Aasif Mandvi

Aasif Mandvi

Aasif Hakim Mandviwala (known professionally as Aasif Mandvi; born March 5, 1966) is a British-American actor, comedian and author. He made his television debut as a doorman at the Miami Biltmore Hotel in the episode "Line of Fire" of the series Miami Vice. In 2006, Mandvi auditioned for The Daily Show and was hired immediately and appeared on the show the same day. He began appearing as an occasional contributing correspondent on The Daily Show on August 9, 2006. On March 12, 2007, he was promoted to a regular correspondent. In October 2013, during a segment on The Daily Show, his interview with Don Yelton led to Yelton's resignation from the North Carolina Republican Party office.

In 2013, he was cast in a recurring role on the FOX romantic comedy, Us & Them. Beginning in June 2015, he portrayed Rafiq Massoud in the HBO comedy series The Brink. He also served as a writer and co-producer on the series. Also in 2015, he was the lead actor, co-writer and producer of the web series Halal in the Family, which premiered on Funny or Die. In 2016, he joined the climate change documentary show Years of Living Dangerously as one of its celebrity correspondents. Beginning in 2017, he had a short recurring role on Netflix's  A Series of Unfortunate Events as Montgomery "Uncle Monty" Montgomery, a herpetologist and distant relative of the Baudelaire children. In 2019, he starred in CBS' supernatural drama series Evil as Ben Shakir, a carpenter who works as a technical expert, equipment handler and debunker of supernatural phenomena. His other recurring roles include Oz, CSI, Tanner on Tanner, The Bedford Diaries, Jericho, Blue Bloods, Younger, and This Way Up. He hosted the game show Would I Lie to You? (2022). He played minor roles in the films The Siege and Die Hard with a Vengeance. He played the doctor who diagnosed Paul Vitti's (Robert De Niro) panic attacks in Analyze This, and had a role as Mr. Aziz of "Joe's Pizza" in Spider-Man 2. He played the tone deaf doorman Khan in Music and Lyrics, a dentist alongside Ricky Gervais in Ghost Town, Bob Spaulding in The Proposal, and appeared in It's Kind of a Funny Story. In M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender (released in 2010) he played a major role as Commander Zhao. He played the role of Mr. Chetty in The Internship and Ash Vasudevan in Million Dollar Arm. He has appeared in other films including Random Hearts, Margin Call, Dark Horse, The Dictator, Ruby Sparks, Premium Rush, Movie 43, Mother's Day, Drunk Parents, and more.

Acting

2023

2022

Crush
Movie

Coach Murray

2022

2019

Evil
Tv

Ben Shakir

2015

2015

The Brink
Tv

Rafiq Massoud

2015

Younger
Tv

Jay Malick

2014

2014

Madam Secretary
Tv

Yousif 'Joey' Obaid

2014

2013

2013

Movie 43
Movie

Robert (segment "iBabe")

2012

2012

2011

Margin Call
Movie

Ramesh Shah

2011

2010

2009

The Proposal
Movie

Bob Spaulding

2008

Ghost Town
Movie

Dr. Jahangir Prashar

2008

Pretty Bird
Movie

Ted the Banker

2006

Jericho
Tv

Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)

2006

Jericho
Tv

Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia

2006

Freedomland
Movie

Dr. Anil Chatterjee

2005

2004

2004

2001

American Chai
Movie

Engineering Sam

1999

1999

Random Hearts
Movie

Electronics Store Salesman

1999

1999

Hook'd Up
Movie

Indian Guy

1999

The Sopranos
Tv

Dr. Abu Bilal

1998

The Siege
Movie

Khalil Saleh

1997

Oz
Tv

Dr. Tariq Faraj

1996

Eddie
Movie

Mohammed

1990

Law & Order
Tv

Technician

1990

Law & Order
Tv

Gulab Singh

1990

Law & Order
Tv

Peanut Vendor

Writing

Production

2022

Would I Lie to You?
Tv

Executive Producer

Infos

Full Name
Aasif Mandvi
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
3/5/1966
Also Known As

Aasif Mandviwala

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