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Aasif Mandvi
Actor, Writer, ProducerBorn March 5, 1966 (58 years)
Aasif Hakim Mandviwala, known professionally as Aasif Mandvi, 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. He 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.
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.
Filmography
| 2023 | The Magician's Elephant · as The King (voice) |
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank · as Ichiro (voice) |
| 2022 | Crush · as Coach Murray |
| 2020 | Mira, Royal Detective (TV Series) · as Sahil |
| 2019 | Human Capital · as Godeep |
| 2019 | Ghostwriter (2019) (TV Series) · as Bagheera |
| 2019 | Evil (TV Series) · as Ben Shakir |
| 2019 | This Way Up (TV Series) · as Vish |
| 2019 | Drunk Parents · as Nigel |
| 2018 | The Accidental Wolf (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2018 | A Kid Like Jake · as Darren |
| 2018 | Explained (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | The Boss Baby: Back in Business (TV Series) · as Ocb (voice) |
| 2018 | The Terror (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2017 | Room 104 (TV Series) · as Mediator |
| 2017 | A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV Series) · as Uncle Monty |
| 2016 | Shut Eye (TV Series) · as Pazhani 'paz' Kapoor |
| 2016 | Undecided: The Movie · as Roger Ayeels |
| 2016 | Elena of Avalor (TV Series) · as King Raja |
| 2016 | Mother's Day · as Russell |
| 2015 | The Brink (TV Series) · as Rafiq Massoud |
| 2015 | Younger (TV Series) · as Jay Malick |
| 2014 | Us & Them (TV Series) · as Dave |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as Prince Yousif Obaid |
| 2014 | Million Dollar Arm · as Ash Vasudevan |
| 2013 | Gods Behaving Badly · as Maxwell |
| 2013 | The Internship · as Roger Chetty |
| 2013 | Another Period (TV Series) · as Parshwall |
| 2013 | Movie 43 · as Robert (segment "ibabe") |
| 2012 | Ruby Sparks · as Cyrus Modi |
| 2012 | Premium Rush · as Raj |
| 2012 | The Dictator · as Doctor |
| 2011 | Margin Call · as Ramesh Shah |
| 2011 | Person of Interest (TV Series) · as Sulaiman Khan |
| 2011 | Dark Horse · as Mahmoud |
| 2011 | Jake and the Never Land Pirates (TV Series) · as Pirate Pharaoh |
| 2010 | It's Kind of a Funny Story · as Dr. Mahmoud |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Samar Charwell |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender · as Commander Zhao |
| 2009 | Today's Special · as Samir |
| 2009 | Archer (2009) (TV Series) · as Cornelius Varma (voice) |
| 2009 | The Proposal · as Bob Spaulding |
| 2008 | The Understudy · as Sarfras |
| 2008 | Ghost Town · as Dr. Jahangir Prashar |
| 2008 | Pretty Bird · as Ted The Banker |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | Music and Lyrics · as Khan |
| 2006 | Jericho (2006) (TV Series) · as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited) |
| 2006 | CollegeHumor Shorts (TV Series) · as Zack Chance |
| 2006 | The Bedford Diaries (TV Series) · as Kamil Sharif |
| 2006 | Freedomland · as Dr. Anil Chatterjee |
| 2005 | Sleeper Cell (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The War Within · as Abdul |
| 2005 | Sorry, Haters · as Hassan |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury (TV Series) · as Samir Patel |
| 2004 | Tanner on Tanner (TV Series) · as Salim Barik |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 · as Mr. Aziz |
| 2003 | Undermind · as Shark |
| 2001 | The Mystic Masseur · as Ganesh |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Sateesh |
| 2001 | 3 A.M. · as Singh |
| 2001 | American Chai · as Engineering Sam |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) · as Man In Elevator |
| 2000 | Welcome to New York (TV Series) · as Doorman |
| 2000 | Ed (TV Series) · as Buyer |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Dr. Leever |
| 2000 | Deadline (TV Series) · as Fasiq |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Random Hearts · as Electronics Store Salesman |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Professor Husseini |
| 1999 | Analyze This · as Dr. Shulman |
| 1999 | The Sopranos (TV Series) · as Dr. Abu Bilal |
| 1999 | Personals · as Indian Guy |
| 1998 | The Siege · as Khalil Saleh |
| 1998 | Sex and the City (TV Series) · as Dmitri |
| 1997 | Dellaventura (TV Series) · as Aasif |
| 1997 | Oz (TV Series) · as Dr. Tariq Faraj |
| 1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Mike Patel |
| 1996 | Eddie · as Mohammed |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges (TV Series) · as Aziz Kadim |
| 1996 | Jake's Women · as Driver |
| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance · as Arab Cabbie |
| 1994 | The Cosby Mysteries (TV Series) · as Cabbie |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Manish |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Omar |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Gulab Singh |
| 1990 | No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers · as Terrorist |
| 1988 | Tanner '88 (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) · as Doorman |