Karan Soni

Acting

Karan Soni

Born

1989-01-08 (37)

Place of birth

New Delhi, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

87 titles

Karan Soni (born January 8, 1989) is an Indian-American actor and comedian. Often appearing in comedic roles, he came to prominence for playing Dopinder in the films Deadpool (2016) and its sequels Deadpool 2 (2018) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), and voicing Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). 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 has also appeared in the films Ghostbusters (2016), …

Known for

American Dad! poster
7.0

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."

American Dad!

2005

Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster
8.2

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013

The Middle poster
7.6

The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.

The Middle

2009

The Goldbergs poster
7.4

Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.

The Goldbergs

2013

Abbott Elementary poster
7.5

In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.

Abbott Elementary

2021

Deadpool & Wolverine poster
7.6

A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

Film credits

2020s · 23 titles

Deadpool & Wolverine poster
7.6

A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse poster
8.4

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

Trolls World Tour poster
7.2

Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest to create harmony among the feuding Trolls to unite them against certain doom.

Trolls World Tour

2020

Strange World poster
6.2

A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.

Strange World

2022

World's Best poster
6.2

Twelve-year-old mathematics genius Prem discovers his recently deceased father was a famous rapper and immediately sets out to learn more about his father’s life and passions. Empowered by imaginative hip-hop music-fueled fantasies, Prem is determined to find out if hip-hop truly is in his DNA.

World's Best

2023

Like a Boss poster
6.2

Two female friends with very different ideals decide to start a beauty company together. One is more practical, while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle.

Like a Boss

2020

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse poster
NR

Hunted by Miguel O'Hara's Spider Society and betrayed by his friends, Miles finds himself in the darkest corners of the Spider-Verse in search of a way home. Knowing that his family has been not only fractured but endangered by his calling, it's a race against the clock for Miles to travel across the wildest reaches of time and space to fight for and reunite everything he holds most dear.

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

2027

Trolls Holiday in Harmony poster
7.1

Queen Poppy plans the first annual Trolls Kingdom Secret Holiday Gift Swap, but things don't go quite as expected.

Trolls Holiday in Harmony

2021

Not Okay poster
6.2

An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.

Not Okay

2022

A Nice Indian Boy poster
7.3

When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay home to meet his traditional Indian family, they must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist boyfriend and helping them plan the Indian wedding of their dreams.

A Nice Indian Boy

2025

The People We Hate at the Wedding poster
6.3

A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family needs to reconnect.

The People We Hate at the Wedding

2022

Superintelligence poster
5.9

When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.

Superintelligence

2020

Four Samosas poster
6.1

Determined to disrupt the wedding of his ex-girlfriend by bankrupting her family, underachieving, wanna-be rapper Vinny and his neighborhood pals concoct a plan to steal her family’s jewels from a supermarket safe.

Four Samosas

2022

Dealing with Dad poster
1.0

Margaret reluctantly goes back to her hometown with her brothers to deal with the sudden depression of their dad.

Dealing with Dad

2022

7 Days poster
6.0

As if their pre-arranged date, organized by their traditional Indian parents, wasn’t uncomfortable enough, Ravi and Rita are forced to shelter in place together as COVID-19’s reach intensifies. Hopefully for their sake, opposites do indeed attract.

7 Days

2021

Stealing Pulp Fiction poster
4.0

Three friends along with their therapist plan a heist to steal Quentin Tarantino's personal print of Pulp Fiction from his movie theater.

Stealing Pulp Fiction

2025

Coffee Shop Names poster
4.0

Three Indian people imagine their personas as the names they give baristas, because their real names are hard to pronounce.

