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Nish Kumar. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne
Nish Kumar

Nish Kumar

  • 39 years old
  • English
  • Stand-up comedian, actor and writer
The Big Asian Stand-Up. Nish Kumar. Copyright: BBC

Nish Kumar is an English stand-up comedian and presenter of Indian descent. He is best known for performing and presenting topical comedy series such as Newsjack and The Mash Report.

Year Production Role
2024 QI - Series V
  1. E7 - Visionaries
Guest
2024 Brighton Dome Comedy Festival Self
2024 Leamington Spa Comedy Festival Self
2024 Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe Self
2024 And Mrs Tim
2024 Dog Park Self
2024 Pod Save the UK - Live! Self
2024 Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe (Work-in-Progress) Self
2024 ARG Com Fest Self
2024 Taskmaster - Taskmasterclass
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Self
2024 Wells Comedy Festival Self
2024 Hold The Front Page - Series 2
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Host / Presenter
2024 Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable - Series 4
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2024 A Pinch of VAULT Self
2024 QI - Series U
  1. E7 - Ufology
  2. Special - QI VG: Part I
  3. Special - QI VG: Part II
Guest
2024 The News Quiz - Series 113
  1. Special - Review of the Year 2023
Guest
2023 Peckham Playground Self
2023 Nish Kumar: Your Power, Your Control Writer
2023 Roundhouse Comedy Festival Self
2023 Nish Kumar: Them Changes (Work in Progress) Self
2023 Bluedot Self
2023 Brighton Comedy Garden Self
2023 ARG Com Fest Self
2023 The Last Leg - Series 27
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2023 Just For Laughs London Self
2023 Just For Laughs London Self
2023 The National Comedy Awards - 2023
  1. 2023
Self
2023 Leicester Comedy Festival Self
2023 Guessable? - Series 4
  1. E2 - In Retrospect That Was An Error
  2. E8 - Turns Out I'm Not A Good Loser
Guest
2023 Hold The Front Page - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2023 Nish Kumar: Your Power, Your Control Host / Presenter
2022 The News Quiz - Series 110
  1. Special - Best Of 2022
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2022 QI - Series T
  1. E4 - Thrills & Spills
  2. Special - VG: Part I
  3. Special - VG: Part II
Guest
2022 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 6
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - Outtakes & Best Bits
Guest
2022 Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains - Series 4
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2022 Mock The Week - Series 21
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - The History Of... Part 2
Guest
2022 A League Of Their Own - Series 17
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2022 Question Team - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2022 Laughterama Self
2022 The Wrestling Self
2022 Nish Kumar: Your Power, Your Control Self
2022 Bristol Comedy Garden Self
2022 Backstage With Katherine Ryan
  1. Special - Clips, Canapes & Carnage
Self
2022 Backstage With Katherine Ryan
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Guest
2022 Cheltenham Comedy Festival Self
2022 QI - Series S
  1. E4 - Sideshows, Stunts & Scavenger Hunts
  2. Special - VG: Part I
Guest
2022 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 21 (Channel 4: Series 22)
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2022 Nish Kumar: Control Self
2022 Nish Kumar: Control Writer
2022 The Last Leg - Series 24
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2022 The News Quiz - Series 107
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2022 The Big Burns Supper Self
2022 Christmas Carole Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come
2022 The Fringe, Fame And Me Self
2021 The Last Leg - Series 23
  1. Special - The Last Leg Of The Year
Guest
2021 The Person Behind The Celebrity
  1. E1 - James Acaster
Self (Voice)
2021 Question Team - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2021 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 29
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2021 Greenwich Comedy Festival Self
2021 Late Night Mash - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2021 A League Of Their Own - Series 16
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2021 Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2021 Nish Kumar: Control (WIP) Self
2021 Brighton Comedy Garden Self
2021 There's Something About Movies - Series 4
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2021 Guessable? - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2021 The Last Leg - Series 21
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2021 Just A Minute - Series 86
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2021 Just A Minute - Series 86
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Host / Presenter
2021 The Jonathan Ross Show - Special Guests: Series 1
  1. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2021 The Ranganation - Series 3
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2021 The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything - 2021 Special
