Aasif Mandvi
Acting
Born: March 5, 1966 (age 60) · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Highest Rated
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
Spider-Man 2
2004
The Proposal
2009
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
The Dictator
2012
The Internship
2013
The Last Airbender
2010
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Sopranos
1999
Movie 43
2013
It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010
Premium Rush
2012
Sex and the City
1998
Photos (6)
Movies (42)
Spider-Man 2
Mr. Aziz
The Proposal
Bob Spaulding
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Arab Cabbie
The Last Airbender
Commander Zhao
The Dictator
Doctor
Margin Call
Ramesh Shah
Movie 43
Robert (segment "iBabe")
The Siege
Khalil Saleh
Analyze This
Dr. Shulman
Mother's Day
Russell
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Ichiro (voice)
Premium Rush
Raj
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Dr. Mahmoud
Ruby Sparks
Cyrus Modi
The Magician's Elephant
The King (voice)
Music and Lyrics
Khan
Freedomland
Dr. Anil Chatterjee
Eddie
Mohammed
Ghost Town
Dr. Jahangir Prashar
Random Hearts
Electronics Store Salesman
Crush
Coach Murray
Human Capital
Godeep
Million Dollar Arm
Aash
Drunk Parents
Nigel
American Chai
Engineering Sam
3 A.M.
Singh
A Kid Like Jake
Darren
Pretty Bird
Ted the Banker
The War Within
Abdul
Gods Behaving Badly
Maxwell
Dark Horse
Mahmoud
Eavesdrop
Don
Today's Special
Samir
Jake's Women
Driver
The Understudy
Sarfras
Sorry, Haters
Hassan
ABCD
Ashok
Undecided: The Movie
Roger Ayeels
The Response
Al-Aqar
The Mystic Masseur
Ganesh
Peroxide Passion
Beaumond
The Internship
Roger Chetty
TV Shows (34)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Professor Husseini · 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. Leever · 4 eps
Law & Order
Khan · 1 eps
Law & Order
Technician · 1 eps
Law & Order
Peanut Vendor · 1 eps
Law & Order
Gulab Singh · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sateesh · 1 eps
Blue Bloods
Samar Charwell · 2 eps
The Sopranos
Dr. Abu Bilal · 1 eps
Person of Interest
Sulaiman Khan · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Doorman · 1 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Man in Elevator · 1 eps
Sex and the City
Dmitri · 1 eps
Oz
Dr. Tariq Faraj · 2 eps
Madam Secretary
Yousif 'Joey' Obaid · 1 eps
Evil
Ben Shakir · 50 eps
Archer
Cornelius Varma (voice) · 1 eps
Younger
Jay Malick · 4 eps
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Uncle Monty · 3 eps
The Terror: Devil in Silver
Dr. Anand · 5 eps
Jericho
Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited) · 5 eps
Jericho
Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia · 2 eps
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
OCB (voice) · 12 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Samir Patel · 2 eps
Explained
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Room 104
Mediator · 1 eps
Another Period
Parshwall · 1 eps
The Miniature Wife
Martin Mucklowe · 10 eps
Sleeper Cell
1 eps
The Brink
Rafiq Massoud · 10 eps
Tanner '88
1988
Tanner on Tanner
Salim Barik · 4 eps
This Way Up
Vish · 8 eps
The Bedford Diaries
Kamil Sharif · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (15)
The Daily Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self - Correspondent · 17 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
After Midnight
Self · 1 eps
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Host · 13 eps
Lennon or McCartney
Self (voice)
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Self
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Self - Correspondent
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
The Problem with Apu
Self
East of Main Street: Taking the Lead
Self
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
Self
White with Fear
Self
My Name Is Pedro
Self
