Nik Dodani is an American TV & voice actor and comedian. He is best known for Twisters (2024), Murphy Brown (2018), Atypical (2017-2021), and Dear Evan Hansen (2021).
Born on 19 December 1993 in Dallas, Texas, USA, the 30-year-old actor debuted in 2008 and has 33 acting credits per IMDb.
Quick Info
| Real Name | Nikhil Dodani |
| Age | 30 [as of July 2024] |
| Birthplace | Dallas, Texas, USA |
| Education | Occidental College |
| Height | 5 feet 11 inches [180 cm] |
| Weight | N/A |
Ethnicity
Nik Dodani is of Indian heritage. His parents are Jawahar and Amrita Dodani. His mother Amrita founded Sur Entertainment in 2006, an entertainment company that organizes music concerts of Indian artists in the US and Canada. She worked as a teacher for two years and operated a restaurant prior.
He has an elder sister named Shannon Dodani. She is a 2014 PsyD graduate from Midwestern University. She founded Diaspora Psychological Services in 2018 and currently works as a Psychologist per LinkedIn.
Personal Life
Dodani came out as gay to his parents aged 18.
Nikhil, I’ve never had a problem with gay people, but now it’s personal. If anybody ever says anything I will tear them to shreds.
Nik’s father Jawahar’s response to him coming out via Homegrown
He attended a charter school BASIS in Arizona. For higher studies, he studied politics at Occidental College and graduated in 2015.
Career
Nik Dodani made his acting debut with the TV movie Living With Abandon in 2008 per IMDb. He became active a few years later after finishing higher studies.
His comeback came with the TV series The Comeback in 2014. He played Harry in two episodes. Later that year, he made a cameo in Selfie. It was followed by a few minor roles in Tooken (2015), The Good Neighbour (2016), Idiotsitter (2017), etc.
His first TV lead role was in the Netflix TV series Atypical in 2017. He acted as Zahid in 37 episodes across four seasons and four years. In 2018, he played Pat Patel in 13 episodes of the 11th season of Murphy Brown.
It was also in the same year he made his standup debut by appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in September. Three years later, he secured his first voice gig in the animated TV series The Owl House. His other voice roles include Strange World, Big Nate, and Hailey’s on It! (2023-2024).
In 2024, he appeared in the role of Praveen in the feature film Twisters. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the movie featured famous stars such as Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Anthony Ramos.
Unknown Facts
- He has a pet chihuahua named Dobby.
- He has over 400k followers on Instagram.
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Photo credit: @nikdodani – Instagram / Richard Shotwell.