Karan Soni is an Indian-born American actor who is best known for playing Dopinder in the Deadpool films. He was born and raised in New Delhi, India and he grew up studying theater and continued his education at the University of Southern California.  While in school Karan began auditioning for film and TV roles, eventually landing a lead role in Safety Not Guaranteed. Since that film, he has starred in several other feature films including the Deadpool movies, Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters, Office Christmas Party, Trolls World Tour, Always Be My Maybe and Detective Pikachu amongst others.  In television he has appeared as a series regular on shows like Betas, Other Space and Blunt Talk along with guest roles on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Will & Grace, Silicon Valley and many more.  Karan currently stars in the series Miracle Workers opposite Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi. Karan also recently directed his first episode of television for the HBO series Room 104.  In this conversation, we discuss: Karan performing in high school plays as a survival mechanism from bullies Standing out in the sun before auditions to look more “stereotypically” Hollywood Indian  The moment when Karan was in his childhood movie theater in India filled with people to watch Deadpool Karan was an absolute blast to chat with, and gave me an inside view to the world of acting and entertainment. Please enjoy my conversation with the one and only Karan Soni!! Connect with Karan Soni * Instagram * Twitter Listen to the podcast! (And please leave a review if you enjoyed it!)