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 i ... mmediately 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.
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Evil
as Ben Shakir
Episodes: 50
First Aired: Sep 26, 2019
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
as OCB (voice)
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Apr 06, 2018
The Brink
as Rafiq Massoud
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Jun 21, 2015
This Way Up
as Vish
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Aug 08, 2019
The Bedford Diaries
as Kamil Sharif
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Mar 29, 2006
Jericho
as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 20, 2006
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. Leever
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 06, 2000
Tanner on Tanner
as Salim Barik
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 05, 2004
Younger
as Jay Malick
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 31, 2015
A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Uncle Monty
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 13, 2017
Oz
as Dr. Tariq Faraj
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jul 12, 1997
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Samir Patel
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 03, 2005
Blue Bloods
as Samar Charwell
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 24, 2010
Jericho
as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 20, 2006
Room 104
as Mediator
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 28, 2017
Another Period
as Parshwall
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 23, 2015
Archer
as Cornelius Varma (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 2009
Person of Interest
as Sulaiman Khan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 2011
The Sopranos
as Dr. Abu Bilal
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 10, 1999
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Man in Elevator
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 2000
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Sateesh
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 2001
Law & Order
as Khan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Law & Order
as Technician
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Law & Order
as Peanut Vendor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Explained
as Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 23, 2018
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Professor Husseini
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
Sex and the City
as Dmitri
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 06, 1998
Law & Order
as Gulab Singh
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Would I Lie to You?
as Self - Host
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Apr 09, 2022
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
Sleeper Cell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 04, 2005
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1988
After Midnight
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 17, 2024
Tanner '88
Episodes: 0
First Aired: Feb 15, 1988
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