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Aasif Mandvi

Aasif Mandvi

Acting

March 5, 1966 (60 years old)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Male
57 Movies
42 TV Shows

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.

Evil
Evil

Evil

2019 7.8

as Ben Shakir

Age 53 (now 60)
50 eps
The Internship
The Internship

The Internship

2013 6.2

as Roger Chetty

Age 47 (now 60)
Million Dollar Arm
Million Dollar Arm

Million Dollar Arm

2014 6.7

as Ash Vasudevan

Age 48 (now 60)
The Dictator
The Dictator

The Dictator

2012 6.2

as Doctor

Age 46 (now 60)
The Proposal
The Proposal

The Proposal

2009 7.2

as Bob Spaulding

Age 43 (now 60)
Premium Rush
Premium Rush

Premium Rush

2012 6.4

as Raj

Age 46 (now 60)
Music and Lyrics
Music and Lyrics

Music and Lyrics

2007 6.5

as Khan

Age 40 (now 60)
Ghost Town
Ghost Town

Ghost Town

2008 6.5

as Dr. Jahangir Prashar

Age 42 (now 60)
The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender

The Last Airbender

2010 4.7

as Commander Zhao

Age 44 (now 60)
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2

2004 7.3

as Mr. Aziz

Age 38 (now 60)
The Siege
The Siege

The Siege

1998 6.3

as Khalil Saleh

Age 32 (now 60)
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
The Boss Baby: Back in Business

The Boss Baby: Back in Business

2018 7.1

as OCB (voice)

Age 52 (now 60)
12 eps
Today's Special
Today's Special

Today's Special

2009 6.2

as Samir

Age 43 (now 60)
Ruby Sparks
Ruby Sparks

Ruby Sparks

2012 7.1

as Cyrus Modi

Age 46 (now 60)
Crush
Crush

Crush

2022 7.4

as Coach Murray

Age 56 (now 60)
Margin Call
Margin Call

Margin Call

2011 6.9

as Ramesh Shah

Age 45 (now 60)