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name: "Dave Kumar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dave-kumar"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:29:51.863562+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Dave Kumar

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Also known as:** Dave Patnaik
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10207701/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3454505

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Dropout*](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md) (70)

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## Biography

Dave Kumar is an actor, also credited as Dave Patnaik. He studied theatre at Duke University and later relocated to Los Angeles.

His television credits include *The Dropout* (2022) as the Officiant, *The Rookie* (2018) as Ghost King, *How I Met Your Father* (2022) as Amit, *Grand Crew* (2022) as Zachery, *Shining Vale* (2023) as Brian, *The Walking Dead: Dead City* (2023) as Damien, and *Running Point* (2025) as Professor Sekar. He also appeared in the film *MR-9: Do or Die* (2023) as TR-21.

Kumar wrote and directed the short film *Seeing Past, the Future* (2021), which was selected for the South Asian American Film Festival.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Dropout* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Officiant — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md)

## Also known for

- *The Rookie* (2018), Ghost King
- *The Walking Dead: Dead City* (2023), Damien
- *How I Met Your Father* (2022), Amit
- *MR-9: Do or Die* (2023), TR-21
- *Running Point* (2025), Professor Sekar

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