
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/10/1979
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
دنی پودی
Danny Pudi
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 t...
Known For

American Dreamer
as Craig

Babysplitters
as Jeff Penaras

Smurfs: The Lost Village
as Brainy (voice)

Corner Office
as Rakesh

The Argument
as Brett

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as Com Tech #1

Star Trek Beyond
as Fi'Ja

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
as Little Boy Blue (voice)

Somebody I Used to Know
as Benny

Road Trip: Beer Pong
as Arash

Knights of Badassdom
as Lando

The Guilt Trip
as Sanjay

The Tiger Hunter
as Sami Malik

Harmontown
as Self

Coffee Shop Names
as Deepak

Good Girls Get High
as Mr. D

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
as Nathan Vignes

Vijay and I
as Rad

The Pretty One
as Dr. Rao

Untitled Community Movie
as Abed Nadir
Career Timeline
2023
Carol & the End of the World
as (voice)
Krapopolis
as Orphan (voice)
Rock, Paper, Scissors
as Recyclable Prince (voice)
Strange Planet
as Regular (voice)
Corner Office
as Rakesh
Clone High
as Dr. Neelankavil (voice)
Kiff
as Nick Namé (voice)
Kiff
as Nick Namé / Pete (voice)
Kiff
as Dean Kim (voice)
Somebody I Used to Know
as Benny