
Daniel Mark Pudi (born March 10, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Abed Nadir on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), for which he received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and one nomination for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. Since 2020 he has starred as Brad Bakshi in the Apple TV+ comedy series Mythic Quest. He played the lead role in The Tiger Hunter, a comedic and warmhearted independent film surrounding the immigrant experience directed by Lena Khan in 2016 and funded through a Kickstarter campaign. His short film, Running, which he wrote himself, follows Pudi as he sets out on a mission to solve the puzzle of his father and finds himself instead on a complex, funny, and vulnerable journey of self-discovery and acceptance.

Star Trek Beyond
2016 · as Fi'Ja

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 · as Com Tech #1

Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol
2025 · as Chef Geoff (voice)

Smurfs: The Lost Village
2017 · as Brainy (voice)

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011 · as Little Boy Blue (voice)

Flatland²: Sphereland
2012 · as Puncto (voice)

Somebody I Used to Know
2023 · as Benny

The Guilt Trip
2012 · as Sanjay

Flora & Ulysses
2021 · as Miller

Harmontown
2014 · as Self

Road Trip: Beer Pong
2009 · as Arash

Corner Office
2023 · as Rakesh

The Argument
2020 · as Brett

Knights of Badassdom
2014 · as Lando

The Pretty One
2014 · as Dr. Rao

Community Table Read
2020 · as Abed Nadir

Vijay and I
2013 · as Rad

American Dreamer
2022 · as Craig