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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 5, 1966
Place of Birth
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Also Known As
- Aasif Mandviwala
- 아시프 맨드비
- 阿西夫·曼迪維
Aasif Mandvi
1.1 Popularity
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
6.0
White with Fear
2024
5.9
Self
After Midnight
2024
6.8
The King (voice)
The Magician's Elephant
2023
6.7
Ichiro (voice)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
7.4
Coach Murray
Crush
2022
4.0
Self - Host
Would I Lie to You?
2022
5.0
Self
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
2021
5.7
Godeep
Human Capital
2020
7.7
Ben Shakir
Evil
2019
7.0
Vish
This Way Up
2019
Credits
White with Fear
2024
6.0
After Midnight
as Self
2024
5.9
The Magician's Elephant
as The King (voice)
2023
6.8
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
as Ichiro (voice)
2022
6.7
Crush
as Coach Murray
2022
7.4
Would I Lie to You?
as Self - Host
2022
4.0
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
as Self
2021
5.0
Human Capital
as Godeep
2020
5.7
Evil
as Ben Shakir
2019
7.7
This Way Up
as Vish
2019
7.0
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self
2019
5.3
Drunk Parents
as Nigel
2019
4.6
A Kid Like Jake
as Darren
2018
6.0
Explained
as Narrator (voice)
2018
7.5
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
as OCB (voice)
2018
7.1
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Self
2017
6.4
The Problem with Apu
as Self
2017
4.8
Room 104
as Mediator
2017
5.7
A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Uncle Monty
2017
7.4
Undecided: The Movie
as Roger Ayeels
2016
7.8
Mother's Day
as Russell
2016
6.0
Another Period
as Parshwall
2015
6.8
The Brink
as Rafiq Massoud
2015
7.1
East of Main Street: Taking the Lead
as Self
2015
10.0
Younger
as Jay Malick
2015
6.8
Lennon or McCartney
as Self (voice)
2014
5.2
Madam Secretary
as Yousif 'Joey' Obaid
2014
7.0
Million Dollar Arm
as Ash Vasudevan
2014
6.7
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Gods Behaving Badly
as Maxwell
2013
2.5
🎬
The Muslims Are Coming!
as Self
2013
10.0
The Internship
as Roger Chetty
2013
6.2
Movie 43
as Robert (segment "iBabe")
2013
4.6
Premium Rush
as Raj
2012
6.3
Ruby Sparks
as Cyrus Modi
2012
7.1
Dark Horse
as Mahmoud
2012
5.7
The Dictator
as Doctor
2012
6.2
The Understudy
as Sarfras
2012
0.0
Margin Call
as Ramesh Shah
2011
6.9
Person of Interest
as Sulaiman Khan
2011
8.1
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
as Self - Correspondent
2010
5.9
It's Kind of a Funny Story
as Dr. Mahmoud
2010
7.0
Blue Bloods
as Samar Charwell
2010
7.8
The Last Airbender
as Commander Zhao
2010
4.6
Today's Special
as Samir
2009
6.2
Archer
as Cornelius Varma (voice)
2009
8.0
The Proposal
as Bob Spaulding
2009
7.2
Ghost Town
as Dr. Jahangir Prashar
2008
6.5
The Response
as Al-Aqar
2008
5.2
Pretty Bird
as Ted the Banker
2008
4.9
Eavesdrop
as Don
2008
4.6
Music and Lyrics
as Khan
2007
6.4
Jericho
as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)
2006
7.4
Jericho
as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia
2006
7.4
The Bedford Diaries
as Kamil Sharif
2006
7.0
Freedomland
as Dr. Anil Chatterjee
2006
5.2
Sleeper Cell
2005
7.4
The War Within
as Abdul
2005
5.6
Sorry, Haters
as Hassan
2005
5.5
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Samir Patel
2005
8.1
Tanner on Tanner
as Salim Barik
2004
0.0
Spider-Man 2
as Mr. Aziz
2004
7.3
🎬
Book of Kings
as Dr. Mitra
2002
7.0
The Mystic Masseur
as Ganesh
2001
5.0
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Sateesh
2001
7.6
3 A.M.
as Singh
2001
5.7
American Chai
as Engineering Sam
2001
0.0
Peroxide Passion
as Beaumond
2001
0.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Man in Elevator
2000
8.0
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. Leever
2000
7.6
ABCD
1999
4.7
Random Hearts
as Electronics Store Salesman
1999
5.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Professor Husseini
1999
7.9
Analyze This
as Dr. Shulman
1999
6.5
🎬
Hook'd Up
as Indian Guy
1999
0.0
The Sopranos
as Dr. Abu Bilal
1999
8.6
The Siege
as Khalil Saleh
1998
6.3
Sex and the City
as Dmitri
1998
7.4
Oz
as Dr. Tariq Faraj
1997
8.0
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Eddie
as Mohammed
1996
5.5
Jake's Women
as Driver
1996
5.0
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Arab Cabbie
1995
7.3
Law & Order
as Khan
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Technician
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Peanut Vendor
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Gulab Singh
1990
7.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Tanner '88
1988
6.6
Miami Vice
as Doorman
1984
7.5