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Kal Penn is trading the White House for White Castle. Kal Penn begins White House job The 32-year-old actor (formerly of House) is vacating his post as Barack Obama's associate director of public engagement to reprise his role in...
Kal Penn is trading the White House for White Castle.
Kal Penn begins White House job
The 32-year-old actor (formerly of House) is vacating his post as Barack Obama's associate director of public engagement to reprise his role in a Christmas-themed Harold & Kumarfilm, according to Entertainment Weekly. The movie is set to begin production in June, with a 2011 holiday release.
Kal Penn leaves House for the White House
Penn left House in April 2009 — his character, Dr. Lawrence Kutner, committed suicide — to join Obama's administration full-time.