Nish Kumar performed with Tom Neenan as a double act, Gentlemen of Leisure, having met while students at Grey College, University of Durham in 2004 and performed as a member of the Durham Revue. The act performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2012.
He also held a regular guest spot on Josh Widdicombe's Radio X show between 2013 and 2015, where he presented the feature, "Nishipedia". He has become increasingly well known for broadcasting and podcasting on topical news programmes.
In 2017, he competed in series 5 of Taskmaster against Bob Mortimer, Sally Phillips, Aisling Bea and Mark Watson.
