Career

Born in Karachi, Nanjiani lived in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 until he moved to the United States

United States

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 when he was 18 and attended Grinnell College

Grinnell College

Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, U.S. known for its strong tradition of social activism. It was founded in 1846, when a group of pioneer New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College....

 in Iowa

Iowa

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. Since beginning his career in Chicago

Chicago

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, he has performed standup on a number of television programs including the Late Show With David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

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, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon on NBC. The show premiered on March 2, 2009, as the third incarnation of the Late Night franchise originated by David Letterman....

, and Conan. He also had a recurring role and was a staff writer on Michael & Michael Have Issues and has recurred on The Colbert Report.

In July 2011 he and Ali Baker began hosting a videogame-themed podcast, entitled The Indoor Kids. In late August of the same year Baker left the show and he began hosting with his wife Emily V. Gordon.

Television work

In addition to guest-starring in various comedy shows like Portlandia

Portlandia

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, Nanjiani is starring in a supporting role in TNT

TNT

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's new show Franklin & Bash

Franklin & Bash

Franklin & Bash is an American drama-comedy television series created by Kevin Falls and Bill Chais. The series stars Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar as unconventional lawyers and longtime friends. A Turner Broadcasting executive has referred to the series as a "funny legal procedural".The...

. He plays the role of Pindar Singh, an agoraphobic science fiction nerd working for the main characters of the show, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash, who work for a high - profile law firm Infeld Daneils. Though agoraphobic, Pindar helps them a lot. he usually stays at home and converses and attends different meetings through video chat.