclair, New Jersey
Famous as	Actor, Producer, Civil Servant

Kal Penn

American

Apr 23, 1977

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Montclair, New Jersey