Kal Penn was born as Kalpen Suresh Modi on 23rd April 1977. He is an actor, civil servant and a producer. He was born in Connecticut. His mother’s name is Asmerelda and is working as an evaluator for fragrance in a perfume company. His father’s name is Suresh Modi and is an engineer. His parents are Indian immigrants from Gujarat, India. He used to state stories about his grandparents being part of different marches with Mahatma Gandhi. He went to Marlboro School in New Jersey. He used to play saxophone in a Jazz band in school. He attended Howell High School as a freshman. Then he transferred to Freehold Township School for rest of his school education. He was part of theater production of school. In the year 2000, he graduated from UCLA with double major in sociology and film.
He debut in feature film named as “Express: Aisle to Glory” in 1998. He has appeared in different movies like Van Wilder, The Namesake, American Desi and series of Harold & Kumar. He derived his name Kal Penn as an acting name. He kept this name to see if it helps in getting more work. His experiment proves to be successful. When he gave this name in his resume, the offers for auditions increased by 50 percent. He uses this name only for professional purposes. He appeared as Ahmed Amar in first 4 episodes of TV series 24th Sixth season in the year 2007. In the same year, he appeared in the spoof Epic Movie and show 'Law & Order'. He received Asian Excellence Award for his performance in the movie Namesake during May in the same year. By fall of 2007, he joined the drama House. He played the role of an intern in the show. He made multiple appearances on the show How I met your mother during its 7th season as a therapist with the name Kevin. He was a visiting lecturer in Pennsylvania University in the year 2008 for Asian American Studies. He hosts Big Brain Theory show on Discovery Channel from 1st May 2013. Just after 9 days that is on 10th May 2013, there was an announcement about Kal Penn joining We Are Men’s cast. During presidential campaign of Barack Obama in the year 2007 and then in the year 2008, he was the advocate. He got a position as Associate Director in Public Engagement office of White office in 2009. He left that position on 1st June 2010 to come back to acting. He completed the movie “A very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas” in November 2010. After that, he returned to office. He was appointed by President Barack Obama in Nov 2013 in the President’s committee on Arts and Humanities.
Being so famous also, he has managed to keep his personal life really secret. There were recent rumors that he got married in a private ceremony. His assumed wife is said to be his longtime girlfriend. His net worth is assumed to be around $15 million dollars.
| Birth Date: | 23 Apr, 1977 |
| Age: | 42 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Montclair |
| Education: | University of California, Los Angeles Stanford University |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American actor and civil servant |
| Twitter Id: | KalPenn |
| Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |
