Karan Soni
Born in India, Karan Soni moved to the United States to study business at the University of Southern California. A career in acting instead followed, with Soni achieving prominence for his turn as unstable cab driver Dopinder in the superhero film Deadpool (2016) and its 2018 sequel. He has frequently appeared in comedic roles, including the films Goosebumps (2015), Ghostbusters (2016), Office Christmas Party (2016), Rough Night (2017), Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) and Trolls World Tour (2020). On television, he portrayed the lead in Betas and (2013) and Other Space (2015) and currently stars on the anthology series Miracle Workers (2019–present).
Acted in
Stealing Pulp Fiction
2024
Nobody Wants This
2024
as Vali
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Dopinder
A Nice Indian Boy
2024
as Naveen Gavaskar
World's Best
2023
as Calming Voice (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
as Pavitr Prabhakar (voice)
Four Samosas
2022
as Sanjay
Strange World
2022
as Caspian (voice)
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
as Dominic
Not Okay
2022
as Kelvin
Dealing with Dad
2022
as Gordon
Abbott Elementary
2021
as Avi
Trolls Holiday in Harmony
2021
as Riff (voice)
7 Days
2021
as Ravi
Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine
2021
as Sid
Home Economics
2021
as Tod
The Great North
2021
as Gavin (voice)
Superintelligence
2020
as Ahmed
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
2020
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
B-Roll
2019
as Doug
Always Be My Maybe
2019
as Tony
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
as Jack
Eureka!
2019
as Glenn
Paharganj
2019
as Jitendar Tomar
Special
2019
Miracle Workers
2019
as Sanjay
Miracle Workers
2019
as TI-90
Miracle Workers
2019
as Lord Vexler
Miracle Workers
2019
as The Gunslinger
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
as Dopinder
Office Uprising
2018
as Mourad
Deadpool 2
2018
as Dopinder
Better Start Running
2018
as Nelson
Little Bitches
2018
as Andy
Creep 2
2017
as Dave
Will & Grace
2017
as Mike
The Sweet Life
2017
as Convenience Store Clerk
Unicorn Store
2017
as Kevin
What Would Diplo Do?
2017
Chee and T
2017
as Roger Raval
Room 104
2017
as Anish
And Then There Was Eve
2017
as Zain
Rough Night
2017
as Raviv
Office Christmas Party
2016
as Nate
Dream Corp LLC
2016
as Patient 27
Ghostbusters
2016
as Benny
Mono
2016
as CDC Expert
Wrecked
2016
as Keith
Deadpool
2016
as Dopinder
Blunt Talk
2015
as Martin Bassi
Goosebumps
2015
as Mr. Rooney
Other Space
2015
as Stewart Lipinski
Supremacy
2014
as Store Clerk
Silicon Valley
2014
as Tenley
Growing Up Fisher
2014
as Owen
Mighty Med
2013
as Benny
The Goldbergs
2013
as Srini
The Goldbergs
2013
as Srinivas Bollimpalli
The Goldbergs
2013
as Randy Mescunda
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as Gordon Lundt
Betas
2013
as Nash
1600 Penn
2012
as Misfit
Safety Not Guaranteed
2012
as Arnau
Touch
2012
as Ravi
Worst. Prom. Ever.
2011
as Glenn
The Middle
2009
as Vijal
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Pavitr Prabhakar (voice)
Paper Flowers
as Milan
Fade to Black
as Amit