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.
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0541902
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q303538
Facebook: https://facebook.com/aasifmandvi
Instagram: https://instagram.com/aasifmandvi
Filmography (Movies)
White with Fear
Character:
Release Date:16/10/2024
The Magician's Elephant
Character:The King (voice)
Release Date:10/03/2023
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Character:Ichiro (voice)
Release Date:14/07/2022
Crush
Character:Coach Murray
Release Date:29/04/2022
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/2021
Human Capital
Character:Godeep
Release Date:17/07/2020
It Takes a Lunatic
Character:Self
Release Date:03/05/2019
Drunk Parents
Character:Nigel
Release Date:08/02/2019
A Kid Like Jake
Character:Darren
Release Date:01/06/2018
The Problem with Apu
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2017
Undecided: The Movie
Character:Roger Ayeels
Release Date:18/10/2016
Mother's Day
Character:Russell
Release Date:28/04/2016
East of Main Street: Taking the Lead
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2015
Lennon or McCartney
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:12/12/2014
Million Dollar Arm
Character:Ash Vasudevan
Release Date:09/05/2014
Gods Behaving Badly
Character:Maxwell
Release Date:13/11/2013
The Muslims Are Coming!
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/2013
The Internship
Character:Roger Chetty
Release Date:07/06/2013
Movie 43
Character:Robert (segment "iBabe")
Release Date:24/01/2013
Premium Rush
Character:Raj
Release Date:24/08/2012
Ruby Sparks
Character:Cyrus Modi
Release Date:25/07/2012
Dark Horse
Character:Mahmoud
Release Date:08/06/2012
The Dictator
Character:Doctor
Release Date:15/05/2012
The Understudy
Character:Sarfras
Release Date:16/03/2012
Margin Call
Character:Ramesh Shah
Release Date:28/09/2011
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Character:Self - Correspondent
Release Date:30/10/2010
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Character:Dr. Mahmoud
Release Date:08/10/2010
The Last Airbender
Character:Commander Zhao
Release Date:30/06/2010
Today's Special
Character:Samir
Release Date:14/10/2009
The Proposal
Character:Bob Spaulding
Release Date:02/06/2009
Ghost Town
Character:Dr. Jahangir Prashar
Release Date:19/09/2008
The Response
Character:Al-Aqar
Release Date:08/08/2008
Pretty Bird
Character:Ted the Banker
Release Date:08/08/2008
Eavesdrop
Character:Don
Release Date:01/08/2008
Music and Lyrics
Character:Khan
Release Date:09/02/2007
Freedomland
Character:Dr. Anil Chatterjee
Release Date:17/02/2006
The War Within
Character:Abdul
Release Date:30/09/2005
Sorry, Haters
Character:Hassan
Release Date:10/09/2005
Spider-Man 2
Character:Mr. Aziz
Release Date:25/06/2004
Book of Kings
Character:Dr. Mitra
Release Date:10/05/2002
The Mystic Masseur
Character:Ganesh
Release Date:05/10/2001
3 A.M.
Character:Singh
Release Date:01/07/2001
Peroxide Passion
Character:Beaumond
Release Date:01/01/2001
American Chai
Character:Engineering Sam
Release Date:01/01/2001
ABCD
Character:
Release Date:06/11/1999
Random Hearts
Character:Electronics Store Salesman
Release Date:08/10/1999
Analyze This
Character:Dr. Shulman
Release Date:05/03/1999
Hook'd Up
Character:Indian Guy
Release Date:04/02/1999
The Siege
Character:Khalil Saleh
Release Date:06/11/1998
Eddie
Character:Mohammed
Release Date:31/05/1996
Jake's Women
Character:Driver
Release Date:02/01/1996
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Character:Arab Cabbie
Release Date:19/05/1995
Television Appearances
After Midnight
Character:Self
Would I Lie to You?
Character:Self - Host
Evil
Character:Ben Shakir
This Way Up
Character:Vish
Explained
Character:Narrator (voice)
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
Character:OCB (voice)
Room 104
Character:Mediator
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Character:Uncle Monty
Another Period
Character:Parshwall
The Brink
Character:Rafiq Massoud
Younger
Character:Jay Malick
Madam Secretary
Character:Yousif 'Joey' Obaid
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
Person of Interest
Character:Sulaiman Khan
Blue Bloods
Character:Samar Charwell
Archer
Character:Cornelius Varma (voice)
Jericho
Character:Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)
Jericho
Character:Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia
The Bedford Diaries
Character:Kamil Sharif
Sleeper Cell
Character:
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Character:Samir Patel
Tanner on Tanner
Character:Salim Barik
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Sateesh
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character:Man in Elevator
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character:Dr. Leever
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Professor Husseini
The Sopranos
Character:Dr. Abu Bilal
Sex and the City
Character:Dmitri
Oz
Character:Dr. Tariq Faraj
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Law & Order
Character:Khan
Law & Order
Character:Technician
Law & Order
Character:Peanut Vendor
Law & Order
Character:Gulab Singh
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Tanner '88
Character:
Miami Vice
Character:Doorman
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