Karan Soni

Karan Soni

Born: January 8, 1989
in Nuova Delhi, India
Born in India, Karan Soni moved to the United States to study business at the University of Southern California. A career in acting instead followed, with Soni achieving prominence for his turn as unstable cab driver Dopinder in the superhero film Deadpool (2016) and its 2018 sequel. He has frequently appeared in comedic roles, including the films Goosebumps (2015), Ghostbusters (2016), Office Christmas Party (2016), Rough Night (2017), Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) and Trolls World Tour (2020). On television, he portrayed the lead in Betas and (2013) and Other Space (2015) and currently stars on the anthology series Miracle Workers (2019–present).

Movies for Karan Soni...

Deadpool & Wolverine
Title: Deadpool & Wolverine
Character: Dopinder
Released: July 24, 2024
Type: Movie
Third entry in the "Deadpool" franchise. Plot TBA.
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A Nice Indian Boy
Title: A Nice Indian Boy
Character: Naveen Gavaskar
Released: March 12, 2024
Type: Movie
When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay home to meet his traditional Indian family, they must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist boyfriend and helping them plan the Indian wedding of their dreams.
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World's Best
Title: World's Best
Character: Calming Voice (voice)
Released: June 23, 2023
Type: Movie
Twelve-year-old mathematics genius Prem discovers his recently deceased father was a famous rapper and immediately sets out to learn more about his father’s life and passions. Empowered by imaginative hip-hop music-fueled fantasies, Prem is determined to find out if hip-hop truly is in his DNA.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Title: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Character: Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India (voice)
Released: May 31, 2023
Type: Movie
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
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Four Samosas
Title: Four Samosas
Character: Sanjay
Released: December 2, 2022
Type: Movie
Determined to disrupt the wedding of his ex-girlfriend by bankrupting her family, underachieving, wanna-be rapper Vinny and his neighborhood pals concoct a plan to steal her family’s jewels from a supermarket safe.
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Strange World
Title: Strange World
Character: Caspian (voice)
Released: November 23, 2022
Type: Movie
A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.
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The People We Hate at the Wedding
Title: The People We Hate at the Wedding
Character: Dominic
Released: November 17, 2022
Type: Movie
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family needs to reconnect.
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Not Okay
Title: Not Okay
Character: Kevin
Released: July 29, 2022
Type: Movie
An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.
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Dealing with Dad
Title: Dealing with Dad
Character: Gordon
Released: May 7, 2022
Type: Movie
Margaret reluctantly goes back to her hometown with her brothers to deal with the sudden depression of their dad.
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Title: Abbott Elementary
Character: Avi
Released: December 7, 2021
Type: TV
In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.
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Trolls Holiday in Harmony
Title: Trolls Holiday in Harmony
Character: Riff (voice)
Released: November 26, 2021
Type: Movie
Queen Poppy plans the first annual Trolls Kingdom Secret Holiday Gift Swap, but things don't go quite as expected.
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7 Days
Title: 7 Days
Character: Ravi
Released: October 14, 2021
Type: Movie
As if their pre-arranged date, organized by their traditional Indian parents, wasn’t uncomfortable enough, Ravi and Rita are forced to shelter in place together as COVID-19’s reach intensifies. Hopefully for their sake, opposites do indeed attract.
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Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine
Title: Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine
Character: Sid
Released: October 1, 2021
Type: Movie
When coming out to his traditional parents, Sid uses his time machine to reset the day trying to make sure everything goes perfect.
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Title: Home Economics
Character: Tod
Released: April 7, 2021
Type: TV
The heartwarming yet uncomfortable relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1%, one middle-class and one barely holding on.
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Title: The Great North
Character: Gavin (voice)
Released: January 3, 2021
Type: TV
Follow the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family as a single dad does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close, especially as the artistic dreams of his only daughter lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the local mall.
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Superintelligence
Title: Superintelligence
Character: Ahmed
Released: December 11, 2020
Type: Movie
When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.
