Karan Soni

Karan Soni

Birth : 1989-01-08, Nuova Delhi, India

History

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).

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Karan Soni
Karan Soni

Movies

Deadpool & Wolverine
Dopinder
Third entry in the "Deadpool" franchise. Plot TBA.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man (voice)
The further continuing story of Miles Morales and the many other Spider-People from different realities.
A Nice Indian Boy
Naveen Gavaskar
Self-effacing doctor Naveen Gavaskar meets Jay Kurundkar, a white man adopted by two Indian parents, when Jay takes his picture at the hospital. Despite initial skepticism on Naveen’s part, the two quickly fall in love. Naveen avoids telling his traditional family—parents Megha & Archit and sister Arundhathi—who accepted his sexuality years earlier and are close to him but increasingly don’t know much about his life. Eventually, inevitably, Jay, with no family of his own, has to meet the Gavaskars, who have never met a boyfriend of Naveen's. What follows is the comedic & heartfelt collision between the family, Jay and Naveen, caught between the versions of himself his family and Jay know.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Pavitr Prabhakar / Spider-Man India (voice)
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
Four Samosas
Sanjay
Determined to disrupt the wedding of his ex-girlfriend by bankrupting her family, underachieving, wanna-be rapper Vinny and his neighborhood pals concoct a plan to steal her family’s jewels from a supermarket safe.
Four Samosas
Executive Producer
Determined to disrupt the wedding of his ex-girlfriend by bankrupting her family, underachieving, wanna-be rapper Vinny and his neighborhood pals concoct a plan to steal her family’s jewels from a supermarket safe.
Strange World
Caspian (voice)
A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Dominic
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family needs to reconnect.
Not Okay
Kevin
An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.
Dealing with Dad
Gordon
Margaret reluctantly goes back to her hometown with her brothers to deal with the sudden depression of their dad.
Trolls Holiday in Harmony
Riff (voice)
Queen Poppy plans the first annual Trolls Kingdom Secret Holiday Gift Swap, but things don't go quite as expected.
7 Days
Writer
As if their pre-arranged date, organized by their traditional Indian parents, wasn’t uncomfortable enough, Ravi and Rita are forced to shelter in place together as COVID-19’s reach intensifies. Hopefully for their sake, opposites do indeed attract.
7 Days
Ravi
As if their pre-arranged date, organized by their traditional Indian parents, wasn’t uncomfortable enough, Ravi and Rita are forced to shelter in place together as COVID-19’s reach intensifies. Hopefully for their sake, opposites do indeed attract.
Superintelligence
Ahmed
When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.
Trolls World Tour
Riff (voice)
Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest to create harmony among the feuding Trolls to unite them against certain doom.
Coffee Shop Names
Sathya
Three Indian people imagine their personas as the names they give baristas, because their real names are hard to pronounce.
Like a Boss
Josh Tinker
Two female friends with very different ideals decide to start a beauty company together. One is more practical, while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle.
Corporate Animals
Freddie
Disaster strikes when the egotistical CEO of an edible cutlery company leads her long-suffering staff on a corporate team-building trip in New Mexico. Trapped underground, this mismatched and disgruntled group must pull together to survive.
B-Roll
Doug
A disgraced local TV news reporter enlists the help of a wannabe journalist and a career film student to produce a documentary to revive his career.
Always Be My Maybe
Tony
Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Jack
In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.
Eureka!
Glenn
A lazy, uninspired woman is visited by an otherworldly being responsible for giving humanity all its great ideas.
Paharganj
Jitendar Tomar
Coming from the streets of Paharganj, the movie depicts a woman's search for her lost love, a man's attempt to regain his lost enigma and dealing with his brother's untimely death, an unexpected political murder, and raging gang war.
Kala Shah Kala
Producer
This Valentine's, Naag & Pammi will redefine romance for you in Kala Shah Kala, an upcoming Indian-Punjabi romedy film which celebrates the much maligned and universal butt of jokes the colour black. Lovely (Binnu Dhillon) a happy go lucky & charming guy struggles to find the love of his life because of his dark complexion. Pammi (Sargun Mehta) is everything he dreamt of, and for a while it sure seems like a match made in heaven, but alas Lovely will have to prove yet again that it's not the colour of the skin that matters but your heart and soul that matter and always wins!
Once Upon a Deadpool
Dopinder
A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2 as a Princess Bride-esque story that's full of magic, wonder & zero F's.
Office Uprising
Mourad
The compound of an arms manufacturer turns into a zombie nightmare when its workers are given the wrong formula.
Deadpool 2
Dopinder
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
Better Start Running
Nelson
An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - preferably dead.
Little Bitches
Andy
A group of friends vow to open their college acceptance letters at the same time during the big end-of -year party.
Creep 2
Dave
After finding an ad online for “video work,” Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man claiming to be a serial killer. Unable to resist the chance to create a truly shocking piece of art, she agrees to spend the day with him. However, as the day goes on, she discovers she may have dug herself into a hole from which she can’t escape.
Bailaras
Co-Producer
Bailaras is the story of a villager named JAGGA, who owns a Belarus tractor and is famous for winning tochan (tug of war between tractors) competitions in and around his village.
The Sweet Life
Convenience Store Clerk
Kenny is an ice cream vendor in Chicago with a crisp white uniform and an apathetic heart. When he encounters Lolita, a sharp-tongued but despondent insurance actuary, their heated conversation, natural spark and mutual hopelessness lead to an unusual proposal for a meet-cute: to travel to San Francisco, where they will jump off the Golden Gate Bridge together.
Unicorn Store
Kevin
A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.
Chee and T
Roger Raval
A Comedy about the only two guys left in Silicon Valley who have nothing to do with technology.
And Then There Was Eve
Zain
Alyssa, a successful photographer, wakes one morning to find her apartment ransacked and her husband mysteriously missing. Left without even a photograph to offer the police, she turns to her colleague Eve, a talented jazz pianist with a flirtatious charm and disarming grace. Eve helps her confront her husband’s longtime struggle with depression and to, over time, accept his absence. While getting to know this woman through such unusual circumstances, Alyssa is surprised to find herself falling in love again.
Rough Night
Raviv
Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, they're ultimately brought closer together when it matters most.
Office Christmas Party
Nate
When Carol Vanstone, CEO of the technology company Zenotek, expresses her intention to close the Chicago branch, run by her brother Clay, he and his co-workers organize a Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and save their jobs. But the party gets out of control…
Ghostbusters
Benny
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
Mono
CDC Expert
A mono virus outbreak at Highland Park High takes out the most popular kids for two months, allowing the outcasts to rule the school.
Deadpool
Dopinder
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
Supremacy
Store Clerk
The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.
Safety Not Guaranteed
Arnau
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
Worst. Prom. Ever.
Glenn
Clark has planned the perfect prom for his girlfriend Sharon. His plans are hijacked when Sharon invites her two best girlfriends, Neve and Heather, and their dates along on the perfect evening, but things only get worse. When all three are deserted by their dates at the beginning of prom, the trio go back out to their limo, where the driver has cleaned out the mini bar and takes them on a wild ride that lands them in a holding cell and ends with them crashing another school's prom.