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Kal Penn
American actor and civil servant (born 1977)
In fall 2007, Penn joined the cast of the Fox medical drama '' House'' as a fellowship applicant. '' E!'' reported that Penn had signed on as a regular on the show along with Olivia Wilde and Peter Jacobson and this was confirmed in the plot of the episode "Games".
Olivia Wilde
American actress and filmmaker (born 1984)
Wilde will direct and play a supporting role in '' Don't Worry Darling'', a erotic psychological thriller about a 1950s housewife, starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Kiki Layne and Chris Pine, for New Line Cinema from a screenplay by Katie Silberman.
Florence Pugh
Later that year, Pugh portrayed Elizabeth de Burgh in the Netflix historical film '' Outlaw King'', co-starring Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce.
Kal Penn
American actor and civil servant (born 1977)
In addition to his role on the TV series ''House'', he is best known from his role in '' Harold & Kumar'', as Kumar Patel, a pothead who goes with Harold Lee (John Cho) to White Castle for a hamburger.
John Cho
American actor
Manohla Dargis of ''The New York Times'' praised him, along with Anton Yelchin, Chris Pine, and Zachary Quinto, for making their roles "ultimately and rather wonderfully their own".
Chris Pine
His roles include James T. Kirk in the ''Star Trek'' reboot film series (2009–Present), Will Colson in '' Unstoppable'' (2010), Cinderella's Prince in '' Into the Woods'' (2014), Jack Ryan in ''Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit'' (2014), Toby Howard in ''Hell or High Water'' (2016), Bernie Webber in '' The Finest Hours'' (2016), Steve Trevor in '' Wonder Woman'' (2017) and ''Wonder Woman 1984'' (2020), Dr. Alexander Murry in ''A Wrinkle in Time'' (2018), and Robert the Bruce in ''Outlaw King'' (2018). Pine also voiced Jack Frost in '' Rise of the Guardians'' (2012).
In 2018, Pine played Dr. Alexander Murry in the fantasy film '' A Wrinkle in Time'', based on the novel of the same name, and starred as Robert the Bruce in ''Outlaw King''.
Kal Penn
American actor and civil servant (born 1977)
During the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, Penn expressed interest in the messages of Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren.
Bernie Sanders
He is expected to become Vermont's senior senator and dean of its congressional delegation in January 2023, upon the scheduled retirement of Senator Patrick Leahy.
In the 1974 senatorial race, he finished third (5,901 votes; 4%), behind 33-year-old Chittenden County state's attorney Patrick Leahy (D; 70,629 votes; 49%) and two-term incumbent U.S. Representative Dick Mallary (R; 66,223 votes; 46%).
Patrick Leahy
He wrote the foreword to ''The Dark Knight Archives, Volume 1'' (a 1992 collection of the first four ''Batman'' comic books), the preface essay for '' Batman: Death of Innocents'' (a 1996 graphic novel about the horrors of landmines), and the introduction to ''Green Arrow: The Archer's Quest'' (a single-volume collection of a six-issue story arc).
A 2008 Montpelier screening of ''The Dark Knight'' raised nearly $100,000 for the library, which named a wing after Leahy.}}</ref> He voiced a territorial governor in the ''Batman: The Animated Series'' episode "Showdown" (1995), appeared as himself in the film '' Batman & Robin'' (1997), and appeared twice in Christopher Nolan's ''Dark Knight'' Trilogy as a Wayne Enterprises board member. In '' The Dark Knight'' (2008), he tells the Joker "We're not intimidated by thugs," to which the Joker replies, "You know, you remind me of my father. I hated my father.
}}</ref> Leahy also appeared in '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'', playing Senator Purrington, in a scene set during Superman's Senate hearing which is subsequently destroyed by an explosion.
Batman
Finger said he devised the name Bruce Wayne for the character's secret identity: "Bruce Wayne's first name came from Robert the Bruce, the Scottish patriot.
Kal Penn
American actor and civil servant (born 1977)
'''Kalpen Suresh Modi''' (born April 23, 1977), known professionally as '''Kal Penn''', is an American actor, author, academic lecturer and former White House staff member in the Barack Obamaadministration.
Penn was an advocate for Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2007 and 2008 and a member of Obama's National Arts Policy Committee.
He appears in the Barack Obama-supporting video "Sí Se Puede Cambiar" by Andres Useche and appeared with comedian George Lopez on January 18, 2009, at "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial".
Barack Obama
Obama was elected over Republican nominee John McCain in the general election and was inaugurated alongside his running mate Joe Biden, on January 20, 2009.
On June 3, 2008, Senator Obama—along with Senators Tom Carper, Tom Coburn, and John McCain—introduced follow-up legislation: Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008. He also cosponsored the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act.
John McCain was nominated as the Republican candidate, and he selected Sarah Palin as his running mate.
John McCain
His father and his paternal grandfather, John S. McCain Sr., were also Naval Academy graduates and both became four-star admirals in the United States Navy.
