Kal Penn
|birth_place = Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. |education = University of California, Los Angeles (BA) |party = Democratic |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = |years_active = 1998–present |partner = Josh (2010–present) }} Kalpen Suresh Modi ( born April 23, 1977), known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration. As an actor he is known for his portrayals of Lawrence Kutner on the television program ''House'', White House staffer Seth Wright on ''Designated Survivor'', Kevin, a psychologist and boyfriend to Robin in ''How I Met Your Mother'', and Kumar Patel in the ''Harold & Kumar'' film series. He is also recognized for his performance in the film ''The Namesake''. Penn once taught at the University of Pennsylvania in the Cinema Studies Program as a visiting lecturer.In April 2009, Penn joined the Obama administration as an associate director in the White House Office of Public Engagement as liaison for outreach to Asian Pacific Americans and arts communities. This necessitated that his TV character, Lawrence Kutner, be written out of ''House''. Penn briefly left his post in June 2010 to film the third installment of the ''Harold & Kumar'' series, ''A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas'', returning to his White House job upon the movie's completion. In July 2011, he again left the White House to accept a role in the television series ''How I Met Your Mother.''
From 2016 to 2019, he played Seth Wright in the political drama ''Designated Survivor'', where he also served as a consultant on the show. Additionally, he served as host of the game show ''Superhuman''. In 2019, Penn portrayed Garrett Modi in the NBC sitcom series ''Sunnyside''. The following year he went on to host a political talk miniseries on Freeform called ''Kal Penn Approves This Message''. Provided by Wikipedia
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