Aasif Mandvi
Aasif Mandvi
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.
Known For
Actor
as Self
as The King (voice)
as Ichiro (voice)
as Coach Murray
as Self - Host
as Self
as Godeep
as Self
as Nigel
as Ben Shakir
as Vish
as Darren
as Narrator (voice)
as OCB (voice)
as Self
as Mediator
as Uncle Monty
as Roger Ayeels
as Russell
as Parshwall
as Rafiq Massoud
as Jay Malick
as Self (voice)
as Ash Vasudevan
as Self
as Self
as Roger Chetty
as Robert (segment "iBabe")
as Raj
as Cyrus Modi
as Mahmoud
as Doctor
as Sarfras
as Ramesh Shah
as Sulaiman Khan
as Self - Correspondent
as Dr. Mahmoud
as Commander Zhao
as Samar Charwell
as Samir
as Bob Spaulding
as Cornelius Varma (voice)
as Dr. Jahangir Prashar
as Al-Aqar
as Ted the Banker
as Don
as Khan
as Dr. Anil Chatterjee
as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)
as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia
as Kamil Sharif
as Abdul
as Samir Patel
as Mr. Aziz
as Salim Barik
as Dr. Mitra
as Ganesh
as Singh
as Beaumond
as Sateesh
as Man in Elevator
as Dr. Leever
as Electronics Store Salesman
as Dr. Shulman
as Indian Guy
as Professor Husseini
as Dr. Abu Bilal
as Khalil Saleh
as Dmitri
as Dr. Tariq Faraj
as Mohammed
as Driver
as Self
as Arab Cabbie
as Khan
as Technician
as Peanut Vendor
as Gulab Singh
as Self - Guest
Writer
Producer
as Executive Producer