Kal Penn

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Kal Penn
Birthplace	Montclair, New Jersey
Date of birth	April 23, 1977
Role on 24	Ahmed Amar

Kal Penn played Ahmed Amar in Season 6 of 24. He is best known as Kumar of "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" fame.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected filmography 2.1 Television appearances 3 External links

[edit] Biography

Kal Penn was born Kalpen Suresh Modi in Montclair, NJ and attended the Performing and Fine Arts Center at Howell High School in Farmingdale, NJ. He is of Gujarati Indian descent. He attended UCLA and is currently working towards a Graduate Certificate in International Security at Stanford University. His father is an engineer and his mother holds a master's in chemistry.

In early 2007, the University of Pennsylvania announced that Penn would be teaching classes there in the Spring 2008 semester. The two undergraduate courses he will be teaching are entitled "Images of Asian Americans in the Media" and "Contemporary American Teen Films."

Penn is a vegetarian.

[edit] Selected filmography

• "Epic Movie" (2007)
• "The Namesake" (2007)
• "Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj" (2006)
• "Superman Returns" (2006)
• "Son of the Mask" (2005)
• "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" (2004)
• "Love Don't Cost A Thing" (2003)
• "Van Wilder" (2002)

[edit] Television appearances

• House MD (2007)
• Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2007)
• 24 (2007)
• Tru Calling (2003)
• The Agency (2001)
• ER (2001)
• Angel (2001)
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (2000)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999)

[edit] External links

• Kal Penn at the Internet Movie Database