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Title: Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
Character: Jerry Seinfeld
Released: November 11, 2020
Type: TV
Comedy trio Aunty Donna showcase their uniquely absurd and offbeat style through an array of sketches, songs and eclectic characters.
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Trolls World Tour
Title: Trolls World Tour
Character: Riff (voice)
Released: March 11, 2020
Type: Movie
Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest to create harmony among the feuding Trolls to unite them against certain doom.
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Coffee Shop Names
Title: Coffee Shop Names
Character: Sathya
Released: January 18, 2020
Type: Movie
Three Indian people imagine their personas as the names they give baristas, because their real names are hard to pronounce.
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Like a Boss
Title: Like a Boss
Character: Josh Tinker
Released: January 9, 2020
Type: Movie
Two female friends with very different ideals decide to start a beauty company together. One is more practical, while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle.
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Corporate Animals
Title: Corporate Animals
Character: Freddie
Released: September 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Disaster strikes when the egotistical CEO of an edible cutlery company leads her long-suffering staff on a corporate team-building trip in New Mexico. Trapped underground, this mismatched and disgruntled group must pull together to survive.
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B-Roll
Title: B-Roll
Character: Doug
Released: July 2, 2019
Type: Movie
A disgraced local TV news reporter enlists the help of a wannabe journalist and a career film student to produce a documentary to revive his career.
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Always Be My Maybe
Title: Always Be My Maybe
Character: Tony
Released: May 31, 2019
Type: Movie
Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Title: Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Character: Jack
Released: May 3, 2019
Type: Movie
In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.
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Eureka!
Title: Eureka!
Character: Glenn
Released: April 25, 2019
Type: Movie
A lazy, uninspired woman is visited by an otherworldly being responsible for giving humanity all its great ideas.
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Title: Special
Released: April 12, 2019
Type: TV
A gay man with mild cerebral palsy decides to rewrite his identity as an accident victim and finally go after the life he wants.
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Paharganj
Title: Paharganj
Character: Jitendar Tomar
Released: April 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Coming from the streets of Paharganj, the movie depicts a woman's search for her lost love, a man's attempt to regain his lost enigma and dealing with his brother's untimely death, an unexpected political murder, and raging gang war.
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Title: Miracle Workers
Character: TI-90
Released: February 12, 2019
Type: TV
The first season of this comedy anthology is set in the offices of Heaven Inc. When God plans to destroy the Earth, two low-level angels must convince their boss to save humanity. They bet him they can pull off their most impossible miracle yet: help two humans fall in love.
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Title: Miracle Workers
Character: Lord Vexler
Released: February 12, 2019
Type: TV
The first season of this comedy anthology is set in the offices of Heaven Inc. When God plans to destroy the Earth, two low-level angels must convince their boss to save humanity. They bet him they can pull off their most impossible miracle yet: help two humans fall in love.
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Title: Miracle Workers
Character: Sanjay
Released: February 12, 2019
Type: TV
The first season of this comedy anthology is set in the offices of Heaven Inc. When God plans to destroy the Earth, two low-level angels must convince their boss to save humanity. They bet him they can pull off their most impossible miracle yet: help two humans fall in love.
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Title: Miracle Workers
Character: The Gunslinger
Released: February 12, 2019
Type: TV
The first season of this comedy anthology is set in the offices of Heaven Inc. When God plans to destroy the Earth, two low-level angels must convince their boss to save humanity. They bet him they can pull off their most impossible miracle yet: help two humans fall in love.
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Once Upon a Deadpool
Title: Once Upon a Deadpool
Character: Dopinder
Released: December 11, 2018
Type: Movie
A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2 as a Princess Bride-esque story that's full of magic, wonder & zero F's.
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Office Uprising
Title: Office Uprising
Character: Mourad
Released: June 19, 2018
Type: Movie
The compound of an arms manufacturer turns into a zombie nightmare when its workers are given the wrong formula.
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Deadpool 2
Title: Deadpool 2
Character: Dopinder
Released: May 10, 2018
Type: Movie
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
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Better Start Running
Title: Better Start Running
Character: Nelson
Released: April 28, 2018
Type: Movie
An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - preferably dead.