Coffee Shop Names

2020

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast poster
NR

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast

2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie poster
NR

Writing, pre-production and the challenges of crafting a sequel to a game-changing film, as told by the filmmakers who worked so hard to push Across the Spider-Verse several steps farther without losing the magic of the first entry in the series.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie

2023

Paper Flowers poster
NR

Based on a true story, USC graduate Shalin Shah leaves behind the expectations of his Indian-American family and his girlfriend Fiona to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru. But when a persistent cough leads to a devastating diagnosis of synovial sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer, Shalin is forced to return home and confront a future he never anticipated. Surrounded by his family, Fiona, and his closest friends, he begins to reconsider what it means to live with purpose when time can no longer be taken for granted. As Shalin’s perspective deepens, his reflections on gratitude, love, and mortality inspire the essay “Thank You, Cancer,” which is published by HuffPost and goes viral with readers around the world. A devastatingly beautiful story of family, resilience, and the lasting impact of one life, Paper Flowers is a reminder to cherish the people we love and the moments that give life meaning. #SunsetsForShalin

Paper Flowers

2026

The Surgeon poster
NR

A former surgeon is kidnapped and given an impossible choice.

The Surgeon

2027

Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine poster
5.1

When coming out to his traditional parents, Sid uses his time machine to reset the day trying to make sure everything goes perfect.

Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine

2021

B-Roll poster
4.0

A disgraced local TV news reporter enlists the help of a wannabe journalist and a career film student to produce a documentary to revive his career.

B-Roll

2026

2010s · 23 titles

Deadpool poster
7.6

The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

Deadpool

2016

Deadpool 2 poster
7.5

Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.

Deadpool 2

2018

Rough Night poster
5.7

Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, they're ultimately brought closer together when it matters most.

Rough Night

2017

Goosebumps poster
6.3

After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.

Goosebumps

2015

Pokémon Detective Pikachu poster
6.9

In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

2019

Office Christmas Party poster
5.7

When Carol Vanstone, CEO of the technology company Zenotek, expresses her intention to close the Chicago branch, run by her brother Clay, he and his co-workers organize a Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and save their jobs. But the party gets out of control…

Office Christmas Party

2016

Ghostbusters poster
5.3

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

Ghostbusters

2016

Safety Not Guaranteed poster
6.8

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

Safety Not Guaranteed

2012

Once Upon a Deadpool poster
7.1

A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story full of magic, wonder, and zero Fs.

Once Upon a Deadpool

2018

Office Uprising poster
5.3

The compound of an arms manufacturer turns into a zombie nightmare when its workers are given the wrong formula.

Office Uprising

2018

Unicorn Store poster
5.9

A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.

Unicorn Store

2017

Always Be My Maybe poster
6.6

Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction, but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.

Always Be My Maybe

2019

Creep 2 poster
6.3

After finding an ad online for “video work,” Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man claiming to be a serial killer. Unable to resist the chance to create a truly shocking piece of art, she agrees to spend the day with him. However, as the day goes on, she discovers she may have dug herself into a hole from which she can’t escape.

Creep 2

2017

Corporate Animals poster
4.7

Disaster strikes when the egotistical CEO of an edible cutlery company leads her long-suffering staff on a corporate team-building trip in New Mexico. Trapped underground, this mismatched and disgruntled group must pull together to survive.

Corporate Animals

2019

Supremacy poster
5.7

The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.

Supremacy

2014

Little Bitches poster
5.3

A group of friends vow to open their college acceptance letters at the same time during the big end-of -year party.

Little Bitches

2018

The Sweet Life poster
6.2

Kenny is an ice cream vendor in Chicago with a crisp white uniform and an apathetic heart. When he encounters Lolita, a sharp-tongued but despondent insurance actuary, their heated conversation, natural spark and mutual hopelessness lead to an unusual proposal for a meet-cute: to travel to San Francisco, where they will jump off the Golden Gate Bridge together.

The Sweet Life

2017

Better Start Running poster
5.9

An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - preferably dead.

Better Start Running

2018

Eureka! poster
6.0

A lazy, uninspired woman is visited by an otherworldly being responsible for giving humanity all its great ideas.

