Aasif Mandvi
Known for Acting · 89 credits
- Born
- 1966-03-05 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Also known as
- Aasif Mandviwala · 아시프 맨드비 · 阿西夫·曼迪維
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Professor Husseini
Law & Order
1990
as Khan / Technician / Peanut Vendor / Gulab Singh
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Dr. Leever
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest / Self - Correspondent
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Blue Bloods
2010
as Samar Charwell
TV Shows (34)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Professor Husseini
Law & Order
1990
as Khan / Technician / Peanut Vendor / Gulab Singh
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Dr. Leever
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest / Self - Correspondent
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Blue Bloods
2010
as Samar Charwell
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Sateesh
Person of Interest
2011
as Sulaiman Khan
The Sopranos
1999
as Dr. Abu Bilal
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Man in Elevator
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Sex and the City
1998
as Dmitri
Miami Vice
1984
as Doorman
Archer
2009
as Cornelius Varma (voice)
Oz
1997
as Dr. Tariq Faraj
Madam Secretary
2014
as Yousif 'Joey' Obaid
Younger
2015
as Jay Malick
Evil
2019
as Ben Shakir
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Uncle Monty
After Midnight
2024
as Self
Jericho
2006
as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)
Room 104
2017
as Mediator
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Samir Patel
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
2018
as OCB (voice)
Another Period
2015
as Parshwall
The Miniature Wife
2026
as Martin Mucklowe
Sleeper Cell
2005
The Brink
2015
as Rafiq Massoud
Tanner '88
1988
The Bedford Diaries
2006
as Kamil Sharif
Would I Lie to You?
2022
as Self - Host
This Way Up
2019
as Vish
Tanner on Tanner
2004
as Salim Barik
Movies (55)
The Proposal
2009
as Bob Spaulding
The Dictator
2012
as Doctor
Spider-Man 2
2004
as Mr. Aziz
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
as Arab Cabbie
The Last Airbender
2010
as Commander Zhao
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
as Ichiro (voice)
Ruby Sparks
2012
as Cyrus Modi
Margin Call
2011
as Ramesh Shah
Movie 43
2013
as Robert (segment "iBabe")
The Siege
1998
as Khalil Saleh
Mother's Day
2016
as Russell
Analyze This
1999
as Dr. Shulman
Premium Rush
2012
as Raj
Crush
2022
as Coach Murray
Ghost Town
2008
as Dr. Jahangir Prashar
The Magician's Elephant
2023
as The King (voice)
Music and Lyrics
2007
as Khan
It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010
as Dr. Mahmoud
Random Hearts
1999
as Electronics Store Salesman
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
as Self
Lennon or McCartney
2014
as Self (voice)
Eddie
1996
as Mohammed
Freedomland
2006
as Dr. Anil Chatterjee
Pretty Bird
2008
as Ted the Banker
Million Dollar Arm
2014
as Ash Vasudevan
Human Capital
2020
as Godeep
Drunk Parents
2019
as Nigel
Eavesdrop
2008
as Don
A Kid Like Jake
2018
as Darren
Today's Special
2009
as Samir
3 A.M.
2001
as Singh
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010
as Self - Correspondent
Gods Behaving Badly
2013
as Maxwell
East of Main Street: Taking the Lead
2015
as Self
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
2021
as Self
Dark Horse
2012
as Mahmoud
The Understudy
2012
as Sarfras
It Takes a Lunatic
2019
as Self
ABCD
1999
as Ashok
The Mystic Masseur
2001
as Ganesh
White with Fear
2024
as Self
Sorry, Haters
2005
as Hassan
Jake's Women
1996
as Driver
The Problem with Apu
2017
as Self
Hook'd Up
1999
as Indian Guy
The Response
2008
as Al-Aqar
The War Within
2005
as Abdul
The Muslims Are Coming!
2013
as Self
Peroxide Passion
2001
as Beaumond
The Internship
2013
as Roger Chetty
Undecided: The Movie
2016
as Roger Ayeels
American Chai
2001
as Engineering Sam
Fallen Angels
2026
as Fred Sterroll
Book of Kings
2002
as Dr. Mitra
My Name Is Pedro
2020
as Self
About Aasif Mandvi
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,… With 89 credits spanning from 1984 to 2026, Aasif Mandvi has appeared in 55 films and 34 TV shows.
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- The Proposal (2009) — as Bob Spaulding
- The Dictator (2012) — as Doctor
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) — as Mr. Aziz
- Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) — as Arab Cabbie
- The Last Airbender (2010) — as Commander Zhao
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