Kal Penn

Kalpen Suresh Modi, 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.

23 April 1977

Born on the same birth date (23 April 1977): Andruw Jones • Bram Schmitz • David Kidwell • John Cena • John Oliver • Lee Young-pyo • Willie Mitchell (ice hockey)

Born on the same birth day (23 April): Annie Easley • Barry Shepherd • Bas Haring • Bill Hagerty (journalist) • Gezahegne Abera • J. P. Donleavy • Janet Blair • Joanna Krupa • John Boye • Karl Rosenkranz • Lee Je-no • Lee Miller • Léo Jaime • Melina Kanakaredes • Moose (wrestler) • Paul Collier • Ryan Walter • Shirley Temple • Tony Miles • Winthrop M. Crane

Born in the same month (April 1977): Andruw Jones • Constantinos Christoforou • David Sullivan (actor) • Giovanny Espinoza • Glenn Rogers • Hanno Pevkur • Jason Price • John Cena • Lee Young-pyo • Marguerite Moreau • Mark Spencer (computer engineer) • Michael Fassbender • Rob McElhenney • Sarah Michelle Gellar • Stephan Bonnar • Stephanie Sheh • Titus O'Neil • Trevor Letowski • Ville Nieminen • Vitor Belfort