  1. Special - The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything 2021
Guest
2021 The News Quiz - Series 104
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2021 The News Quiz - Series 104
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  1. Special - Best Of 2020
Host / Presenter
2020 The Mash Report Host / Presenter
2020 Soho Theatre Live - Series 1
  1. E3 - Nish Kumar: Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity
Host / Presenter
2020 The Graham Norton Show - Series 28
  1. Special - Tom Hanks, Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Nish Kumar, Jessica Chastain, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Guest
2020 Fighting Talk - Series 18
  1. E11 - Episode Eleven
  2. E18 - Episode Eighteen
Guest
2020 Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
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Self
2020 Larmer Tree Festival Self
2020 You'll Do
  1. E4 - Living Together with Nish Kumar and Amy Annette
Guest
2020 The Machynlleth Comedy Festival - 2020
  1. E1 - 10 Years Of Mach Fest
Guest
2020 Stuart Goldsmith's Infinite Sofa
  1. E12 - Episode Twelve
Guest
2020 The Mash Report - Series 4
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Host / Presenter
2020 Comedy Against Living Miserably
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Host / Presenter
2020 Hypothetical - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2020 The News Quiz - Series 101
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Host / Presenter
2020 The News Quiz - Highlights Special
  1. Best Of 2019
Host / Presenter
2019 The Last Leg - Series 18
  1. Special - The Last Leg Of The Year
Self
2019 The Last Leg - Series 18
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2019 Comedians Giving Lectures - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2019 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 15
  1. E7 - Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Liam Payne, Nish Kumar, Jonathan Van Ness, Tom Walker
Guest
2019 QI - Series Q
  1. E5 - Questions & Qualifications
  2. E16 - Quads And Quins
  3. Special - Highlights Special
  4. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2019 The Mash Report - Series 3
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Host / Presenter
2019 Greenwich Comedy Festival Self
2019 The News Quiz - Series 100
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Host / Presenter
2019 Fighting Talk - Series 17
  1. E21 - Episode Twenty One
  2. E27 - Episode Twenty Seven
Guest
2019 Stand Up for Shelter Self
2019 The Secret Policeman's Tour Self
2019 Nish Kumar: It's In Your Nature To Destroy Yourselves Self
2019 For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in aid of Mind and SAMH Host / Presenter
2019 Comic Relief Live Host / Presenter
2019 Larmer Tree Festival Self
2019 Glastonbury Festival Self
2019 Big Funny Fest Self
2019 Mock The Week - Series 18
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - Compilation
  3. Special - Christmas Special
Guest
2019 There's Something About Movies - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2019 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 21
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - Best Bits, Part 1
  3. Special - Best Bits, Part 2
Guest
2019 Hypothetical - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2018 The Last Leg - Series 15
  1. Special - The Last Leg Of The Year
Guest
2018 The News Quiz - Series 98
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2018 Goodness Gracious Me - 20 Years Innit! Self
2018 Insert Name Here - Series 4
  1. E4 - Emma
Guest
2018 The Time It Takes
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2018 The Mash Report - Series 2
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Host / Presenter
2018 Stand Up At BBC Wales
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Self
2018 Joel & Nish Vs The World - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Peru
  2. E2 - Japan
  3. E3 - Argentina
  4. E4 - Tahiti
  5. E5 - Japan Sumo
  6. E6 - New Zealand
Host / Presenter
2018 Nish Kumar: It's In Your Nature To Destroy Yourselves Self
2018 Fighting Talk - Series 16
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. E13 - Episode Thirteen
Guest
2018 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 13
  1. E8 - Eric Idle, Katherine Jenkins, Nish Kumar, Chris O'Dowd
Guest
2018 Edinburgh Nights With Nish Kumar - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2018 The Big Asian Stand-Up
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Host / Presenter
2018 Show And Tell at The Queen's Hall Self
2018 Nish Kumar: It's in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves (Work in Progress) Self
2018 For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in Aid of Mind and SAMH Host / Presenter
2018 From Russia With Lou & Annie
  1. E14 - Matchday 14
Self
2018 Mock The Week - Series 17
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
  3. E9 - Episode Nine
  4. Special - Highlights Special
  5. Special - Christmas Special
Guest
2018 Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier - Series 1
  1. E4 - Humanity
Guest
