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The film is about their relationship, with Nanjiani playing himself and Zoe Kazan playing Gordon (renamed Emily Gardner). The film was one of the most acclaimed of 2017, and was chosen by American Film Institute as one of the top 10 films of the year and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Kumail Nanjiani. Highest Rated: 98% The Big Sick (2017) Lowest Rated: 14% Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) Birthday: Feb 21, 1978. Birthplace: Karachi, Pakistan. A comedic jack of all...
Jul 14, 2017 · 52 Videos. 99+ Photos. Comedy Drama Romance. Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings. Director. Michael Showalter.
The Big Sick is a 2017 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Showalter and written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. It stars Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Adeel Akhtar, and Anupam Kher.
Mar 10, 2020 · It's no secret that the breakthrough moment for Kumail Nanjiani (our April cover star) came in 2017's The Big Sick, the autobiographical comedy film that not only was a sleeper hit with both...
Kumail Ali Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is primarily known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley (2014–2019) and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick (2017).
He also starred as Kingo in the Marvel Studios superhero film Eternals (2021), which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), starred as street-level con artist Haja Estree in the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi, and played celebrity scientist Vik in the television series The Boys Presents: Diabolical and The Boys.
