---
name: "Nik Dodani"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nik-dodani"
fi1m_id: "nik-dodani"
imdb_id: "nm6516135"
tmdb_id: 1466581
wikidata_id: "Q23950226"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 December 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-06T05:03:15.343848+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."
---

# Nik Dodani

## Identity

Nik Dodani

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nik-dodani
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nik-dodani
- **IMDb ID:** nm6516135
- **TMDB ID:** 1466581
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23950226
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Dodani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23950226, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6516135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1466581

Actor. Born 19 December 1993 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 December 1993, Dallas, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 2024–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Dodani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23950226, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6516135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1466581

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Twisters*](https://film.one/film/twisters.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Nik Dodani is an American actor, writer and comedian. Born on 19 December 1993 in Dallas, Texas, he was raised in the Phoenix area of Arizona, where he began acting in community theatre. He later studied politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles.

Dodani is known for his role as Zahid Raja in the Netflix series *Atypical* (2017–2021) and as Pat Patel in the 2018 revival of the CBS sitcom *Murphy Brown*. His film credits include *Escape Room* (2019), *Dear Evan Hansen* (2021), *Strange World* (2022) and *Twisters* (2024) as Praveen. He has also performed stand-up comedy, made his Broadway debut in *Waitress* and appeared in other television series such as *Trinkets* and *Big Sky*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Twisters* (2024), Fi1m 64, as Praveen — [page](https://film.one/film/twisters.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Cupertino* (2026), series, as Vikram Malhotra — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/cupertino.md)
- *Infinity Mirror* (2026), Actor
- *She Keeps Me Young* (2026), as Ben
- *The Napa Boys* (2026), as Gracer
- *The Parenting* (2025), as Rohan
- *Blue Boy* (2024), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Twisters* (2024), as Praveen — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/twisters.md)
- *The A-Frame* (2024), as Rishi
- *ted* (2024), series, as Nimeet Farooq
- *No Words* (2023), as Paul
- *Strange World* (2022), as Kardez (voice)
- *Hot Mess Holiday* (2021), as Ameet
- *Mark, Mary + Some Other People* (2021), as Kyle
- *Dear Evan Hansen* (2021), as Jared Kalwani
- *Little Mx. Sunshine* (2021), as Taz
- *Big Sky* (2020), series, as Ronit
- *Trinkets* (2019), series, as Chase Rao
- *Escape Room* (2019), as Danny Khan
- *Dark Was the Night* (2018), as Seamus
- *Murphy Brown* (2018), series, as Pat Patel
- *Alex Strangelove* (2018), as Blake
- *Atypical* (2017), series, as Zahid
- *The Good Neighbor* (2016), as Sanjay
- *Other People* (2016), as Ron
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), series, as CRISPIN_GLOVES0FF295 — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *The Player* (2015), series, as Solomon Desai
- *Kevin from Work* (2015), series, as Paul G.
- *Tooken* (2015), as Raja
- *Selfie* (2014), series, as Bookstore Employee
- *The Comeback* (2005), series, as Harry
- *Patel*, Actor
- *The Charm Offensive*, as Dev Deshpande

## Gallery

- ![Nik Dodani](https://film.one/media/person/11226/gallery-b90856742f7d.jpg) Nik Dodani — Maplegutter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/NikDodani_BuildSeries.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nik Dodani](https://film.one/media/person/11226/gallery-54f17f5913d0.jpg) Nik Dodani — Image via TMDB
- ![Nik Dodani](https://film.one/media/person/11226/gallery-7ad320b0d815.jpg) Nik Dodani — Image via TMDB
- ![Nik Dodani](https://film.one/media/person/11226/gallery-f02d081733ff.jpg) Nik Dodani — Image via TMDB
- ![Nik Dodani](https://film.one/media/person/11226/gallery-29111d91c53d.jpg) Nik Dodani — Image via TMDB

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