Nickname:	Kal Penn / Kalpen Modi / K-Kal / Hollywood
Known for:	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Superman Returns, Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
Birth name:	Kalpen Suresh Modi
Birthday:	23 April 1977, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Height:	5' 9" (1.75 m)

Actor KAL PENN often lets fans down when they realise he isn’t the "stoner" he portrays on the big screen.The Asian-American star of the Harold & Kumar films is often high onscreen, but he insists he has never so much as smoked a joint in real-life.Penn says, "It’s sad for the people who offer me
Asian-American movie star KAL PENN refuses to act under his birth name KALPEN MODI - because he fears film roles would be limited to his ethnicity.The Namesake star is convinced he wouldn’t have had the opportunities he has enjoyed if he’d stubbornly stuck with his Indian name.He says, "There were a couple of friends who
Actor KAL PENN teaches Asian-American studies at the University of Pennsylvania.The Namesake star is a resident professor at the university and admits his first classes were a big hit - until students realised how early it was.He tells MTV news, "It’s a Monday, early morning class and there’s a lot of reading and papers, so
Presidential candidate Barack Obama has been given another major celebrity boost - Hollywood's leading Indian-American actor is campaigning for him.


U.S. presidential candidate BARACK OBAMA has been given another major celebrity boost - Hollywood’s leading Indian-American actor is campaigning for him.Van Wilder and The Namesake star Kal Penn has joined the likes of Will.i.am, Jessica Alba, Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Springsteen and Will Smith in offering his support to the Democrat.Penn, who has been quietly campaigning
Filed under: Paparazzi Video Who needs Oprah when you've got Kumar? Senator Barack Obama got a lift from 6000 raucous supporters -- including the Goo Goo Dolls, lady lover Nick Cannon and actor Kal Penn -- during a Monday night campaign stop at L.A.'s Gibson Amphitheater. Rock...
Filed under: Paparazzi Video Who needs Oprah when you've got Kumar? Senator Barack Obama got a lift from 6000 raucous supporters -- including the Goo Goo Dolls, lady lover Nick Cannon and actor Kal Penn -- during a Monday night campaign stop at L.A.'s Gibson Amphitheater. Rock...
Kal Penn is set to add professor to his resume after taking on the chance to be a guest instructor at the University Of Pennsylvania next year. The Asian-American actor - real name Kalpen Modi - will teach two undergraduate courses, according to university director Grace Kao.


American-Asian star KAL PENN fell for the character he plays in new movie THE NAMESAKE years before filming started - he previously tried to buy the rights to the book.Penn loved JHUMPA LAHIRI’s novel and tried to use it to start his career as a producer, so when he discovered director MIRA NAIR had already
Actors Adam Beach and Kal Penn guest star on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Outsider" premiering on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 10 PM ET/PT. In this episode, Det. Odafin "Fin" Tutuola is asked by his son a resident adviser at college, to look into a rape case of a coed at his school. As the case deepens, Fin is joined by an SVU detective from Brooklyn named Chester Lake who is working a similar case and believes there is a connection.

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