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Aasif Mandvi
Acting

Aasif Mandvi
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1966-03-05,Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

7.309

Spider-Man 2
2004-06-25

The Last Airbender

4.65

The Last Airbender
2010-06-30

Music and Lyrics

6.455

Music and Lyrics
2007-02-09

6.517

Ghost Town
2008-09-19

5.2

Freedomland
2006-02-17

6.306

The Siege
1998-11-06

The Magician's Elephant

6.778

The Magician's Elephant
2023-03-10

4.6

Eavesdrop
2008-08-01

Today's Special

6.2

Today's Special
2009-10-14

7.16

The Proposal
2009-06-02

6.362

Premium Rush
2012-08-24

6.865

Margin Call
2011-09-28

The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

5.9

The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010-10-30

5.7

Dark Horse
2012-06-08

6.232

The Dictator
2012-05-15

4.655

Movie 43
2013-01-24

7.121

Ruby Sparks
2012-07-25

5.584

Random Hearts
1999-10-08

0

The Understudy
2012-03-16

7

Hook'd Up
1999-02-04

Peroxide Passion

9

Peroxide Passion
2001-01-01

7.386

Crush
2022-04-29

6.241

The Internship
2013-06-07

5.25

ABCD
1999-11-06

Million Dollar Arm

6.714

Million Dollar Arm
2014-05-09

The Muslims Are Coming!

10

The Muslims Are Coming!
2013-09-13

6.514

Analyze This
1999-03-05

5.483

Eddie
1996-05-31

5.2

The Response
2008-08-08

4.9

Pretty Bird
2008-08-08

5.982

Mother's Day
2016-04-28

Lennon or McCartney

5.259

Lennon or McCartney
2014-12-12

5.8

The War Within
2005-09-30

5.75

3 A.M.
2001-07-01

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

6.631

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022-07-14

Undecided: The Movie

7.8

Undecided: The Movie
2016-10-18

It's Kind of a Funny Story

6.948

It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010-10-08

4.5

Drunk Parents
2019-02-08

The Problem with Apu

4.8

The Problem with Apu
2017-11-18

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

6.4

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017-11-18

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

7.28

Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995-05-19

5.647

Human Capital
2020-07-17

It Takes a Lunatic

5.3

It Takes a Lunatic
2019-05-03

The Mystic Masseur

5.5

The Mystic Masseur
2001-10-05

A Kid Like Jake

5.984

A Kid Like Jake
2018-06-01

6.5

Jake's Women
1996-01-02

East of Main Street: Taking the Lead

10

East of Main Street: Taking the Lead
2015-05-01

8.5

Book of Kings
2002-05-10

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11

5

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
2021-09-11

White with Fear

2

White with Fear
2024-10-19

Gods Behaving Badly

2.5

Gods Behaving Badly
2013-11-13

5.632

Sorry, Haters
2005-09-10

10

American Chai
2001-01-01

0

Fallen Angels
2026-06-05

My Name Is Pedro

10

My Name Is Pedro
2020-09-17

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7.637

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-10-06

7.417

Jericho
2006-09-20

6.875

Tanner '88
1988-02-15

6.414

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

5.7

Room 104
2017-07-28

8.1

Oz
1997-07-12

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

8.1

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005-03-03

6.9

Another Period
2015-06-23

7.948

Archer
2009-09-17

Person of Interest

8.1

Person of Interest
2011-09-22

7.05

The Brink
2015-06-21

Tanner on Tanner

10

Tanner on Tanner
2004-10-05

8.7

The Sopranos
1999-01-10

6.9

Younger
2015-03-31

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8.03

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-10-15

The Bedford Diaries

5.75

The Bedford Diaries
2006-03-29

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

A Series of Unfortunate Events

7.405

A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017-01-13

Would I Lie to You?

4

Would I Lie to You?
2022-04-09

7.4

Sleeper Cell
2005-12-04

7

This Way Up
2019-08-08

7.311

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.311

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.311

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.5

Explained
2018-05-23

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.947

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

7.8

Blue Bloods
2010-09-24

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

Sex and the City

7.4

Sex and the City
1998-06-06

7.82

Evil
2019-09-26

7.311

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.417

Jericho
2006-09-20

5.273

After Midnight
2024-01-17

The Boss Baby: Back in Business

7.068

The Boss Baby: Back in Business
2018-04-06

Madam Secretary

6.988

Madam Secretary
2014-09-21

7.453

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

6.414

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

The Miniature Wife

7.4

The Miniature Wife
2026-04-09

The Terror: Devil in Silver

5.857

The Terror: Devil in Silver
2026-05-07