Kumail Nanjiani is a tireless New York-based writer and performer leading the latest Chicago invasion of comedians in NYC. He has been featured in Variety's "10 Comics to Watch," the Hollywood Reporter's "10 Rising Comedy Talents" and New York Magazine's "10 Comedians that Funny People Find Funny." Kumail first gained attention for his critically acclaimed one-man show "Unpronounceable" (directed by Paul Provenza), a hilarious account of his growing up in a highly religious community in Pakistan, and making his way to glamorous Iowa for engineering college, before exploring standup in Chicago and New York. The show has been performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in NY, the Lakeshore Theater in Chicago and Improv Olympic West in Los Angeles. In 2008, he received two ECNY awards for Best Male Stand-up Comedian and Best One Person Show.

This year, you may have seen Kumail performing stand-up on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, CBS's The Late Show with David Letterman or Comedy Central's Live at Gotham. He has had memorable recurring roles on The Colbert Report and Michael and Michael Have Issues, for which he is also a writer. Kumail is currently writing a pilot loosely based on his life for NBC and Conaco. He was recently profiled in the New York Times and will be hosting the Gotham IFP Awards. Next up, you can catch him in the Warner Brothers feature film Life As We Know It, starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel, due out in 2010

Visit http://www.myspace.com/5kumails for more info and clips.

"A rising star."
Time Out New York

"one of the funniest comedians not enough people are aware of right now"
Eugene Mirman

"The buzz surrounding Kumail is hard to ignore, and when I saw him at Comix he blew me and my friends away. His delivery and style are so engaging. I became an immediate fan."
BrooklynVegan.com