Nik Dodani

In addition to Netflix's Atypical and CBS's Murphy Brown, Dodani is known for his appearances in Netflix's Trinkets, TBS's Angie Tribeca, Comedy Central's Idiotsitter,[9] Freeform's Kevin from Work, and NBC's The Player.[10] He appeared in the Ben Stiller-produced Netflix film Alex Strangelove,[11] Joshua Leonard's independent film, Dark Was the Night, opposite Marisa Tomei and Charlie Plummer,[12] and the Sony Pictures thriller Escape Room.[13]

In February 2020, he joined the cast of Hannah Marks' feature film Mark, Mary & Some Other People.[14] In August 2020, he joined the cast of Stephen Chbosky's film adaptation of Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen as Jared.[8]

Dodani made his late-night stand-up comedy debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on September 28, 2018.[15]

In October 2018, it was announced that Dodani will write the screenplay for the film adaptation of Rakesh Satyal's novel Blue Boy.[16]

Dodani was active in organizing the South Asian community in support of the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign and in support of Kamala Harris.[17][18] He also played an active role in organizing other entertainers for the Biden campaign as well as the Black Lives Matter movement.[19][20]

During the 2016 presidential election, Dodani was a producer for MoveOn.org, where he organized a political comedy tour called Laughter Trumps Hate.[21] He previously worked as a communications consultant at RALLY, an issue advocacy firm based in Hollywood, and as a graphic designer and student organizer on Elizabeth Warren’s 2012 Senate campaign.[22]