Danny Pudi

Known for acting · Born 10 March 1979 · 47 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

83 credits

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.

Known for

Community

2009

DuckTales

2017

Mythic Quest

2020

Smurfs: The Lost Village

2017

Transformers: EarthSpark

2022

Corner Office

2023

Flora & Ulysses

2021

The Pretty One

2014

Going Dutch

2025

Road Trip: Beer Pong

2009

Somebody I Used to Know

2023

Powerless

2017

Acting (77)

2026President CurtisAmil Bhattam (voice)Series

2026Golden AxeHampton Squib (voice) · 10 episodesSeries

2025Prep & Landing: The Snowball ProtocolChef Geoff (voice)Film

2025Going DutchMajor Abraham Shah · 22 episodesSeries

2024Avatar: The Last AirbenderThe Mechanist · 2 episodes, Sai · 3 episodesSeries

2024After MidnightSelfSeries

2024Rock, Paper, ScissorsRecyclable Prince (voice)Series

2023Somebody I Used to KnowBennyFilm

2023Corner OfficeRakeshFilm

2023Carol & the End of the World(voice)Series

2023Strange PlanetRegular (voice) · 10 episodesSeries

2023KrapopolisOrphan (voice)Series

2023Clone HighDr. Neelankavil (voice)Series

2023KiffNick Namé (voice) · 2 episodes, Nick Namé / Pete (voice), Dean Kim (voice) · 2 episodesSeries

2022American DreamerCraigFilm

2022Transformers: EarthSparkBumblebee (voice) · 40 episodesSeries

2022ChibiverseHuey Duck (Voice), Huey Duck (voice)Series

2022RunningHimselfFilm

2021Monsters at WorkEvan (voice)Series

2021Flora & UlyssesMillerFilm

2021CallsDr. Burman (voice)Series

2021Home EconomicsBrianSeries

2020Mythic QuestBrad Bakshi · 40 episodesSeries

2020The ArgumentBrettFilm

2020Community Table ReadAbed NadirFilm

2020Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSelf - ContestantSeries

2020Coffee Shop NamesDeepakFilm

2019BabysplittersJeff PenarasFilm

2018ImpulseBeanieSeries

2018Craig of the CreekRavi (voice)Series

2018Summer Camp IslandCookiesmell (voice)Series

2018Good Girls Get HighMr. DFilm

2018DuckTales: Destination Adventure!Huey Duck (voice)Film

2018CuratedTimFilm

2017Smurfs: The Lost VillageBrainy (voice)Film

2017DuckTalesHuey Duck (Voice) · 69 episodesSeries

2017PowerlessTeddy · 9 episodesSeries

2017The Guest BookTimSeries

2017Carpool Karaoke: The SeriesSelfSeries

2017The Tiger HunterSami MalikFilm

2017Do You Want to See a Dead Body?Series

2017After the Sun FellAdamFilm

2016Star Trek BeyondFi'JaFilm

2016Better ThingsDannySeries

2016Angie TribecaGarth TweednerSeries

2016Great Minds with Dan HarmonBuddhaSeries

2016The Hindenburg Explodes!The Great TonyFilm

2016Six Seasons and a FinaleSelfFilm

2015Dr. KenTopherSeries

2015Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight AttendantNathan VignesFilm

2014Captain America: The Winter SoldierCom Tech #1Film

2014Knights of BadassdomLandoFilm

2014The Pretty OneDr. RaoFilm

2014HarmontownSelfFilm

2014Lennon or McCartneySelfFilm

2014Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No SleepSelfFilm

2013@midnight with Chris HardwickSelfSeries

2013Vijay and IRadFilm

2012The Guilt TripSanjayFilm

2012Six Seasons and A Movie: A Community Art ShowSelfFilm

2012Flatland²: SpherelandPuncto (voice)Film

2012Leader of the PackDougFilm

2011Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. EvilLittle Boy Blue (voice)Film

2010Hot in ClevelandTommySeries

2009CommunityAbed Nadir · 110 episodesSeries

2009Road Trip: Beer PongArashFilm

2009Nilam Auntie: An International TreasureMelvin the online surferFilm

2007ChuckVali ChandrasekarenSeries

2007GreekSanjay · 4 episodesSeries

2005Robot ChickenAnt Pharaoh / Fox's Boxes Customer (voice)Series

2004The SoupSelf · 2 episodesSeries

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - GuestSeries

2000Gilmore GirlsStaffer, Raj · 3 episodesSeries

1999The West WingSantos AideSeries

1989The SimpsonsJohnson Bryans (voice)Series

—Untitled Community MovieAbed NadirFilm

—PatelFilm

Crew (2)

2016Six Seasons and a FinaleThanksFilm

2014Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No SleepThanksFilm

Directing (2)

2020Mythic QuestDirectorSeries

2014UntuckedDirectorFilm

Production (1)

—PatelExecutive ProducerFilm

Writing (1)

2022RunningWriterFilm