Eureka!

2019

And Then There Was Eve poster
5.9

Alyssa, a successful photographer, wakes one morning to find her apartment ransacked and her husband mysteriously missing. Left without even a photograph to offer the police, she turns to her colleague Eve, a talented jazz pianist with a flirtatious charm and disarming grace. Eve helps her confront her husband’s longtime struggle with depression and to, over time, accept his absence. While getting to know this woman through such unusual circumstances, Alyssa is surprised to find herself falling in love again.

And Then There Was Eve

2017

Worst. Prom. Ever. poster
6.2

Clark has planned the perfect prom for his girlfriend Sharon. His plans are hijacked when Sharon invites her two best girlfriends, Neve and Heather, and their dates along on the perfect evening, but things only get worse. When all three are deserted by their dates at the beginning of prom, the trio go back out to their limo, where the driver has cleaned out the mini bar and takes them on a wild ride that lands them in a holding cell and ends with them crashing another school's prom.

Worst. Prom. Ever.

2011

Chee and T poster
6.0

A Comedy about the only two guys left in Silicon Valley who have nothing to do with technology.

Chee and T

2017

Mono poster
4.9

A mono virus outbreak at Highland Park High takes out the most popular kids for two months, allowing the outcasts to rule the school.

Mono

2016

Undated · 4 titles

Series credits

American Dad! poster
7.0

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."

American Dad!

2005

Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster
8.2

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013

The Middle poster
7.6

The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.

The Middle

2009

The Goldbergs poster
7.4

Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.

The Goldbergs

2013

The Goldbergs poster
7.4

Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.

The Goldbergs

2013

The Goldbergs poster
7.4

Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.

The Goldbergs

2013

Abbott Elementary poster
7.5

In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.

Abbott Elementary

2021

After Midnight poster
5.5

Celebrated comedian Taylor Tomlinson hosts the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet alongside a panel of guests from the worlds of entertainment, comedy, music, and beyond.

After Midnight

2024

Silicon Valley poster
8.1

In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an American sitcom that centers around six programmers who are living together and trying to make it big in the Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley

2014

The Great North poster
6.9

Follow the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family as a single dad does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close, especially as the artistic dreams of his only daughter lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the local mall.

The Great North

2021

Will & Grace poster
7.5

That's right, honey! A decade after their unforgettable eight-season run, comedy's most fabulous foursome is back.

Will & Grace

2017

Touch poster
6.6

Martin Bohm, a widower and single father, is haunted by an inability to connect to his autistic, mute 11-year-old son, Jake. Their relationship and their lives take an extraordinary turn when he discovers his gifted son has the ability to see things that no one else can and the patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events.

Touch

2012

Pluribus poster
7.9

The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.

Pluribus

2025

Miracle Workers poster
6.8

An anthology series in which a colorful blend of outcasts and iconoclasts confront universal issues across various time periods: love, faith, societal norms, and venturing into the unknown.

Miracle Workers

2019

Miracle Workers poster
6.8

An anthology series in which a colorful blend of outcasts and iconoclasts confront universal issues across various time periods: love, faith, societal norms, and venturing into the unknown.

Miracle Workers

2019

Miracle Workers poster
6.8

An anthology series in which a colorful blend of outcasts and iconoclasts confront universal issues across various time periods: love, faith, societal norms, and venturing into the unknown.

Miracle Workers

2019

Miracle Workers poster
6.8

An anthology series in which a colorful blend of outcasts and iconoclasts confront universal issues across various time periods: love, faith, societal norms, and venturing into the unknown.

Miracle Workers

2019

Nobody Wants This poster
7.3

An agnostic sex podcaster and a newly single rabbi fall in love, but can their relationship survive their wildly different lives and meddling families?

Nobody Wants This

2024

Room 104 poster
5.7

An anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a unique set of circumstances and quirks.

