Karan Soni

Acting · Born 1989-01-08 in New Delhi, India

Biography

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), Office Christmas Party (2016), and Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019). On television, he has appeared…

Filmography

• The People We Hate at the Wedding as Dominic
• Not Okay as Kelvin
• Trolls Holiday in Harmony as Riff (voice)
• A Nice Indian Boy as Naveen Gavaskar
• Safety Not Guaranteed as Arnau
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Pavitr Prabhakar (voice)
• World's Best as Calming Voice (voice)
• Four Samosas as Sanjay
• Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine as Sid
• Dealing with Dad as Gordon