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Little Bitches
Title: Little Bitches
Character: Andy
Released: January 23, 2018
Type: Movie
A group of friends vow to open their college acceptance letters at the same time during the big end-of -year party.
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Creep 2
Title: Creep 2
Character: Dave
Released: October 14, 2017
Type: Movie
After finding an ad online for “video work,” Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man claiming to be a serial killer. Unable to resist the chance to create a truly shocking piece of art, she agrees to spend the day with him. However, as the day goes on, she discovers she may have dug herself into a hole from which she can’t escape.
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Title: Will & Grace
Character: Mike
Released: September 28, 2017
Type: TV
That’s right, honey! A decade after their unforgettable eight-season run, comedy’s most fabulous foursome is back.
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The Sweet Life
Title: The Sweet Life
Character: Convenience Store Clerk
Released: September 13, 2017
Type: Movie
Kenny is an ice cream vendor in Chicago with a crisp white uniform and an apathetic heart. When he encounters Lolita, a sharp-tongued but despondent insurance actuary, their heated conversation, natural spark and mutual hopelessness lead to an unusual proposal for a meet-cute: to travel to San Francisco, where they will jump off the Golden Gate Bridge together.
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Unicorn Store
Title: Unicorn Store
Character: Kevin
Released: September 11, 2017
Type: Movie
A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.
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Title: What Would Diplo Do?
Released: August 3, 2017
Type: TV
Being an international superstar DJ and producer doesn't make you good at life. But ain't nobody got put on this earth 'cause they were perfect, right? So as long as we're still in the game, we got a chance to get it right.
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Chee and T
Title: Chee and T
Character: Roger Raval
Released: August 1, 2017
Type: Movie
A Comedy about the only two guys left in Silicon Valley who have nothing to do with technology.
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Title: Room 104
Character: Anish
Released: July 28, 2017
Type: TV
An anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a unique set of circumstances and quirks.
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And Then There Was Eve
Title: And Then There Was Eve
Character: Zain
Released: June 18, 2017
Type: Movie
Alyssa, a successful photographer, wakes one morning to find her apartment ransacked and her husband mysteriously missing. Left without even a photograph to offer the police, she turns to her colleague Eve, a talented jazz pianist with a flirtatious charm and disarming grace. Eve helps her confront her husband’s longtime struggle with depression and to, over time, accept his absence. While getting to know this woman through such unusual circumstances, Alyssa is surprised to find herself falling in love again.
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Rough Night
Title: Rough Night
Character: Raviv
Released: June 15, 2017
Type: Movie
Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, they're ultimately brought closer together when it matters most.
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Office Christmas Party
Title: Office Christmas Party
Character: Nate
Released: November 25, 2016
Type: Movie
When Carol Vanstone, CEO of the technology company Zenotek, expresses her intention to close the Chicago branch, run by her brother Clay, he and his co-workers organize a Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and save their jobs. But the party gets out of control…
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Title: Dream Corp LLC
Character: Patient 27
Released: October 23, 2016
Type: TV
Helmed by the easily distracted Dr. Roberts, a psychotherapeutic facility treats patients with troubling dreams. Roberts employs a team of incompetent scientists to help analyze and record those thoughts plaguing the doctor's patients.
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Ghostbusters
Title: Ghostbusters
Character: Benny
Released: July 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
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Mono
Title: Mono
Character: CDC Expert
Released: July 8, 2016
Type: Movie
A mono virus outbreak at Highland Park High takes out the most popular kids for two months, allowing the outcasts to rule the school.
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Title: Wrecked
Character: Keith
Released: June 14, 2016
Type: TV
Single-camera comedy centering on a diverse group of survivors adjusting to being stranded on an uninhabited island, a dangerous new world where they must face many threats – mostly brought on by themselves. No longer plugged into the rest of the world, the group struggles to navigate their makeshift society while also learning to live without such modern comforts as indoor plumbing, Wi-Fi, social media and Chipotle.
