Nik Dodani

Nik Dodani (born December 19, 1993) is an American actor, writer, and comedian known for his roles as Zahid in the Netflix comedy-drama series Atypical, and Pat Patel in the revival of the popular CBS sitcom Murphy Brown. He also starred in the 2019 thriller Escape Room and the 2021 film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen. He made his Broadway debut as Ogie in Waitress from October 19 to November 27, 2021. In addition to Netflix's Atypical and CBS's Murphy Brown, Dodani has appeared in Netflix's Trinkets, TBS's Angie Tribeca, Comedy Central's Idiotsitter, Freeform's Kevin from Work, and NBC's The Player. He also appeared in the Ben Stiller-produced Netflix film Alex Strangelove, Joshua Leonard's independent film Dark Was the Night opposite Marisa Tomei and Charlie Plummer, and the Sony Pictures thriller Escape Room.