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Karan Soni (born January 8, 1989) is an Indian-American actor. Often appearing in comedic roles, he came to prominence for playing Dopinder in the films Deadpool (2016) and its sequel Deadpool 2 (2018).

Karan Soni
Soni at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	(1989-01-08) January 8, 1989 (age 33) New Delhi, India
Citizenship	India United States
Education	USC School of Dramatic Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present

Born in New Delhi, Soni moved to the United States to study business at the University of Southern California before pursuing an acting career. He made his feature film debut in Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), which was followed by lead appearances on the series Betas (2013) and Other Space (2015). Soni gained further attention after being cast in the film Deadpool (2016) as Dopinder, a role he reprised for its 2018 sequel.[1] Soni has also appeared in the films Ghostbusters (2016), Office Christmas Party (2016), and Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019). On television, he has appeared as a series regular on Blunt Talk (2015–2016) and Miracle Workers (2019–present).

Early life

Soni is from New Delhi, where he attended an international school. He came to the United States at 18 years old to study at the University of Southern California.[2]

Career

Soni made his film debut in Yusuf Sumer's 2010 comedy film Kaka Nirvana, alongside Rachel Quinn.[3] In 2013, Soni was cast in the Amazon Studios original series Betas.[4] The series was cancelled after one season.[5] In 2014, Soni appeared in commercials for AT&T along with Jim Conroy.[6][7]

In 2015, Soni appeared in Other Space, a series created by Paul Feig for Yahoo! Screen, as Captain Stewart Lipinski.[8] Yahoo! Screen would be shut down later in the year, preventing the series from being renewed for a second season,[9] while the first season would later be picked up by DUST in 2020. Later in 2015, he appeared in episodes of Melissa & Joey,[10] The Goldbergs[11] and 100 Things to Do Before High School[12][13] and began starring in Blunt Talk, opposite Patrick Stewart, as Martin.[14] The series was renewed for a second season, which premiered in 2016,[15] but on December 20, was cancelled after two seasons.[16]

In 2016, Soni appeared in Deadpool as a taxi driver named Dopinder[17] and in Ghostbusters as a delivery man named Benny.[18] He reprised Dopinder in 2018's Deadpool 2 and also appeared in another May blockbuster film, the following year's Pokémon Detective Pikachu.[19] In both Deadpool films and Pokémon Detective Pikachu, he starred opposite Ryan Reynolds.

Personal life

Soni is gay.[20] He is in a relationship with writer and director Roshan Sethi, with whom he developed the movie 7 Days.[21]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Kaka Nirvana	Kemal	Short film
2012	Safety Not Guaranteed	Arnau
	Bit by Bit	Chander	Short film
2014	Supremacy	Store Clerk
	Obedient Artists	Jaxton
2015	Goosebumps	Mr. Rooney
2016	Deadpool	Dopinder
	Chee and T	Roger Raval
	The Sweet Life	Convenience Store Clerk
	Mono	Amit Chowdury
	Ghostbusters	Benny
	Office Christmas Party	Nate Winetoss
2017	Rough Night	Raviv
	And Then There Was Eve	Zain
	Unicorn Store	Kevin
	Creep 2	Dave
2018	Little Bitches	Hall Monitor Andy
	Deadpool 2	Dopinder
	Better Start Running	Nelson
	Office Uprising	Mourad
2019	Corporate Animals	Freddie
	Pokémon Detective Pikachu	Jack
	Always Be My Maybe	Tony
2020	Like a Boss	Josh Tinker
	Trolls World Tour	Riff (voice)
	Superintelligence	Ahmed
2021	7 Days	Ravi	Also writer
2022	Not Okay		Post-production
	The People We Hate at the Wedding		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Protector	Kenny	Episode: "Safe"
	Worst. Prom. Ever.	Glenn	Television film
2012	Touch	Ravi	Episode: "1+1=3"
	Linked Out	Keith	Episode: "Facebook Intervention"
	1600 Penn	Misfit	Episode: "Putting Out Fires"
	Bite Me	Teacher's Assistant	Episode: "Continue!"
	Are You There, Chelsea?	Stan	Episode: "Sloane's Ex"
2012–2013	The Neighbors	Indian Allen	2 episodes
	Geo's Pizza	Asheed	8 episodes
2013	Little Horribles	Unknown	Episode: "Road Rage"
	Trophy Wife	Graduate #2	Episode: "Pilot"
	Aim High	Mingesha Dutta	Episode 2.2
	The Middle	Vijal	Episode: "Life Skills"
2013–2014	Mighty Med	Benny	3 episodes
	Betas	Avinash "Nash" Dagavi	Main role
2014	Growing Up Fisher	Owen	Episode: "Secret Lives of Fishers"
2015	Melissa & Joey	Flash	Episode: "Failure to Communicate"
	Other Space	Stewart Lipinski	Main role
	100 Things to Do Before High School	Caltech Dude	Episode: "Be a Mad Scientist Thing!"
	Any Tom, Dick, or Harry	Ernie Dassani	Television film
2015–2016	Blunt Talk	Martin Bassi	Recurring (season 1) Main role (season 2)
2015–2017	The Goldbergs	Randy Mescunda / Srinivas Bollimpalli	6 episodes
2016	The Grinder	Cooper	Episode: "From the Ashes"; uncredited
2017	I Live with Models	Marshall	5 episodes
	Silicon Valley	Tenley	Episode: "Hooli-Con"
	Room 104	Anish	Episode: "The Internet"
2018	Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters	Ravi	Episode: "Mermaid"
	Wrecked	Keith	2 episodes
2019	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Gordon Lundt	Episode: "The Honeypot"
	Miracle Workers	Sanjay Prince	Main role
	Will & Grace	Mike	Episode: "With Enemies Like These"
2020	Miracle Workers: Dark Ages	Lord Chris Vexler	Main role
	Cake	Himself	1 episode; segment: "Auditions: No Reader"
	Dream Corp LLC	Patient 27	Episode: "Fear of Heights"
	Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun	Jerry Seinfeld	Episode: "Housemates"
	Big Mouth	(voice)	Episode: "Four Stories About Hand Stuff"
2020–2021	Mira, Royal Detective	Manjeet (voice)	10 episodes
2021	Special[22]	Dev Laghari	2 episodes
	Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail	The Gunslinger	Main role

Podcast

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	The Coldest Case	Edgar	3 episodes
2021	Bridgewater	Vippin Kharana	8 episodes

References

External links

• Karan Soni at Rotten Tomatoes
• Karan Soni at IMDb
• Karan Soni on Twitter
• Karan Soni on Instagram

На других языках

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[de] Karan Soni

Karan Soni (* 8. Januar 1989 in Neu-Delhi) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler indischer Abstammung, der vor allem durch die Rolle des Taxifahrers Dopinder in den Deadpool-Filmen bekannt geworden ist und sich hauptsächlich durch Comedy-Rollen etabliert hat.

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- [en] Karan Soni

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[ru] Сони, Каран

Каран Сони (англ. Karan Soni) — американский актёр индийского происхождения, известный по своим ролям в фильмах «Безопасность не гарантируется» и «Дэдпул». Он также появился в сериалах «Бета», «Другой космос» и «Блант говорит».

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