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  • BIRTH 05/03/1966
  • Country India
  • SHOWS 27
  • MOVIES 31
  • SCRIPT 2

Aasif Mandvi

Aasif Hakim Mandviwala, known professionally as Aasif Mandvi, 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. He 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.

Aasif Mandvi

Shows (27)

Person of Interest
Person of Interest
Sulaiman Khan
The Sopranos
The Sopranos
Dr. Abu Bilal
Evil
Evil
Ben Shakir
Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Dmitri
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Professor Husseini
A Series of Unfortunate Events
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Uncle Monty
Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods
Samar Charwell
Oz
Oz
Dr. Tariq Faraj
Archer (2009)
Archer (2009)
Cornelius Varma (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. Leever
Younger
Younger
Jay Malick
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Man in Elevator
Jericho (2006)
Jericho (2006)
Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia / Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sateesh
Law & Order
Law & Order
Gulab Singh / Khan / Peanut Vendor / Technician
Explained
Explained
Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself
This Way Up
This Way Up
Vish
Room 104
Room 104
Mediator
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Samir Patel
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
Self
The Brink
The Brink
Rafiq Massoud
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Would I Lie to You? (US)
Would I Lie to You? (US)
Self - Host
After Midnight
After Midnight
Self
The Bedford Diaries
The Bedford Diaries
Kamil Sharif
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Another Period
Another Period
Parshwall

Movies (31)

Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2
Mr. Aziz
The Proposal
The Proposal
Bob Spaulding
The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender
Commander Zhao
Margin Call
Margin Call
Ramesh Shah
The Dictator
The Dictator
Doctor
The Internship
The Internship
Roger Chetty
The Siege
The Siege
Khalil Saleh
Analyze This
Analyze This
Dr. Shulman
Music and Lyrics
Music and Lyrics
Khan
Mother's Day
Mother's Day
Russell
Crush
Crush
Coach Murray
Premium Rush
Premium Rush
Raj
It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Dr. Mahmoud
Ghost Town
Ghost Town
Dr. Jahangir Prashar
The Magician's Elephant
The Magician's Elephant
The King (voice)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Ichiro (voice)
Ruby Sparks
Ruby Sparks
Cyrus Modi
Drunk Parents
Drunk Parents
Nigel
Human Capital
Human Capital
Godeep
Freedomland
Freedomland
Dr. Anil Chatterjee
La Proposition
La Proposition
Bob Spaulding
Million Dollar Arm
Million Dollar Arm
Ash Vasudevan
Dark Horse
Dark Horse
Mahmoud
The Problem with Apu
The Problem with Apu
Self
Eddie
Eddie
Mohammed
Pretty Bird
Pretty Bird
Ted the Banker
3 A.M.
3 A.M.
Singh
A Kid Like Jake
A Kid Like Jake
Darren
Today's Special
Today's Special
Samir
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
Self
Jake's Women
Jake's Women
Driver

Script (2)

The Brink
The Brink
(1 episode)
Today's Special
Today's Special