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Kal Penn
Age: 32
Height: 178 cm
Birth Place: Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Born: Apr. 23rd, 1977
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Kal Penn's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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TRIVIA:
- In April 2009, Penn told Entertainment Weekly Magazine that the writers killed off his character on _"House M.D." (2004)_ (qv) because he had asked to be allowed to leave the show to go work for the Barack Obama Administration as the Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Liaison.
- Has one younger brother.
- Kal Penn was invited for an audition for the role of Gogol Ganguly in the movie Namesake, because Mira Nair's(director) son, Zohan and her agent's son Sam were big fans of Kal Penn's earlier movie - Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.
- The brother of one of Peta 2's senior coordinator Pulin Modi.
- His favorite book is "The Namesake" and used to check into hotels under the pseudonym of "Gogol Ganguli", the lead character of the book. When found out that 'Mira Nair' (qv) was making a film out of it, despite her having already cast an actor in the part, Penn lobbied for the role and eventually won it.
- Met future _Where's the Party Yaar? (2003)_ (qv) co-star 'Datta Dave' (qv) and Dave's current financial adviser Mihir Upadhyaya during college at UCLA. He assisted Dave in his pursuit of an acting career.
- He attended the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Howell High School in Farmingdale, New Jersey where he went though an intense study of the arts in acting, dance/movement, and vocal training.
- Was offered a part in "Planet Terror," the 'Robert Rodriguez (I)' (qv) segment of _Grindhouse (2007)_ (qv), but turned it down due to the conflicting shoot of _The Namesake (2006)_ (qv).
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