---
name: "Karan Soni"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karan-soni"
fi1m_id: "karan-soni"
imdb_id: "nm4175221"
tmdb_id: 1109702
wikidata_id: "Q22815258"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "8 January 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-19T04:29:43.588163+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."
---

# Karan Soni

## Identity

Karan Soni

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karan-soni
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karan-soni
- **IMDb ID:** nm4175221
- **TMDB ID:** 1109702
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22815258
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karan_Soni, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22815258, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4175221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1109702

Actor and director. Born 8 January 1989 in New Delhi, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 8 January 1989, New Delhi, India
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 11: 10 acting, 1 directing
- **Frequently works with:** [Morena Baccarin](https://film.one/person/morena-baccarin.md), [Paul Wernick](https://film.one/person/paul-wernick.md), [Rhett Reese](https://film.one/person/rhett-reese.md), [Ryan Reynolds](https://film.one/person/ryan-reynolds.md), [Simon Kinberg](https://film.one/person/simon-kinberg.md), [David Leitch](https://film.one/person/david-leitch.md), [Josh Brolin](https://film.one/person/josh-brolin.md), [Julian Dennison](https://film.one/person/julian-dennison.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 68 (6), 2020s 77 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 69 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 7 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 7, Comedy 7, Adventure 5, Drama 2, Fantasy 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,328m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karan_Soni, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22815258, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4175221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1109702

## Coming up

- *The Altruists* (2026-11-19), as Nishad Singh — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-altruists.md)
- *Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse* (2027-06-17), as Pavitr Prabhakar (voice)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Abbott Elementary*](https://film.one/tv/abbott-elementary.md) (82), [*Deadpool*](https://film.one/film/deadpool.md) (74), [*Deadpool 2*](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*Pluribus*](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*Ghostbusters*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Karan Soni

> Karan Soni makes both awkward enthusiasm and easy confidence funny. We rate the warmth and timing of his supporting work, and would like more films to give him room to carry the story.

Pavitr Prabhakar keeps talking through the commotion in *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* (2023), and Karan Soni makes that persistence a pleasure. His voice gives the character a confidence that does not need anyone else’s approval. We laughed most during the sequence in Pavitr’s city, because Soni’s running chatter keeps pace with images already crowded with things to notice. The film sometimes wears us down with explanations of its rules, but here the talk is funny enough to justify itself.

The awkwardness was already familiar from Dopinder, Soni’s cab-driver in *Deadpool* (2016), which brought him wider recognition. The character’s earnest fandom makes awkward enthusiasm part of the joke, and Soni supplies the warmth that makes it work. He returned to the role in *Deadpool 2* (2018). These supporting appearances make good use of his comic timing, though they leave limited space for anything else. The danger is being asked to repeat a manner that already works.

For Pavitr, Soni drew on Bollywood-star mannerisms, giving the voice an easy assurance. Editor Michael Andrews helps the performance land by keeping the eye moving clearly through crowded frames. Patrick O’Keefe’s production design makes the city’s mixture of Mumbai and Manhattan distinct enough to recognise at a glance. That clarity leaves us free to enjoy the chatter, without struggling to work out where we are.

The move towards leading parts in independent films, with *7 Days* (2021) and *A Nice Indian Boy* (2024), is encouraging. Soni also wrote *7 Days*, while *A Nice Indian Boy* was co-developed with its director, Roshan Sethi. These are opportunities to let his warmth carry a story for longer than a supporting slot allows, and to find out what happens when the other characters have to keep up with him. Start with *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* for the timing; the leading roles are the direction we would like him to keep taking.

## Biography

Karan Soni is an Indian-American actor. Born in New Delhi on 8 January 1989, he moved to the United States to study at the University of Southern California before pursuing acting.

He is known for his role as Dopinder in *Deadpool* (2016), *Deadpool 2* (2018) and *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024), and for voicing Pavitr Prabhakar in *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* (2023). He appeared as Deshpande in the series *Pluribus* (2025). Other credits include *Safety Not Guaranteed* (2012), *Ghostbusters* (2016), *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019) and the series *Miracle Workers* (2019–2023).

Soni is married to writer and director Roshan Sethi.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (11)

### Performed in (10) — the average rests on these

- *Pluribus* (2025), Fi1m 82, as Deshpande — [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024), Fi1m 60, as Dopinder — [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-and-wolverine.md)
- *Nobody Wants This* (2024), Fi1m 78, as Vali — [page](https://film.one/tv/nobody-wants-this.md)
- *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* (2023), Fi1m 82, as Pavitr Prabhakar (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse.md)
- *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), Fi1m 65, as Jack — [page](https://film.one/film/pokemon-detective-pikachu.md)
- *Deadpool 2* (2018), Fi1m 72, as Dopinder — [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md)
- *Once Upon a Deadpool* (2018), Fi1m 50, as Dopinder — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-deadpool.md)
- *Deadpool* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Dopinder — [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool.md)
- *Ghostbusters* (2016), Fi1m 64, as Bennie — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md)
- *Silicon Valley* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Tenley — [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)

### Directed (1)

- *Abbott Elementary* (2021), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/abbott-elementary.md)

