Daniel Mark "Danny" Pudi (born March 10, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor of Indian and Polish descent. He started out doing improv in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He is best known for the role of Meta Guy Abed Nadir on Community. He's also a part of the main cast of Mythic Quest, and is one of the lead voice actors on DuckTales (2017).
Due to being heavily associated with his role on Community, he occasionally takes the time to remind his fans that he and Abed aren't the same person: while Abed is a socially awkward twenty-something geek obsessed with popular culture, Danny is a happily married husband and father known for his athleticism and his love of sports (he's an avid marathon runner, among other things), and he was in his 30s throughout Community's run.
Filmography
Film
- Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011) as Little Boy Blue
- The Pretty One (2013) as Dr. Rao
- Knights of Badassdom (2013) as Lando
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) as Com Tech #1note
- Star Trek Beyond (2016) as Fi'Ja
- The Tiger Hunter (2016) as Sami Malik
- Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) as Brainy Smurf
- Flora and Ulysses (2021) as Miller
- Somebody I Used to Know (2023) as Benny
- Untitled Community movie (TBA) as Abed Nadir
Television
- ER (2006) as Mahir Kardatay (episode: "Lost in America")
- Gilmore Girls (2006) as Raj (4 episodes)
- Greek (2007-08) as Sanjay (4 episodes)
- Community (2009-15) as Abed Nadir (110 episodes)
- Cougar Town (2011) as Abed Nadir (episode: "Something Good Coming")
- Chuck (2011) as Vali Chandrasekaren (episode: "Chuck Versus the Hack Off")
- Hot in Cleveland (2013) as Tommy (episode: "It's Alive")
- Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (2014) as Levandar Hart (episode: "Unstank My Hart")
- TripTank (2015) as Various voices (4 episodes)
- Dr. Ken (2016) as Topher (episode: "Dave's Valentine")
- Great Minds with Dan Harmon (2016) as Buddha (episode: "The Buddha")
- Angie Tribeca (2016) as Gareth Tweedner (episode: "You've Got Blackmail")
- Better Things (2016) as Danny (episode: "Woman is the Something of the Something")
- Powerless (2017) as Teddy (12 episodes)
- The Guest Book (2017) as Tim (2 episodes)
- Ducktales (2017-21) as Huey (69 episodes)
- Harvey Street Kids (2018-20) as Tiny (28 episodes)
- Mythic Quest (2020-present) as Brad Bakshi
- Mira, Royal Detective (2020) as Sanjeev Joshi (2 episodes)
- Strange Planet (2023-present)
- Transformers: EarthSpark (2022) as Bumblebee
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024) (2024) as the Mechanist
