Danny Pudi
Actor
Biography
Daniel Mark Pudi (born March 10, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Abed Nadir on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), for which he received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and one nomination for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. Since 2020 he has starred as Brad Bakshi in the Apple TV+ comedy series Mythic Quest. He played the lead role in The Tiger Hunter, a comedic and warmhearted independent film surrounding the immigrant experience directed by Lena Khan in 2016 and funded through a Kickstarter campaign. His short film, Running, which he wrote himself, follows Pudi as he sets out on a mission to solve the puzzle of his father and finds himself instead on a complex, funny, and vulnerable journey of self-discovery and acceptance.
As Director
Filmography
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as Com Tech #1 2014
Star Trek Beyond
as Fi'Ja 2016
Smurfs: The Lost Village
as Brainy (voice) 2017
The Guilt Trip
as Sanjay 2012
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
as Little Boy Blue (voice) 2011
Knights of Badassdom
as Lando 2013
Flora & Ulysses
as Miller 2021
The Pretty One
as Dr. Rao 2014
Road Trip: Beer Pong
as Arash 2009
Somebody I Used to Know
as Benny 2023
Corner Office
as Rakesh 2023
Harmontown
as Self 2014
American Dreamer
as Craig 2022
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
as Nathan Vignes 2015
Lennon or McCartney
as Self 2014
The Tiger Hunter
as Sami Malik 2017
The Argument
as Brett 2020