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