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| Born | December 19, 1993 Dallas, Texas, U.S. [1] |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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Nik Dodani (born December 19, 1993) is an American actor, writer, and comedian known for his roles as Zahid in the Netflix comedy-drama series Atypical , and Pat Patel in the revival of the popular CBS sitcom Murphy Brown . [2] [3]
Nik Dodani began his acting career in Phoenix-area community theater, his first notable role being Zero in a staged production of Holes based on the novel by Louis Sachar. [4] Dodani made his television debut in season 2 of HBO’s The Comeback starring Lisa Kudrow. [4]
On television, Dodani has also appeared in ABC's Big Sky , [4] Netflix's Trinkets , TBS's Angie Tribeca , Comedy Central's Idiotsitter , [5] Freeform's Kevin from Work , and NBC's The Player, among others. [6]
In film, Dodani has appeared in Netflix’s Alex Strangelove , [7] Joshua Leonard's independent film Dark Was the Night opposite Marisa Tomei and Charlie Plummer, [8] the Sony Pictures thriller Escape Room, [9] Hannah Marks' feature film Mark, Mary & Some Other People, [10] and Stephen Chbosky's film adaptation of Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen as Jared, who was re-conceived as "Jared Kalwani" to celebrate Dodani's casting. [11] [12] In July 2024, he appeared in Lee Isaac Chung's Twisters , a follow up to the 1996 film Twister . [13]
In March 2022, it was announced he would lead the New Line Cinema comedy The Parenting , opposite Brandon Flynn, Lisa Kudrow and Brian Cox. The release date is not yet publicly known. [14]
Dodani has voiced characters on numerous animated programs, including Nickelodeon's Big Nate , Disney's The Owl House and Hailey's On It! , and Disney Junior's Mira, Royal Detective . [15] [16] [17] [18] Dodani also voiced a character in the 2022 Disney animated film Strange World . [19]
He made his Broadway debut as Ogie in Waitress from October 19 to November 27, 2021. [20]
Dodani began performing stand-up comedy in 2015 and made his late-night stand-up comedy debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on September 28, 2018. [21]
In October 2018, it was announced that Dodani would write the screenplay for the film adaptation of Rakesh Satyal's novel Blue Boy. [22] In March 2022, Dodani launched his own production banner, Cosmic Pomegranate, with creative partner Joey Long. [14] [23]
In 2023, Dodani served as a co-producer of Life of Pi on Broadway, a play written by Lolita Chakrabarti as an adaptation of the novel by Yann Martel. Dodani served as an architect of The Power of Pi Project, "a first-of-its-kind effort from a Broadway production to connect with the AAPI community in New York and beyond." [24]
During the 2016 presidential election, Dodani was a producer for MoveOn, where he organized a political comedy tour called Laughter Trumps Hate. [25] He previously worked as a communications consultant at RALLY, an issue advocacy firm based in Hollywood, and as a graphic designer and student organizer on Elizabeth Warren's 2012 Senate campaign. [26]
In 2019, Dodani co-founded The Salon along with Bash Naran and Vinny Chhibber. The Salon is a forum for South Asian creatives in western creative arts. Dodani told The Hindu in 2021, "Our vision is to help the next generation of South Asian talent." [27]
Dodani was active in organizing the South Asian community in support of the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign and in support of Kamala Harris. [28] [29] He also played an active role in organizing other entertainers for the Black Lives Matter movement. [30] [31]
Dodani is of Indian descent and openly gay. [32] [33] He graduated from BASIS Scottsdale in 2011 and studied politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles. [34] [35]
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2016 | Other People | Ron | |
| The Good Neighbor | Sanjay | ||
| 2018 | Alex Strangelove | Blake | |
| Dark Was the Night | Seamus | ||
| 2019 | Escape Room | Danny Khan | |
| 2021 | Mark, Mary & Some Other People | Kyle | |
| Dear Evan Hansen | Jared Kalwani | ||
| 2022 | Strange World | Kardez | Voice role |
| 2024 | The A-Frame [36] | Rishi | |
| Twisters | Praveen | ||
| TBA | The Parenting † | Rohan | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | Living with Abandon | Paku | TV movie |
| 2014 | The Comeback | Harry | 2 episodes |
| Selfie | Bookstore Employee | 1 episode | |
| 2015 | Kevin from Work | Paul Garfunkle | 2 episodes |
| The Player | Solomon Desai | 1 episode | |
| 2017 | Idiotsitter | 1 episode | |
| 2017–2021 | Atypical | Zahid Raja | 37 episodes |
| 2018 | Murphy Brown | Pat Patel | 13 episodes |
| Angie Tribeca | CRISPIN_GLOVES0FF295 | 1 episode | |
| 2019–2020 | Trinkets | Chase | 6 episodes |
| 2021 | The Owl House | Gavin (voice) | Episode: "Through the Looking Glass Ruins" |
| 2022 | Big Nate | Randy Betancourt (voice) | Recurring cast |
| Mira, Royal Detective | Anish (voice) | Episode: "Mikku and Chikku's Hometown Mystery" | |
| 2023 | Hailey's On It! | Thad (voice) | Recurring cast |
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