Kunal Nayyar

Highest Rated: 76% Trolls (2016)

Lowest Rated: 20% How to Date Billy Walsh (2024)

Birthday: Apr 30, 1981

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Actor Kunal Nayyar was still a relative newcomer in Hollywood when he landed a lead role on the popular sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS, 2007- ), as painfully shy physicist Raj Koothrappali. The series was an instant success and provided Nayyar with the perfect opportunity to showcase his comedic chops.

Highest rated movies

70% 52% Think Like a Dog

50% 65% Spaceman

46% 38% The Scribbler

33% 88% The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

20% 59% How to Date Billy Walsh

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Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons, Kunal Nayyar at arrivals for THE BIG BANG 100th Episode Celebration, California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA December 15, 2011. Photo By: Emiley Schweich/Everett Collection

Kunal Nayyar at arrivals for CONSUMED Premiere, Laemmle Music Hall, Beverly Hills, CA November 11, 2015. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection

Kaley Cuoco, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik, Jim Parsons in the press room for 40th Annual The People''s Choice Awards 2014 - PRESS ROOM, Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles, CA January 8, 2014. Photo By: Emiley Schweich/Everett Collection

Kunal Nayyar at arrivals for CBS's The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon at the 35th Anniversary PaleyFest LA 2018, The Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, Los Angeles, CA March 21, 2018. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection

Kunal Nayyar, Neha Kapur at arrivals for 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Presented by SAG AFTRA - ARRIVALS 3, Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles, CA January 29, 2017. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection

Kunal Nayyar at arrivals for 71st Golden Globes Awards - Arrivals, The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA January 12, 2014. Photo By: Linda Wheeler/Everett Collection

Johnny Galecki, Melissa Rauch, Kunal Nayyar at arrivals for CBS Network Upfronts Presentation 2012, Lincoln Center, New York, NY May 15, 2013. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection

Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Melissa Rauch, Mayim Bialik, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Kunal Nayyar at arrivals for THE BIG BANG 100th Episode Celebration, California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA December 15, 2011. Photo By: Emiley Schweich/Everett Colle

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Filmography

Movies

			Credit
20%	59%	How to Date Billy Walsh	Rupert Brown (Character)	-	2024
50%	65%	Spaceman	Peter (Character)	-	2024
63%	92%	Trolls Band Together	Guy Diamond (Voice)	$103.0M	2023
33%	88%	The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry	A.J. Fikry (Character)	-	2022
No Score Yet	84%	Trolls: Holiday In Harmony	Unknown (Voice)	-	2021
70%	52%	Think Like a Dog	Mr. Mills (Character)	-	2020
72%	58%	Trolls World Tour	Guy Diamond (Voice)	-	2020
76%	67%	Trolls	Guy Diamond (Voice)	$153.6M	2016
No Score Yet	33%	Consumed	Serge Negani (Character)	-	2015
No Score Yet	64%	Dr. Cabbie	Tony (Character)	$223.0K	2014
46%	38%	The Scribbler	Karem (Character)	-	2014
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Beyond All Boundaries	Narrator, Producer	-	2013
37%	61%	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Gupta (Voice)	-	2012

TV

			Credit
74%	58%	Night Court	Martini (Guest Star)	2024
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Guest	2022
48%	26%	Suspicion	Aadesh Chopra (Character)	2022
No Score Yet	62%	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Guest	2022
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Mira, Royal Detective	Naveen (Guest Voice)	2020
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Talk	Guest	2012-2017 2020
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Guest	2012-2015 2017-2019
81%	84%	The Big Bang Theory	Koothrappali (Character)	2007-2019
No Score Yet	49%	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert	Guest	2019
No Score Yet	19%	The Late Late Show With James Corden	Guest	2015-2016 2019
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Conan	Guest	2011-2018
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Drop the Mic	Contestant	2017
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Sanjay and Craig	Vijay (Voice)	2013-2016
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Soup	Unknown (Character)	2015
86%	83%	The Mindy Project	Unknown (Guest Star)	2015
No Score Yet	12%	The View	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	100%	The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson	Guest	2013-2014
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Guest	2014
No Score Yet	29%		Neal (Guest Star)	2013-2014
100%	90%	Late Show With David Letterman	Guest	2013
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Who Gets the Last Laugh?	Unknown (Guest Star)	2013
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Lopez Tonight	Guest	2011
No Score Yet	41%	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Guest	2011
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Bonnie Hunt Show	Guest	2009-2010
50%	No Score Yet	The Wanda Sykes Show	Guest	2010