These People Were Rejected From Saturday Night Live, And Look At Them Now

Kumail Nanjiani

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Kumail Nanjiani was killing it at stand-up before he ever starred on HBO’s Silicon Valley. He auditioned for SNL in 2012. Lorne Michaels produced Portlandia, and knew Kumail from his work on that show.

Ultimately Lorne decided that Kumail wasn’t right for SNL. Kumail was right for pretty much everything else though. He co-wrote and starred in his own Oscar nominated movie, The Big Sick.