Actor Turns to Politics Posted on October 19, 2012December 1, 2013 by Jason Wilkerson Kalpen Modi, aka Kal Penn, is known for his roles in cult classic films like National Lampoon’s Van Wilder and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Lesser known is the fact that Penn started working with President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2007. In 2009, he left a high-profile acting job on the hugely […]