Name
Aasif Mandvi
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1966-03-05 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Biography
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.
Known For
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Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, h...
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When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing ...
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New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment ...
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The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never com...
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A century has passed since the Fire Nation declared war on the other three nations of air,...
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Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an in...
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Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of...
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In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty ...
- 2004 Spider-Man 2 as Mr. Aziz
- 2010 The Last Airbender as Commander Zhao
- 2007 Music and Lyrics as Khan
- 2008 Ghost Town as Dr. Jahangir Prashar
- 2006 Freedomland as Dr. Anil Chatterjee
- 1998 The Siege as Khalil Saleh
- 2023 The Magician's Elephant as The King (voice)
- 2008 Eavesdrop as Don
- 2009 Today's Special as Samir
- 2009 The Proposal as Bob Spaulding
- 2012 Premium Rush as Raj
- 2011 Margin Call as Ramesh Shah
- 2010 The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear as Self - Correspondent
- 2012 Dark Horse as Mahmoud
- 2012 The Dictator as Doctor
- 2013 Movie 43 as Robert (segment "iBabe")
- 2012 Ruby Sparks as Cyrus Modi
- 1999 Random Hearts as Electronics Store Salesman
- 2012 The Understudy as Sarfras
- 1999 Hook'd Up as Indian Guy
- 2001 Peroxide Passion as Beaumond
- 2022 Crush as Coach Murray
- 2013 The Internship as Roger Chetty
- 1999 ABCD as Ashok
- 2014 Million Dollar Arm as Aash
- 2013 The Muslims Are Coming! as Self
- 1999 Analyze This as Dr. Shulman
- 1996 Eddie as Mohammed
- 2008 The Response as Al-Aqar
- 2008 Pretty Bird as Ted the Banker
- 2016 Mother's Day as Russell
- 2014 Lennon or McCartney as Self (voice)
- 2005 The War Within as Abdul
- 2001 3 A.M. as Singh
- 2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank as Ichiro (voice)
- 2016 Undecided: The Movie as Roger Ayeels
- 2010 It's Kind of a Funny Story as Dr. Mahmoud
- 2019 Drunk Parents as Nigel
- 2017 The Problem with Apu as Self
- 2017 Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs as Self
- 1995 Die Hard: With a Vengeance as Arab Cabbie
- 2020 Human Capital as Godeep
- 2019 It Takes a Lunatic as Self
- 2001 The Mystic Masseur as Ganesh
- 2018 A Kid Like Jake as Darren
- 1996 Jake's Women as Driver
- 2015 East of Main Street: Taking the Lead as Self
- 2002 Book of Kings as Dr. Mitra
- 2021 Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 as Self
- 2024 White with Fear as Self
- 2013 Gods Behaving Badly as Maxwell
- 2005 Sorry, Haters as Hassan
- 2001 American Chai as Engineering Sam
- 2026 Fallen Angels as Fred Sterroll
- 2020 My Name Is Pedro as Self
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 4 episodes ) as Dr. Leever
- 2006 Jericho ( 5 episodes ) as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)
- 1988 Tanner '88 ( 0 episode )
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2017 Room 104 ( 1 episode ) as Mediator
- 1997 Oz ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Tariq Faraj
- 2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury ( 2 episodes ) as Samir Patel
- 2015 Another Period ( 1 episode ) as Parshwall
- 2009 Archer ( 1 episode ) as Cornelius Varma (voice)
- 2011 Person of Interest ( 1 episode ) as Sulaiman Khan
- 2015 The Brink ( 10 episodes ) as Rafiq Massoud
- 2004 Tanner on Tanner ( 4 episodes ) as Salim Barik
- 1999 The Sopranos ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Abu Bilal
- 2015 Younger ( 4 episodes ) as Jay Malick
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm ( 1 episode ) as Man in Elevator
- 2006 The Bedford Diaries ( 6 episodes ) as Kamil Sharif
- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Sateesh
- 2017 A Series of Unfortunate Events ( 3 episodes ) as Uncle Monty
- 2022 Would I Lie to You? ( 13 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 2005 Sleeper Cell ( 1 episode )
- 2019 This Way Up ( 8 episodes ) as Vish
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Khan
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Technician
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Peanut Vendor
- 2018 Explained ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Professor Husseini
- 2010 Blue Bloods ( 2 episodes ) as Samar Charwell
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1998 Sex and the City ( 1 episode ) as Dmitri
- 2019 Evil ( 50 episodes ) as Ben Shakir
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Gulab Singh
- 2006 Jericho ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia
- 2024 After Midnight ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 The Boss Baby: Back in Business ( 12 episodes ) as OCB (voice)
- 2014 Madam Secretary ( 1 episode ) as Yousif 'Joey' Obaid
- 1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Doorman
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 17 episodes ) as Self - Correspondent
- 2026 The Miniature Wife ( 10 episodes ) as Martin Mucklowe
- 2026 The Terror: Devil in Silver ( 5 episodes ) as Dr. Anand
