Nik Dodani

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Nik Dodani
File:NikDodani BuildSeries.jpg
Dodani in 2018
Born (1993-12-19) December 19, 1993 (age 32)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active2008–present
Known for

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]

Career

[edit | edit source]

Acting

[edit | edit source]

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 film will be released on Max on March 13, 2025.[14][15]

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.[16][17][18][19] Dodani also voiced a character in the 2022 Disney animated film Strange World.[20]

He made his Broadway debut as Ogie in Waitress from October 19 to November 27, 2021.[21]

Stand-up comedy

[edit | edit source]

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.[22]

Writing and producing

[edit | edit source]

In October 2018, it was announced that Dodani would write the screenplay for the film adaptation of Rakesh Satyal's novel Blue Boy.[23] In March 2022, Dodani launched his own production banner, Cosmic Pomegranate, with creative partner Joey Long.[14][24]

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."[25]

Advocacy

[edit | edit source]

During the 2016 presidential election, Dodani was a producer for MoveOn, where he organized a political comedy tour called Laughter Trumps Hate.[26] 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.[27]

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."[28]

Dodani was active in organizing the South Asian community in support of the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign and in support of Kamala Harris.[29][30] He also played an active role in organizing other entertainers for the Black Lives Matter movement.[31][32]

Personal life

[edit | edit source]

Dodani is of Indian Sindhi descent and openly gay.[33][34][35] He graduated from BASIS Scottsdale in 2011 and studied politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles.[36][37]

Filmography

[edit | edit source]
Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

[edit | edit source]
Year Title Role Notes
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[38] Rishi
Twisters Praveen
2025 The Parenting Rohan

Television

[edit | edit source]
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Living with Abandon Paku TV movie
2014 The Comeback Harry 2 episodes
Selfie Bookstore Employee Episode: "I Woke Up Like This"
2015 Kevin from Work Paul Garfunkle 2 episodes
The Player Solomon Desai Episode: "House Rules"
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

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ "Nik Dodani Boards 'Alex Strangelove'" Deadline Hollywood, and Netflix's Atypical. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  6. ^ "Scoop: The Player on NBC – Tonight, October 22, 2015" Broadway World. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  7. ^ "Netflix original 'Alex Stangelove' to feature Indian-American actor Nik Dodani" The Times of India. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "Marisa Tomei, Timothy Olyphant Starring in 'Behold My Heart'" Variety. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  9. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  10. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  11. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  12. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  13. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  14. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  15. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  16. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  17. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  18. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  19. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  20. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  21. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  22. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  23. ^ "Film News Roundup: 'Murphy Brown' Star Nik Dodani Writing 'Blue Boy' Script". Variety, October 12, 2018.
  24. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  25. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  26. ^ "Comedy Competition Will Focus on Taking Down Trump" The Interroband. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  27. ^ "Newsmakers" Archived May 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Occidental College. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  28. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  29. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  30. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  31. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  32. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  33. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  34. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  35. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  36. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  37. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  38. ^ The A-Frame Midnight World Premiere
[edit | edit source]

Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Retrieved from "http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=Nik_Dodani&oldid=2474784"