Acting · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Born March 5, 1966
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.
MovieFallen Angels
2026
as Fred Sterroll
TVThe Terror: Devil in Silver
2026
as Dr. Anand
TVThe Miniature Wife
2026
as Martin Mucklowe
MovieWhite with Fear
2024
as Self
TVAfter Midnight
2024
as Self
MovieThe Magician's Elephant
2023
as The King (voice)
MoviePaws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
as Ichiro (voice)
MovieCrush
2022
as Coach Murray
TVWould I Lie to You?
2022
as Self - Host
MovieToo Soon: Comedy After 9/11
2021
as Self
MovieMy Name Is Pedro
2020
as Self
MovieHuman Capital
2020
as Godeep
TVEvil
2019
as Ben Shakir
TVThis Way Up
2019
as Vish
MovieIt Takes a Lunatic
2019
as Self
MovieDrunk Parents
2019
as Nigel
MovieA Kid Like Jake
2018
as Darren
TVExplained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Boss Baby: Back in Business
2018
as OCB (voice)
MovieThe Problem with Apu
2017
as Self
MovieNight of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
as Self
TVRoom 104
2017
as Mediator
TVA Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Uncle Monty
MovieUndecided: The Movie
2016
as Roger Ayeels
MovieMother's Day
2016
as Russell
TVAnother Period
2015
as Parshwall
TVThe Brink
2015
as Rafiq Massoud
MovieEast of Main Street: Taking the Lead
2015
as Self
TVYounger
2015
as Jay Malick
MovieLennon or McCartney
2014
as Self (voice)
TVMadam Secretary
2014
as Yousif 'Joey' Obaid
MovieMillion Dollar Arm
2014
as Aash
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
MovieGods Behaving Badly
2013
as Maxwell
The Muslims Are Coming!
2013
as Self
MovieThe Internship
2013
as Roger Chetty
MovieMovie 43
2013
as Robert (segment "iBabe")
MoviePremium Rush
2012
as Raj
MovieRuby Sparks
2012
as Cyrus Modi
MovieDark Horse
2012
as Mahmoud
MovieThe Dictator
2012
as Doctor
MovieThe Understudy
2012
as Sarfras
MovieMargin Call
2011
as Ramesh Shah
TVPerson of Interest
2011
as Sulaiman Khan
MovieThe Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010
as Self - Correspondent
MovieIt's Kind of a Funny Story
2010
as Dr. Mahmoud
TVBlue Bloods
2010
as Samar Charwell
MovieThe Last Airbender
2010
as Commander Zhao
MovieToday's Special
2009
as Samir
TVArcher
2009
as Cornelius Varma (voice)
MovieThe Proposal
2009
as Bob Spaulding
MovieGhost Town
2008
as Dr. Jahangir Prashar
MovieThe Response
2008
as Al-Aqar
MoviePretty Bird
2008
as Ted the Banker
MovieEavesdrop
2008
as Don
MovieMusic and Lyrics
2007
as Khan
TVJericho
2006
as Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)
TVThe Bedford Diaries
2006
as Kamil Sharif
MovieFreedomland
2006
as Dr. Anil Chatterjee
TVSleeper Cell
2005
MovieThe War Within
2005
as Abdul
MovieSorry, Haters
2005
as Hassan
TVLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Samir Patel
TVTanner on Tanner
2004
as Salim Barik
MovieSpider-Man 2
2004
as Mr. Aziz
Book of Kings
2002
as Dr. Mitra
MovieThe Mystic Masseur
2001
as Ganesh
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Sateesh
Movie3 A.M.
2001
as Singh
MoviePeroxide Passion
2001
as Beaumond
MovieAmerican Chai
2001
as Engineering Sam
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Man in Elevator
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Dr. Leever
MovieABCD
1999
as Ashok
MovieRandom Hearts
1999
as Electronics Store Salesman
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Professor Husseini
MovieAnalyze This
1999
as Dr. Shulman
Hook'd Up
1999
as Indian Guy
TVThe Sopranos
1999
as Dr. Abu Bilal
MovieThe Siege
1998
as Khalil Saleh
TVSex and the City
1998
as Dmitri
TVOz
1997
as Dr. Tariq Faraj
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MovieEddie
1996
as Mohammed
MovieJake's Women
1996
as Driver
MovieDie Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
as Arab Cabbie
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Khan
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TVTanner '88
1988
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Doorman
