14 Facts About Nik Dodani

Nik Dodani was born on December 19,1993 and is an American actor, writer, and comedian known for his roles as Zahid in the Netflix comedy-drama series Atypical, and Pat Patel in the revival of the popular CBS sitcom Murphy Brown.

Nik Dodani began his acting career in Phoenix-area community theater, his first notable role being Zero in a staged production of Holes based on the novel by Louis Sachar.

On television, Nik Dodani has appeared in ABC's Big Sky, Netflix's Trinkets, TBS's Angie Tribeca, Comedy Central's Idiotsitter, Freeform's Kevin from Work, and NBC's The Player, among others.

Nik Dodani voiced a character in the 2022 Disney animated film Strange World.

Nik Dodani made his Broadway debut as Ogie in Waitress from October 19 to November 27,2021.

Nik Dodani began performing stand-up comedy in 2015 and made his late-night stand-up comedy debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on September 28,2018.

In October 2018, it was announced that Nik Dodani would write the screenplay for the film adaptation of Rakesh Satyal's novel Blue Boy.

In March 2022, Nik Dodani launched his own production banner, Cosmic Pomegranate, with creative partner Joey Long.

In 2023, Nik Dodani served as a co-producer of Life of Pi on Broadway, a play written by Lolita Chakrabarti as an adaptation of the novel by Yann Martel.

Nik Dodani previously worked as a communications consultant at RALLY, an issue advocacy firm based in Hollywood, and as a graphic designer and student organizer on Elizabeth Warren's 2012 Senate campaign.

In 2019, Nik Dodani co-founded The Salon along with Bash Naran and Vinny Chhibber.

Nik Dodani was active in organizing the South Asian community in support of the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign and in support of Kamala Harris.

Nik Dodani played an active role in organizing other entertainers for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Nik Dodani graduated from BASIS Scottsdale in 2011 and studied politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles.