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Aliases: Aasif Mandviwala , 아시프 맨드비 , 阿西夫·曼迪維

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Movie Involvements: 25

TV Involvements: 19


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Peanut Vendor
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Professor Husseini
The Sopranos
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9

The Sopranos

(1999) Dr. Abu Bilal
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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8

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

(2000) Dr. Leever
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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8
Blue Bloods
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8

Blue Bloods

(2010) Samar Charwell
Person of Interest
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8

Person of Interest

(2011) Sulaiman Khan
Jericho
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7

Jericho

(2006) Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 The King (voice)
2022 Ichiro (voice)
Coach Murray
Self - Host
2021 Self
2020 Godeep
2019 Ben Shakir
Vish
Self
Nigel
2018 Darren
Narrator (voice)
2017 Self
Self
Mediator
Uncle Monty
2016 Roger Ayeels
Russell
2015 Parshwall
Rafiq Massoud
Self
Jay Malick
2014 Self (voice)
Ash Vasudevan
Self
2013 Self
Roger Chetty
Robert (segment "iBabe")
2012 Raj
Cyrus Modi
Doctor
Sarfras
2011 Sulaiman Khan
Mahmoud
Ramesh Shah
2010 Self - Correspondent
Dr. Mahmoud
Samar Charwell
Commander Zhao
2009 Samir
Cornelius Varma (voice)
Bob Spaulding
2008 Dr. Jahangir Prashar
Al-Aqar
Ted the Banker
Don
2007 Khan
2006 Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)
Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia
Kamil Sharif
Dr. Anil Chatterjee
2005 N/A
Abdul
Samir Patel
2004 Salim Barik
Mr. Aziz
2003 N/A
2002 Dr. Mitra
2001 Ganesh
Sateesh
Singh
Beaumond
2000 Man in Elevator
Dr. Leever
1999 N/A
Electronics Store Salesman
Professor Husseini
Dr. Shulman
Dr. Abu Bilal
Indian Guy
1998 Khalil Saleh
Dmitri
1997 Dr. Tariq Faraj
1996 Self
Mohammed
Driver
1995 Arab Cabbie
1990 Gulab Singh
Khan
Technician
Peanut Vendor
1988 Self - Guest
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2015 Writer
2009 Writer
Screenplay
Year Role Movie/Tv

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