## Complete filmography (76)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse* (2027), as Pavitr Prabhakar (voice)
- *The Altruists* (2026), series, as Nishad Singh — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-altruists.md)
- *Paper Flowers* (2026), as Milan
- *B-Roll* (2026), as Doug
- *Pluribus* (2025), series, as Deshpande — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *Stealing Pulp Fiction* (2025), as Steve
- *A Nice Indian Boy* (2025), as Naveen Gavaskar · Executive Producer
- *Nobody Wants This* (2024), series, as Vali — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/nobody-wants-this.md)
- *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024), as Dopinder — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-and-wolverine.md)
- *World's Best* (2023), as Calming Voice (voice)
- *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* (2023), as Pavitr Prabhakar (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse.md)
- *Four Samosas* (2022), as Sanjay · Executive Producer
- *Strange World* (2022), as Caspian (voice)
- *The People We Hate at the Wedding* (2022), as Dominic
- *Not Okay* (2022), as Kelvin
- *The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib* (2022), series, as Pip (voice)
- *Dealing with Dad* (2022), as Gordon
- *Abbott Elementary* (2021), series, as Avi · Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/abbott-elementary.md)
- *Trolls Holiday in Harmony* (2021), as Riff (voice)
- *7 Days* (2021), as Ravi · Writer
- *Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine* (2021), as Sid
- *Home Economics* (2021), series, as Tod
- *The Great North* (2021), series, as Gavin (voice)
- *Superintelligence* (2020), as Ahmed
- *Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun* (2020), series, as Jerry Seinfeld
- *Trolls World Tour* (2020), as Riff (voice)
- *Coffee Shop Names* (2020), as Sathya
- *Like a Boss* (2020), as Josh Tinker
- *Corporate Animals* (2019), as Freddie
- *Always Be My Maybe* (2019), as Tony
- *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), as Jack — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/pokemon-detective-pikachu.md)
- *Eureka!* (2019), as Glenn
- *Special* (2019), series, Actor
- *Kala Shah Kala* (2019), Producer
- *Miracle Workers* (2019), series, as Sanjay, TI-90, Lord Vexler, The Gunslinger
- *Once Upon a Deadpool* (2018), as Dopinder — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-deadpool.md)
- *Office Uprising* (2018), as Mourad
- *Deadpool 2* (2018), as Dopinder — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md)
- *Better Start Running* (2018), as Nelson
- *Little Bitches* (2018), as Andy
- *Creep 2* (2017), as Dave
- *Bailaras* (2017), Co-Producer
- *Will & Grace* (2017), series, as Mike
- *The Sweet Life* (2017), as Convenience Store Clerk
- *Unicorn Store* (2017), as Kevin
- *What Would Diplo Do?* (2017), series, Actor
- *Chee and T* (2017), as Roger Raval
- *Room 104* (2017), series, as Anish · Director
- *And Then There Was Eve* (2017), as Zain
- *Rough Night* (2017), as Raviv
- *Office Christmas Party* (2016), as Nate
- *Dream Corp LLC* (2016), series, as Patient 27
- *Ghostbusters* (2016), as Bennie — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md)
- *Mono* (2016), as CDC Expert
- *Wrecked* (2016), series, as Keith
- *Deadpool* (2016), as Dopinder — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool.md)
- *Blunt Talk* (2015), series, as Martin Bassi
- *Goosebumps* (2015), as Mr. Rooney
- *Other Space* (2015), series, as Stewart Lipinski
- *Supremacy* (2014), as Store Clerk
- *Silicon Valley* (2014), series, as Tenley — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)
- *Growing Up Fisher* (2014), series, as Owen
- *Mighty Med* (2013), series, as Benny
- *The Goldbergs* (2013), series, as Srini, Srinivas Bollimpalli, Randy Mescunda
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as Gordon Lundt — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Betas* (2013), series, as Nash
- *1600 Penn* (2012), series, as Misfit
- *Safety Not Guaranteed* (2012), as Arnau
- *Touch* (2012), series, as Ravi
- *Are You There, Chelsea?* (2012), series, as Stan
- *Worst. Prom. Ever.* (2011), as Glenn
- *The Middle* (2009), series, as Vijal
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Indian Anchor (voice)
- *Fade to Black*, as Amit
- *IGNIS*, Actor
- *Thud*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Karan Soni](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-a0850e6b6a29.jpg) Karan Soni — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Karan_Soni_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Karan_Soni_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Karan Soni speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Deadpool 2", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-82ed3a0731db.jpg) Karan Soni speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Deadpool 2", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Karan_Soni_%2828856336997%29.jpg/1280px-Karan_Soni_%2828856336997%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Karan Soni speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Deadpool 2", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-d2c185cc9740.jpg) Karan Soni speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Deadpool 2", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Karan_Soni_%2829922485938%29.jpg/1280px-Karan_Soni_%2829922485938%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Karan Soni speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Deadpool 2", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-6638724dde94.jpg) Karan Soni speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Deadpool 2", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Karan_Soni_%2829922491658%29.jpg/1280px-Karan_Soni_%2829922491658%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Karan Soni](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-e6aa2200e383.jpg) Karan Soni — Image via TMDB
- ![Karan Soni](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-77b1dceacbe8.jpg) Karan Soni — Image via TMDB
- ![Karan Soni](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-2b440a0dc3aa.jpg) Karan Soni — Image via TMDB
- ![Karan Soni speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Deadpool 2", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-00fb99922c38.jpg) Karan Soni speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Deadpool 2", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Karan_Soni_%2843792565161%29.jpg/1280px-Karan_Soni_%2843792565161%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![C2E2 2015](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-30e892ca310a.jpg) C2E2 2015 — Ben Alexander from United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Karan_Soni_at_Chicago_Comic_%26_Entertainment_Expo_%28C2E2%29_2015_%2817253823876%29.jpg/1280px-Karan_Soni_at_Chicago_Comic_%26_Entertainment_Expo_%28C2E2%29_2015_%2817253823876%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Karan Soni](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-005382381e5d.jpg) Karan Soni — Image via TMDB
- ![Karan Soni](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-66b218b86d45.jpg) Karan Soni — Image via TMDB
- ![Karan Soni](https://film.one/media/person/17415/gallery-8af247ea374d.jpg) Karan Soni — Image via TMDB

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