2018 Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit - Series 3
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2018 The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything - 2018 Special
  1. The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything 2018
Guest
2018 Room 101 - Series 7
  1. E5 - Roisin Conaty, Chris Kamara, Nish Kumar
  2. Special - Bonus Bellyaches
Guest
2018 Would I Lie To You? - Series 11
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2017 Comedians Solve World Problems Development Host / Presenter
2017 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 20
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. Special - Best Bits
  3. Special - More Best Bits
Guest
2017 The Great Xmas Rant Self
2017 Live At The Apollo - Series 13
  1. E2 - Nish Kumar, Luisa Omielan, David O'Doherty
Host / Presenter
2017 Insert Name Here - Series 3
  1. E1 - Tom
Guest
2017 QI - Series O
  1. E2 - Organisms
  2. E5 - Odorous And Odious
  3. Special - Highlights Special
  4. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2017 Stand Up Central - Series 3
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2017 Joel & Nish Vs The World - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2017 Eat Your Heart Out With Nick Helm
  1. E8 - Little Europe
Guest
2017 Taskmaster - Series 5
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Self
2017 Comedians Solve World Problems - Series 1
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  1. E3 - Racism
Self
2017 Fighting Talk - Series 15
  1. E11 - Episode Eleven
  2. E27 - Episode Twenty Seven
Guest
2017 Soho Theatre Live
  1. E2 - Nish Kumar
Writer
2017 Soho Theatre Live
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  1. E2 - Nish Kumar
Self
2017 The Mash Report - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2017 Mock The Week - Series 16
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E4 - Episode Four
  4. E6 - Episode Six
  5. E7 - Episode Seven
  6. E10 - Episode Ten
  7. E11 - Episode Eleven
  8. Special - Highlights Special
  9. Special - Christmas Special
Guest
2017 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2017 Go 8 Bit DLC
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2017 Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2017 Romesh: Talking To Comedians
  1. E2 - In Caffs About Growing Up
Guest
2017 Spotlight Tonight With Nish Kumar - Series 1
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Writer
2017 Spotlight Tonight With Nish Kumar - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2017 Fighting Talk - Series 14
  1. E22 - Episode Twenty Two
Guest
2017 The Chris Ramsey Show - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2017 Nish Kumar: Actions Speak Self
2017 Insert Name Here - Series 2
  1. E3 - Mary
Guest
2017 QI - Series N
  1. E11 - Nonsense
  2. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 15
  3. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 16
Guest
2017 We Have Been Watching
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Self
2016 Drunk History - Christmas Special
  1. Christmas Special
Self
2016 The Now Show - Series 49
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Writer
2016 The Now Show - Series 49
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Self
2016 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 19
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Best Bits
  3. Special - More Best Bits
Guest
2016 Steen Raskopoulos's Horror: Scare BnB Connor
2016 Have I Got News For You - Series 52
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2016 The Outcast Comic Self
2016 It's Not What You Know - Series 4
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2016 Newsjack - Series 15
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Host / Presenter
2016 Comedy Central At The Comedy Store - Series 4
  1. E4 - Russell Kane At The Comedy Store
  2. E11 - Sara Pascoe At The Comedy Store
Guest
2016 Just A Minute - Series 76
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2016 Top Ten
  1. E6 - Nish Kumar - Top Ten Crazy Conspiracy Theories
Writer
2016 Top Ten
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Self
2016 Fresh From The Fringe - 2016
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Host / Presenter
2016 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 9 (Channel 4: Series 10)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2016 Breaking The News - Series 4
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2016 Nish Kumar: Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Unless You Shout the Words Real Loud Self
2016 The Museum Of Curiosity - Gallery 9
  1. E1 - Meeting Fifty
Guest
2016 The Go Home Office Man
2016 Fighting Talk - 2016 Summer Specials
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2016 BBC New Comedy Award - 2016
  1. E2 - Heat 2
Host / Presenter
2016 Jack Dee's HelpDesk - Jack Dee's Referendum HelpDesk
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2016 The Funny Thing About...
  1. E1 - Kids
  2. E2 - Holidays
  3. E3 - Dating
  4. E4 - Christmas
  5. E5 - Relationships
  6. E6 - Growing Up
Guest
2016 Mock The Week - Series 15
