LOS ANGELES, CA - Kal Penn has become the first actor signed onto the upcoming CBS series “Battle Creek,” a new crime drama from Sony Television. The show is being executive produced by David Shore. He and Penn have a prior business relationship from “House,” when Shore was on the creative team behind the hit medical show. Penn was a cast member on “House” for two seasons before leaving when offered a position at the White House Office...
of Public Engagement by President Barack Obama. “Battle Creek” will also mark Penn’s return to CBS, after briefly featuring on the hit sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” and the short-lived television show “We Are Men.” Apart from the hit Harold & Kumar series, Penn has also acted in American Desi, Van Wilder, and The Namesake. He has also been a guest professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of UCLA.