Kal Penn is an actor. He played Henry Chanoor in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Outsider". Penn is perhaps best known for playing Dr. Lawrence Kutner on House, M.D.. He also had starring roles in the Harold & Kumar movies, and in The Namesake. In April 2009, he put his acting career on hiatus in order to go work for the White House in Barack Obama's administration.
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| - Kal Penn is an actor. He played Henry Chanoor in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Outsider". Penn is perhaps best known for playing Dr. Lawrence Kutner on House, M.D.. He also had starring roles in the Harold & Kumar movies, and in The Namesake. In April 2009, he put his acting career on hiatus in order to go work for the White House in Barack Obama's administration.
- Kal Penn (born April 23, 1977; age 40) played Ahmed Amar in Season 6 of 24. He is best known as Kumar of the Harold and Kumar comedy movie franchise as well as for his supporting roles on shows such as House, M.D.
- Kal Penn is an actor who starred as Kumar in the Harold & Kumar film series opposite John Cho. He makes a brief cameo with Bert in Mashable's online video "A Lovely Sunny Day". Penn has taught at the University of Pennsylvania in the Cinema Studies Program as a visiting lecturer, and served in The White House under President Barack Obama as Associate Director of Public Engagement. His other acting credits include playing Dr. Lawrence Kutner on NBC's House (with Hugh Laurie), appearances on How I Met Your Mother and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the film Superman Returns.
- Kalpen Suresh Modi, better known by his screen name Kal Penn (born April 23, 1977 in Montclair, New Jersey) is the actor who portrayed Dr. Lawrence Kutner, one of the three new fellows House keeps on at the beginning of Season 4. His nicknames are "Hollywood" and "K-Kal". Penn left the series in Season 5 to take a staff position at the White House in the Barack Obama administration. However, he returned for the series finale. In total, he has over 40 movie and television credits to his name.
- Kal Penn (* 23. April 1977 in Montclair, New Jersey; eigentlich Kalpen Suresh Modi) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und demokratischer Politiker, der insbesondere durch die Harold-&-Kumar-Filme sowie durch verschiedene Serienrollen bekannt wurde. 2007 war er in einigen Folgen der Serie 24 als arabischer Terrorist zu sehen. Außerdem war er als Sportmediziner Dr. Lawrence Kutner Mitglied der Stammbesetzung der Serie Dr. House, welche er nach zwei Staffeln jedoch wieder verließ.
- In January 2007, Penn appeared in the first four episodes of the sixth season of 24 as Ahmed Amar, a teenage terrorist. Penn says he nearly turned down the role due to personal ethics, stating, "I have a huge political problem with the role. It was essentially accepting a form of racial profiling. I think it's repulsive. But it was the first time I had a chance to blow stuff up and take a family hostage. As an actor, why shouldn't I have that opportunity? Because I'm brown and I should be scared about the connection between media images and people's thought processes?"
- He attended the Freehold Regional High School District's Performing Arts High School where he participated in the school's theater productions. In 1995, he moved to Los Angeles to study at the UCLA's prestigious School of Theatre, Film and Television. He majored in film and sociology. He developed an interest in politics from his grandparents who marched for India's independence. In 2009, he joined the Obama administration as an Associate Director. Kal Penn plays Kevin on How I Met Your Mother.
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| - In January 2007, Penn appeared in the first four episodes of the sixth season of 24 as Ahmed Amar, a teenage terrorist. Penn says he nearly turned down the role due to personal ethics, stating, "I have a huge political problem with the role. It was essentially accepting a form of racial profiling. I think it's repulsive. But it was the first time I had a chance to blow stuff up and take a family hostage. As an actor, why shouldn't I have that opportunity? Because I'm brown and I should be scared about the connection between media images and people's thought processes?" Also in January 2007, he appeared in the spoof comedy Epic Movie. In May 2007, Penn received the Asian Excellence Award for Outstanding Actor for his performance in The Namesake. In fall 2007, Penn joined the cast of the Fox medical drama House as fellowship applicant Lawrence Kutner. On April 8, 2009, it was announced that he would join the Obama White House as Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. This caused mixed reactions from fans as this necessitated that his character be written out of the show. Not by being Put on a Bus, but by having him killed off-screen. Prior to his political engagement, Penn taught at the University of Pennsylvania as an adjunct member in the Cinema Studies Program. In April 2010, it was confirmed Penn will leave his post as Barack Obama's associate director of public engagement to return to his acting career.
- Kal Penn is an actor. He played Henry Chanoor in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Outsider". Penn is perhaps best known for playing Dr. Lawrence Kutner on House, M.D.. He also had starring roles in the Harold & Kumar movies, and in The Namesake. In April 2009, he put his acting career on hiatus in order to go work for the White House in Barack Obama's administration.
- Kal Penn (born April 23, 1977; age 40) played Ahmed Amar in Season 6 of 24. He is best known as Kumar of the Harold and Kumar comedy movie franchise as well as for his supporting roles on shows such as House, M.D.
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