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Deadpool
Title: Deadpool
Character: Dopinder
Released: February 9, 2016
Type: Movie
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
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Title: Blunt Talk
Character: Martin Bassi
Released: August 22, 2015
Type: TV
A British newscaster moves to Los Angeles with his alcoholic manservant and the baggage of several failed marriages to host a sanctimonious talk show.
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Goosebumps
Title: Goosebumps
Character: Mr. Rooney
Released: August 5, 2015
Type: Movie
After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.
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Title: Other Space
Character: Stewart Lipinski
Released: April 14, 2015
Type: TV
Meet the team of the UMP cruiser, a barely-functional starship led by an aggressively cheerful Captain with a with a barely-competent crew, including a clueless navigator, a brain damaged mechanic, a bickering couple,a man with gills raised to be an organ farm for his brother and ART, the billionaire turned robot. When their ship is drawn into a different universe, they must to learn to work together while dealing with space clouds, robot rebellions, and the occasional alien attack.
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Supremacy
Title: Supremacy
Character: Store Clerk
Released: June 12, 2014
Type: Movie
The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.
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Title: Silicon Valley
Character: Tenley
Released: April 6, 2014
Type: TV
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an American sitcom that centers around six programmers who are living together and trying to make it big in the Silicon Valley.
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Title: Mighty Med
Character: Benny
Released: October 7, 2013
Type: TV
Mighty Med is a live-action comedy series starring popular Disney Channel stars Bradley Steven Perry and Jake Short, premieres as a special one-hour event, October 7 on Disney XD. The series is created by Jim Bernstein and Andy Schwartz, and is executive produced by Bernstein and Stephen Engel.
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Title: The Goldbergs
Character: Srinivas Bollimpalli
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: TV
Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.
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Title: The Goldbergs
Character: Srini
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: TV
Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.
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Title: The Goldbergs
Character: Randy Mescunda
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: TV
Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.
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Title: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Character: Gordon Lundt
Released: September 17, 2013
Type: TV
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
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Title: Betas
Character: Nash
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: TV
In Silicon Valley, the right algorithm can make you a king. And these four friends think they've finally cracked the code.
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Title: 1600 Penn
Character: Misfit
Released: December 17, 2012
Type: TV
1600 Penn is an American single camera television comedy series about a dysfunctional family living in the White House.
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Safety Not Guaranteed
Title: Safety Not Guaranteed
Character: Arnau
Released: June 8, 2012
Type: Movie
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
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Worst. Prom. Ever.
Title: Worst. Prom. Ever.
Character: Glenn
Released: May 9, 2011
Type: Movie
Clark has planned the perfect prom for his girlfriend Sharon. His plans are hijacked when Sharon invites her two best girlfriends, Neve and Heather, and their dates along on the perfect evening, but things only get worse. When all three are deserted by their dates at the beginning of prom, the trio go back out to their limo, where the driver has cleaned out the mini bar and takes them on a wild ride that lands them in a holding cell and ends with them crashing another school's prom.
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Title: The Middle
Character: Vijal
Released: September 30, 2009
Type: TV
The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.
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Paper Flowers
Title: Paper Flowers
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Paper Flowers picks up recent USC graduate and Peace Corps volunteer Shah (Talwalkar) as he receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, embarking on a mission to live his remaining life to the fullest. Shah’s determination lead him, prior to his passing, to write an article for HuffPost titled “Thank You, Cancer,” which has resonated with audiences worldwide through news articles, blogs and viral hashtags.
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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Title: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Character: Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Taking place right after the events of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Gwen Stacy leads the newly reformed Spider-Gang in a race against the Spider-Society, led by Miguel O'Hara, to find Miles Morales, who is trapped in the home dimension of the spider that bit him, along with an alternate version of himself as the Prowler, while the Spot begins his deadly attack in his dimension with far-reaching multiversal consequences.
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Title: Drop-Off
Character: Calvin
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Centers on Julia, a working mother for whom nothing works so she goes looking for her village. With the help of new friends Calvin and Liz, Julia finds that she can occasionally balance work and parenting.