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E10 - Episode Ten
  3. Special - Highlights Special
  4. Special - Christmas Special
Guest
2016 Spotlight Tonight With Nish Kumar - Pilot Writer
2016 Spotlight Tonight With Nish Kumar - Pilot Host / Presenter
2016 @elevenish
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
  2. Special - The Bestish Bits
Writer
2016 @elevenish
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
  2. Special - The Bestish Bits
Ensemble Actor
2016 Don't Make Me Laugh - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2016 Radio 4 At The Machynlleth Comedy Festival With Elis James Self
2016 Drunk History - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Self
2016 Just A Minute - Series 74
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2016 Live From The BBC - Series 1
  1. E1 - Nish Kumar & Mae Martin
Self
2016 Newsjack - Series 14
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Host / Presenter
2016 The News Quiz - Series 89
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2015 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 15
  1. Special - New Year Specstacular
Guest
2015 Nish Kumar's Christmas Writer
2015 Nish Kumar's Christmas Nish
2015 Radio 4's Night Of Comedy For Children In Need Guest
2015 Live At The Apollo - Series 11
  1. E1 - Alan Carr, Francesca Martinez, Nish Kumar
Guest
2015 Have I Got News For You - Series 50
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2015 Fighting Talk - Series 13
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E13 - Episode Thirteen
Guest
2015 Newsjack - Series 13
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Host / Presenter
2015 The Big Charity Gala Self
2015 Manwatching Self
2015 For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in aid of Mind and SAMH Self
2015 Nish Kumar: Long Word... Long Word... Blah Blah Blah... I'm so Clever Self
2015 The Now Show - Series 46
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Writer
2015 The Now Show - Series 46
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Self
2015 The John Bishop Show
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2015 Virtually Famous - Series 2
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2015 Stand Up Central - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2015 The Now Show - The Vote Now Show 2015
  1. E1 - Episode One
Writer
2015 The Now Show - The Vote Now Show 2015
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2015 Newsjack - Series 12
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Host / Presenter
2015 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - Unseen
Guest
2015 The Now Show - Series 45
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Writer
2015 The Now Show - Series 45
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Self
2015 Blue Go Mad In Ibiza
  1. E1 - Episode One
Shamen Polaris
2014 Sweat The Small Stuff - Series 4
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2014 Comedy Central At The Comedy Store - Series 3
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E16 - Episode Sixteen
Guest
2014 The Now Show - Series 44
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Self
2014 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live - 2014
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2014 MacAulay And Co - Edinburgh 2014
  1. E11 - Episode Eleven
Self
2014 Asian Network Comedy - Episodes
  1. E2 - Live in Edinburgh 2014
  2. E3 - Big Comedy Night Edinburgh 2015
Self
2014 Comedy Gala 2014: In Aid of Waverley Care Self
2014 Josh Widdicombe's XFM Show Live! Self
2014 Nish Kumar: Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity Self
2014 The Alternative Comedy Experience - Series 2
  1. E2 - Mistaken Identity
Guest
2014 Life: An Idiot's Guide - Series 3
  1. E1 - Multiculturalism
Guest
2014 4 Extra Stands Up - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2014 Dilemma - Series 3
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Writer
2014 The Kumars
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Writer
2013 Nish Kumar - Nish Kumar is a Comedian Self
2012 Fresh From The Fringe - 2012
  1. Fresh From The Fringe: 2012
Guest
2012 Nish Kumar - Who is Nish Kumar? Self
2011 The Gentlemen of Leisure Present: The Death of the Novel Self
2010 The Gentlemen Of Leisure Present: An Hour Of Too Much Culture Self
2010 For 21 Nights Only! Self
2004 The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year - Series 1
  1. E24 - The Big Fat Quiz Of The Decade
Guest

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Nish Kumar on IMDb

Born
Monday 26th August 1985 (39 years-old)
Full name
Nishant Kumar
Nationality
English
Audio Production Awards 2023
Best Ensemble Cast (Nominee)
National Comedy Awards, The 2021
Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performance (Longlisted)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2016
Best Comedy Show (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2015
Breakthrough Act (Nominee)
Best Compere (Nominee)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2015
Best Comedy Show (Nominee)
Dave Funniest Joke Of The Fringe Award 2012
Main Award (Nominee)

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