The Obama administration has hired actor Kal Penn as a liaison between President Obama’s administration and arts groups. White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that the actor who had a recurring role on Fox’s TV show House would join the staff as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison. Penn’s political role will be to connect Obama with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities, as well as arts and entertainment groups. In addition to his exposure on House, Penn is also known to many younger moviegoers as the wise-cracking, marijuana-smoking Kumar in Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle and Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Penn backed Obama during the campaign. The White House says a start date for Penn hasn’t been set.
White House Taps Actor Kal Penn As Arts Liaison
Posted by – April 13, 2009
