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