About
Karan Soni
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2024 | Stealing Pulp Fiction | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Actor | Dopinder | 75 Good |
| 2024 | A Nice Indian Boy | Actor | Naveen Gavaskar | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | World's Best | Actor | Calming Voice (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Actor | Pavitr Prabhakar (voice) | 81 Very good |
| 2022 | Four Samosas | Actor | Sanjay | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Strange World | Actor | Caspian (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 2022 | The People We Hate at the Wedding | Actor | Dominic | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Not Okay | Actor | Kelvin | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | Dealing with Dad | Actor | Gordon | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Trolls Holiday in Harmony | Actor | Riff (voice) | 62 Fair |
| 2021 | 7 Days | Actor | Ravi | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine | Actor | Sid | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Superintelligence | Actor | Ahmed | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Trolls World Tour | Actor | Riff (voice) | 70 Good |
| 2020 | Coffee Shop Names | Actor | Sathya | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Like a Boss | Actor | Josh Tinker | 61 Fair |
| 2019 | Corporate Animals | Actor | Freddie | 57 Average |
| 2019 | B-Roll | Actor | Doug | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Always Be My Maybe | Actor | Tony | 64 Fair |
| 2019 | Pokémon Detective Pikachu | Actor | Jack | 68 Fair |
| 2019 | Eureka! | Actor | Glenn | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Paharganj | Actor | Jitendar Tomar | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Miracle Workers | Actor | TI-90 | 68 Fair |
| 2018 | Once Upon a Deadpool | Actor | Dopinder | 66 Fair |
| 2018 | Office Uprising | Actor | Mourad | 57 Average |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | Actor | Dopinder | 74 Good |
| 2018 | Better Start Running | Actor | Nelson | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Little Bitches | Actor | Andy | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Creep 2 | Actor | Dave | 61 Fair |
| 2017 | The Sweet Life | Actor | Convenience Store Clerk | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Unicorn Store | Actor | Kevin | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Chee and T | Actor | Roger Raval | 59 Average |
| 2017 | And Then There Was Eve | Actor | Zain | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Rough Night | Actor | Raviv | 57 Average |
| 2016 | Office Christmas Party | Actor | Nate | 57 Average |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Actor | Benny | 54 Average |
| 2016 | Mono | Actor | CDC Expert | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Deadpool | Actor | Dopinder | 75 Good |
| 2015 | Blunt Talk | Actor | Martin Bassi | 68 Fair |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | Actor | Mr. Rooney | 62 Fair |
| 2015 | Other Space | Actor | Stewart Lipinski | 69 Fair |
| 2014 | Supremacy | Actor | Store Clerk | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Betas | Actor | Nash | 69 Fair |
| 2012 | Safety Not Guaranteed | Actor | Arnau | 65 Fair |
| 2011 | Worst. Prom. Ever. | Actor | Glenn | 59 Average |
| Fade to Black | Actor | Amit | N/A N/A |
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| Paper Flowers | Actor | Milan | N/A N/A |
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| Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Actor | Pavitr Prabhakar (voice) | N/A N/A |
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| Wycaro 339 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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| 2021 | 7 Days | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Production |
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| 2024 | A Nice Indian Boy | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Four Samosas | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Kala Shah Kala | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Bailaras | Production | Co-Producer | N/A N/A |