Room 104

2017

Home Economics poster
6.6

The heartwarming yet uncomfortable relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1%, one middle-class and one barely holding on.

Home Economics

2021

Mighty Med poster
7.5

When two comic book fanboys discover a secret hospital for superheroes, they're offered the job of a lifetime and get the chance to "save the people who save people."

Mighty Med

2013

Wrecked poster
6.7

Single-camera comedy centering on a diverse group of survivors adjusting to being stranded on an uninhabited island, a dangerous new world where they must face many threats – mostly brought on by themselves. No longer plugged into the rest of the world, the group struggles to navigate their makeshift society while also learning to live without such modern comforts as indoor plumbing, Wi-Fi, social media and Chipotle.

Wrecked

2016

The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib poster
7.4

Framed for a corporate crime, an adult Ted Templeton turns back into the Boss Baby to live undercover with his brother, Tim, posing as one of his kids.

The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib

2022

Dream Corp LLC poster
6.6

Helmed by the easily distracted Dr. Roberts, a psychotherapeutic facility treats patients with troubling dreams. Roberts employs a team of incompetent scientists to help analyze and record those thoughts plaguing the doctor's patients.

Dream Corp LLC

2016

Are You There, Chelsea? poster
5.4

Chelsea Newman is young, strong-willed, and a force of nature determined to live life to the fullest and make no apologies. Her friends are along for the ride, but they all know it's Chelsea's way or the highway. Her fiery Cuban BFF accuses her of "collecting weirdoes", but to Chelsea, different types of people just make life more interesting. Chelsea works at her local bar, where her co-workers are just as crazy as she is. Based on Chelsea Handler's 2008 best-selling autobiography, 'Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea'.

Are You There, Chelsea?

2012

The George Lucas Talk Show: Live poster
NR

The George Lucas Talk Show is an improvised cult talk show in New York City hosted by comedian Connor Ratliff, who appears as George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, and he interviews real guests as themselves live on stage.

The George Lucas Talk Show: Live

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1600 Penn poster
4.8

1600 Penn is an American single camera television comedy series about a dysfunctional family living in the White House.

1600 Penn

2012

Blunt Talk poster
6.7

A British newscaster moves to Los Angeles with his alcoholic manservant and the baggage of several failed marriages to host a sanctimonious talk show.

Blunt Talk

2015

Special poster
6.4

A gay man with mild cerebral palsy decides to rewrite his identity as an accident victim and finally go after the life he wants.

Special

2019

Growing Up Fisher poster
6.4

It's not every family that's brought closer together by divorce, but then again, the Fishers are anything but typical.

Growing Up Fisher

2014

No artwork available
NR

The story of Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, two hyper-smart, ambitious young idealists who tried to remake the global financial system in the blink of an eye - before they were accused of stealing $8 billion and became Gen Z's own Bonnie & Clyde.

The Altruists

2026

Betas poster
6.6

Four socially awkward friends in Silicon Valley try to launch a social networking app called 'BRB', which aims to connect people they should know, not just those they already do.

Betas

2013

Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun poster
7.4

Comedy trio Aunty Donna showcase their uniquely absurd and offbeat style through an array of sketches, songs and eclectic characters.

Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun

2020

What Would Diplo Do? poster
5.9

Being an international superstar DJ and producer doesn't make you good at life. But ain't nobody got put on this earth 'cause they were perfect, right? So as long as we're still in the game, we got a chance to get it right.

What Would Diplo Do?

2017

Other Space poster
6.7

Meet the team of the UMP cruiser, a barely-functional starship led by an aggressively cheerful Captain with a with a barely-competent crew, including a clueless navigator, a brain damaged mechanic, a bickering couple,a man with gills raised to be an organ farm for his brother and ART, the billionaire turned robot. When their ship is drawn into a different universe, they must to learn to work together while dealing with space clouds, robot rebellions, and the occasional alien attack.

Other Space

2015

Behind the camera