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Kal Penn

Apr 23, 1977 (48 years old) in Montclair, New Jersey, USA

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

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Henry Chanoor
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House
Lawrence Kutner
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24
Ahmed Amar
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How I Met Your Mother
Kevin Venkataraghavan
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The Big Bang Theory
Kevin Campbell
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American Horror Story
Mac Marzara
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Hunt
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ER
Narajan
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
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New Girl
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