Average work score
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Kal Penn
Average work score
This score reflects analyzed projects, not the actor's personal beliefs.
We rate the works, not the person. Woke Scores describe themes in movies and shows featuring Kal Penn. They do not label this actor as “woke” or represent their personal beliefs.
Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, author, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration. He is best known for his role as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar movie franchise. He is also known for his roles as Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, White House staffer Seth Wright on Designated Survivor, Kevin in How I Met Your Mother and Nikhil Ganguli in the film The Namesake (2006). In early 2009, Penn was offered the position of Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, which he accepted, necessitating his character Lawrence Kutner being written out of the TV series House. In 2020, Penn wrote a memoir called "You Can't Be Serious". While promoting this memoir, Penn announced that he and his boyfriend of 11 years, named Josh, were engaged
Career Woke Trend
| Date | Average score out of 10 | Titles analyzed |
|---|---|---|
| 2004-07-01 | 3 | 1 |
| 2008-07-01 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016-07-01 | 3 | 1 |
| 2017-07-01 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019-07-01 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026-07-01 | 3 | 1 |
