Cast & creator
Aasif Mandvi
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Law & Order
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.
Also known as: Aasif Mandviwala, 아시프 맨드비, 阿西夫·曼迪維
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film credits
42
television credits
96
1984–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (100)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Professor Husseini
1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Law & Order
Khan
1990Law & Order
Technician
1990Law & Order
Peanut Vendor
1990Law & Order
Gulab Singh
1990
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996The Daily Show
Self - Correspondent
1996
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. Leever
2000
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sateesh
2001
Blue Bloods
Samar Charwell
2010
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The Sopranos
Dr. Abu Bilal
1999
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Man in Elevator
2000
Person of Interest
Sulaiman Khan
2011
Archer
Cornelius Varma (voice)
2009
Miami Vice
Doorman
1984
Madam Secretary
Yousif 'Joey' Obaid
2014
Sex and the City
Dmitri
1998
After Midnight
Self
2024
Oz
Dr. Tariq Faraj
1997
Younger
Jay Malick
2015
Evil
Ben Shakir
2019
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Uncle Monty
2017
Jericho
Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)
2006Jericho
Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia
2006
Room 104
Mediator
2017
The Proposal
Bob Spaulding
2009
The Dictator
Doctor
2012
The Terror: Devil in Silver
Dr. Anand
2026
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
OCB (voice)
2018
Explained
Narrator (voice)
2018
Another Period
Parshwall
2015
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Samir Patel
2005
The Miniature Wife
Martin Mucklowe
2026
The Last Airbender
Commander Zhao
2010
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Arab Cabbie
1995
Spider-Man 2
Mr. Aziz
2004
Sleeper Cell
2005
Margin Call
Ramesh Shah
2011
Movie 43
Robert (segment "iBabe")
2013
Premium Rush
Raj
2012
Mother's Day
Russell
2016
Ruby Sparks
Cyrus Modi
2012
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Ichiro (voice)
2022
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Host
2022Would I Lie to You?
Executive Producer
2022
Analyze This
Dr. Shulman
1999
Tanner '88
1988
Ray Gunn
(voice)
2026
The Siege
Khalil Saleh
1998
The Brink
Rafiq Massoud
2015The Brink
Writer
2015
Music and Lyrics
Khan
2007
The Bedford Diaries
Kamil Sharif
2006
Random Hearts
Electronics Store Salesman
1999
Tanner on Tanner
Salim Barik
2004
Crush
Coach Murray
2022
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Dr. Mahmoud
2010
Ghost Town
Dr. Jahangir Prashar
2008
The Magician's Elephant
The King (voice)
2023
Human Capital
Godeep
2020
This Way Up
Vish
2019
Freedomland
Dr. Anil Chatterjee
2006
Drunk Parents
Nigel
2019
Million Dollar Arm
Aash
2014
Eddie
Mohammed
1996
A Kid Like Jake
Darren
2018
Fallen Angels
Fred Sterroll
2026
Sorry, Haters
Hassan
2005
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
Self
2021
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Self
2017
Lennon or McCartney
Self (voice)
2014
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
2019
Dark Horse
Mahmoud
2012
American Chai
Engineering Sam
2001
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Self - Correspondent
2010
Pretty Bird
Ted the Banker
2008
The Problem with Apu
Self
2017
East of Main Street: Taking the Lead
Self
2015
3 A.M.
Singh
2001
Jake's Women
Driver
1996
Gods Behaving Badly
Maxwell
2013
Eavesdrop
Don
2008
The War Within
Abdul
2005The Muslims Are Coming!
Self
2013
The Response
Al-Aqar
2008
My Name Is Pedro
Self
2020
White with Fear
Self
2024
The Understudy
Sarfras
2012
Today's Special
Samir
2009Today's Special
Writer
2009Today's Special
Screenplay
2009
ABCD
Ashok
1999Hook'd Up
Indian Guy
1999
Peroxide Passion
Beaumond
2001
Undecided: The Movie
Roger Ayeels
2016
The Mystic Masseur
Ganesh
2001Book of Kings
Dr. Mitra
2002
The Internship
Roger Chetty
2013