Kal Penn Biography
Kal Penn is an American actor and former member of President Barack Obama’s White House staff. He is best known for his roles in the television series House, the Harold & Kumar film series, and the film The Namesake. Penn has served as a visiting lecturer in the Cinema Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
How old is Kal Penn? – Age
He is 44 years old as of 23 April 2021. He was born Kalpen Suresh Modi in 1977 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States.
Kal Penn Family
Penn was born to Gujarati Indian immigrants; his mother, Asmita Bhatt, works for a perfume company as a fragrance evaluator, and his father, Suresh Modi, is an engineer. His father was born in Kaira, and his mother in Baroda. He has stated that stories about his grandparents marching with Mahatma Gandhi during the Indian independence movement influenced his interest in politics. He used to spend his vacations in Gujarat as a child, and he speaks some Gujarati.
Is Kal Penn single? – Wife
He is still single and there is no history of his past relationships.
What is Kal Penn Net Worth?
He has an estimated net worth of $15 million.
Kal Penn Designated Survivor
She was cast as Seth Wright, the White House Communications Director in the American political thriller drama television series Designated Survivor.
Storyline
He initially doubts Tom’s abilities as President, but he quickly becomes one of his most trusted advisors. Because of his strong social skills, he was named Press Secretary. He was Press Secretary until Chief of Staff Mars Harper promoted him to Communications Director in Season 3.
An explosion destroys the Capitol Building on the night of the State of the Union, killing the President and everyone in the line of succession except for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Thomas Kirkman, who had been designated as the designated survivor. Kirkman has sworn in right away, unaware that the attack is only the beginning of what is to come. Throughout the series, he faces numerous challenges, and he struggles to balance his political ambitions with the challenge of being seen as a legitimate president.
Kal Penn Royal Detective
He voiced Mikku, Chikku’s brother and a mongoose who helps Mira on her cases in the American-Indian CGI-animated mystery children’s television series Mira, Royal Detective.
Storyline
Set in a fictional kingdom called Jalpur that resembles late-nineteenth-century India, the series follows Mira, a commoner who is appointed by the queen to the role of royal detective and travels throughout her kingdom to assist royals and commoners alike. Mikku and Chikku, Mira’s two mongoose sidekicks, join her.
Kal Penn Battle Creek
He was cast as Detective Fontanelle ‘Font’ White in the American comedy-drama television series Battle Creek.
Storyline
Milt Chamberlain, an FBI Special Agent, is coming to Battle Creek to establish a resident agency. The team is looking into a double homicide that could be linked to the local meth trade. Detective Milt is called in to look into a house fire that occurred during his boss’s bachelor party. Mayor Scooter Hardy is shot several times, but the first bullet hits a young man dressed as a cougar mascot who had just walked in front of the mayor. A severed foot washed up on Goguac Lake. Candice Bergen, Peter Jacobson, and Milt Wahlberg also appear in the film.
Why did Kal Penn leave the White House?
In 2007 and 2008, Penn was a supporter of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. He was appointed Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs in 2009. Penn resigned as Obama’s associate director of public engagement on June 1, 2010, to pursue a career as an actor. Penn was appointed to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities by Obama in November 2013. Penn openly backed Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. He campaigned for Hillary Clinton after she was named the Democratic nominee. Penn and the other members of the committee resigned in August 2017 in response to President Donald Trump’s remarks at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Kal Penn Movies
♦ 2018 – The Ashram
♦ 2017 – Speech & Debate
♦ 2017 – Once Upon a Time in Venice
♦ 2017 – The Layover
♦ 2016 – Better Off Single
♦ 2015 – The Girl In The Photographs
♦ 2014 – The Sisterhood of Night
♦ 2013 – Triumph: The Lowell Pomerantz Story
♦ 2013 – Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
♦ 2013 – Dementamania
♦ 2011 – A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
♦ 2008 – Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
♦ 2008 – Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam
Kal Penn TV Shows
♦ 2021–present – Clarice
♦ 2020 – Mira, Royal Detective
♦ 2020 – It’s Pony
♦ 2020 – Blue’s Clues & You!
♦ 2020 – Kal Penn Approves This Message
♦ 2019 – The Big Bang Theory
♦ 2019 – This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy
♦ 2019 – Sunnyside
♦ 2016 – New Girl
♦ 2016 – Deadbeat – Clyde
♦ 2016–19 – Designated Survivor
♦ 2016–17 – Superhuman
♦ 2015 – Battle Creek
♦ 2015 – The Big Picture with Kal Penn
♦ 2013 – The Big Brain Theory
♦ 2013 – We Are Men