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
White with Fear
2024
After Midnight
Self · (1 episode)
2024
The Magician's Elephant
The King (voice)
2023
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Ichiro (voice)
2022
Crush
Coach Murray
2022
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Host · (13 episodes)
2022
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
Self
2021
Human Capital
Godeep
2020
Evil
Ben Shakir · (50 episodes)
2019
This Way Up
Vish · (8 episodes)
2019
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
2019
Drunk Parents
Nigel
2019
A Kid Like Jake
Darren
2018
Explained
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
2018
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
OCB (voice) · (12 episodes)
2018
The Problem with Apu
Self
2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Self
2017
Room 104
Mediator · (1 episode)
2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Uncle Monty · (3 episodes)
2017
Undecided: The Movie
Roger Ayeels
2016
Mother's Day
Russell
2016
Another Period
Parshwall · (1 episode)
2015
The Brink
Rafiq Massoud · (10 episodes)
2015
East of Main Street: Taking the Lead
Self
2015
Younger
Jay Malick · (4 episodes)
2015
Lennon or McCartney
Self (voice)
2014
Madam Secretary
Prince Yousif 'Joey' Obaid of Bahrain · (1 episode)
2014
Million Dollar Arm
Ash Vasudevan
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Gods Behaving Badly
Maxwell
2013
The Muslims Are Coming!
Self
2013
The Internship
Roger Chetty
2013
Movie 43
Robert (segment "iBabe")
2013
Premium Rush
Raj
2012
Ruby Sparks
Cyrus Modi
2012
Dark Horse
Mahmoud
2012
The Dictator
Doctor
2012
The Understudy
Sarfras
2012
Margin Call
Ramesh Shah
2011
Person of Interest
Sulaiman Khan · (1 episode)
2011
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Self - Correspondent
2010
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Dr. Mahmoud
2010
Blue Bloods
Samar Charwell · (2 episodes)
2010
The Last Airbender
Commander Zhao
2010
Today's Special
Samir
2009
Archer
Cornelius Varma (voice) · (1 episode)
2009
The Proposal
Bob Spaulding
2009
Ghost Town
Dr. Jahangir Prashar
2008
The Response
Al-Aqar
2008
Pretty Bird
Ted the Banker
2008
Eavesdrop
Don
2008
Music and Lyrics
Khan
2007
Jericho
Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited) · (5 episodes)
2006
Jericho
Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia · (2 episodes)
2006
The Bedford Diaries
Kamil Sharif · (6 episodes)
2006
Freedomland
Dr. Anil Chatterjee
2006
Sleeper Cell
(1 episode)
2005
The War Within
Abdul
2005
Sorry, Haters
Hassan
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Samir Patel · (2 episodes)
2005
Tanner on Tanner
Salim Barik · (4 episodes)
2004
Spider-Man 2
Mr. Aziz
2004
Beat Cops
2003
Book of Kings
Dr. Mitra
2002
The Mystic Masseur
Ganesh
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sateesh · (1 episode)
2001
3 A.M.
Singh
2001
Peroxide Passion
Beaumond
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Man in Elevator · (1 episode)
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. Leever · (4 episodes)
2000
ABCD
1999
Random Hearts
Electronics Store Salesman
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Professor Husseini · (1 episode)
1999
Analyze This
Dr. Shulman
1999
The Sopranos
Dr. Abu Bilal · (1 episode)
1999
Hook'd Up
Indian Guy
1999
The Siege
Khalil Saleh
1998
Sex and the City
Dmitri · (1 episode)
1998
Oz
Dr. Tariq Faraj · (2 episodes)
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (5 episodes)
1996
Eddie
Mohammed
1996
Jake's Women
Driver
1996
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Arab Cabbie
1995
Law & Order
Khan · (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order
Technician · (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order
Peanut Vendor · (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order
Gulab Singh · (1 episode)
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988
Tanner '88
(0 episode)
1988