Aasif Mandvi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 5, 1966 (age 60)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Fallen Angels by Noël Coward
Movie · as Fred Sterroll
Ray Gunn
Movie · as Emory Lutz (voice)
The Miniature Wife
TV · as Martin Mucklowe · 10 eps
The Terror: Devil in Silver
TV · as Dr. Anand · 5 eps
White with Fear
Movie · as Self
After Midnight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Magician's Elephant
Movie · as The King (voice)
Crush
Movie · as Coach Murray
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Movie · as Ichiro (voice)
Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self - Host · 13 eps
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
Movie · as Self
Human Capital
Movie · as Godeep
My Name Is Pedro
Movie · as Self
Drunk Parents
Movie · as Nigel
It Takes a Lunatic
Movie · as Self
This Way Up
TV · as Vish · 8 eps
Evil
TV · as Ben Shakir · 50 eps
A Kid Like Jake
Movie · as Darren
Explained
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
TV · as OCB (voice) · 12 eps
The Problem with Apu
Movie · as Self
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Movie · as Self
Room 104
TV · as Mediator · 1 ep
A Series of Unfortunate Events
TV · as Uncle Monty · 3 eps
Mother's Day
Movie · as Russell
Undecided: The Movie
Movie · as Roger Ayeels
East of Main Street: Taking the Lead
Movie · as Self
Another Period
TV · as Parshwall · 1 ep
The Brink
TV · as Rafiq Massoud · 10 eps
Younger
TV · as Jay Malick · 4 eps
Million Dollar Arm
Movie · as Aash
Lennon or McCartney
Movie · as Self (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Madam Secretary
TV · as Yousif 'Joey' Obaid · 1 ep
Movie 43
Movie · as Robert (segment "iBabe")
The Internship
Movie · as Roger Chetty
The Muslims Are Coming!
Movie · as Self
Gods Behaving Badly
Movie · as Maxwell
Premium Rush
Movie · as Raj
Dark Horse
Movie · as Mahmoud
The Dictator
Movie · as Doctor
Ruby Sparks
Movie · as Cyrus Modi
The Understudy
Movie · as Sarfras
Margin Call
Movie · as Ramesh Shah
Person of Interest
TV · as Sulaiman Khan · 1 ep
The Last Airbender
Movie · as Commander Zhao
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Movie · as Self - Correspondent
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Movie · as Dr. Mahmoud
Blue Bloods
TV · as Samar Charwell · 2 eps
Today's Special
Movie · as Samir
The Proposal
Movie · as Bob Spaulding
Archer
TV · as Cornelius Varma (voice) · 1 ep
Ghost Town
Movie · as Dr. Jahangir Prashar
Eavesdrop
Movie · as Don
The Response
Movie · as Al-Aqar
Pretty Bird
Movie · as Ted the Banker
Music and Lyrics
Movie · as Khan
Freedomland
Movie · as Dr. Anil Chatterjee
Jericho
TV · as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited) · 5 eps
The Bedford Diaries
TV · as Kamil Sharif · 6 eps
The War Within
Movie · as Abdul
Sorry, Haters
Movie · as Hassan
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Samir Patel · 2 eps
Sleeper Cell
TV · 1 ep
Spider-Man 2
Movie · as Mr. Aziz
Tanner on Tanner
TV · as Salim Barik · 4 eps
Book of Kings
Movie · as Dr. Mitra
Peroxide Passion
Movie · as Beaumond
3 A.M.
Movie · as Singh
The Mystic Masseur
Movie · as Ganesh
American Chai
Movie · as Engineering Sam
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Sateesh · 1 ep
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Dr. Leever · 4 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV · as Man in Elevator · 1 ep
Random Hearts
Movie · as Electronics Store Salesman
Hook'd Up
Movie · as Indian Guy
ABCD
Movie · as Ashok
Analyze This
Movie · as Dr. Shulman
The Sopranos
TV · as Dr. Abu Bilal · 1 ep
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Professor Husseini · 1 ep
The Siege
Movie · as Khalil Saleh
Sex and the City
TV · as Dmitri · 1 ep
Oz
TV · as Dr. Tariq Faraj · 2 eps
Eddie
Movie · as Mohammed
Jake's Women
Movie · as Driver
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Correspondent · 1 ep
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Movie · as Arab Cabbie
Law & Order
TV · as Khan, Technician, Peanut Vendor, Gulab Singh · 1 ep
Tanner '88
TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Miami Vice
TV · as Doorman · 1 ep