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).
Known For
| Birth Location | Nuova Delhi, India |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989-01-08 |
Movies
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Dopinder
2024
A Nice Indian Boy
as Naveen Gavaskar
2024
World's Best
as Calming Voice (voice)
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India (voice)
2023
Four Samosas
as Sanjay
2022
Strange World
as Caspian (voice)
2022
The People We Hate at the Wedding
as Dominic
2022
Not Okay
as Kevin
2022
Dealing with Dad
as Gordon
2022
Trolls Holiday in Harmony
as Riff (voice)
2021
7 Days
as Ravi
2021
2021
Superintelligence
as Ahmed
2020
Trolls World Tour
as Riff (voice)
2020
Coffee Shop Names
as Sathya
2020
Like a Boss
as Josh Tinker
2020
Corporate Animals
as Freddie
2019
B-Roll
as Doug
2019
Always Be My Maybe
as Tony
2019
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
as Jack
2019
Eureka!
as Glenn
2019
Paharganj
as Jitendar Tomar
2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Dopinder
2018
Office Uprising
as Mourad
2018
Deadpool 2
as Dopinder
2018
Better Start Running
as Nelson
2018
Little Bitches
as Andy
2018
Creep 2
as Dave
2017
The Sweet Life
as Convenience Store Clerk
2017
Unicorn Store
as Kevin
2017
Chee and T
as Roger Raval
2017
And Then There Was Eve
as Zain
2017
Rough Night
as Raviv
2017
Office Christmas Party
as Nate
2016
Ghostbusters
as Benny
2016
Mono
as CDC Expert
2016
Deadpool
as Dopinder
2016
Goosebumps
as Mr. Rooney
2015
Supremacy
as Store Clerk
2014
Safety Not Guaranteed
as Arnau
2012
Worst. Prom. Ever.
as Glenn
2011
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
as Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India (voice)
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Movies
A Nice Indian Boy
Executive Producer
2024
Four Samosas
Executive Producer
2022
7 Days
Writer
2021
Kala Shah Kala
Producer
2019
Bailaras
Co-Producer
2017
