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\u00a0Miami Biltmore Hotel\u00a0in the episode “Line of Fire” of the series\u00a0Miami Vice. In 2006, Mandvi auditioned for\u00a0The 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\u00a0The Daily Show, his interview with Don Yelton led to Yelton’s resignation from the North Carolina Republican Party office.<\/p>\n
In 2013, he was cast in a recurring role on the\u00a0FOX\u00a0romantic comedy,\u00a0Us & Them. Beginning in June 2015, he portrayed Rafiq Massoud in the HBO comedy series\u00a0The 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\u00a0Halal in the Family, which premiered on\u00a0Funny or Die. In 2016, he joined the climate change documentary show\u00a0Years of Living Dangerously\u00a0as one of its celebrity correspondents.<\/p>\n
Beginning in 2017, he had a short recurring role on Netflix’s \u00a0A Series of Unfortunate Events\u00a0as Montgomery “Uncle Monty” Montgomery, a herpetologist and distant relative of the Baudelaire children. In 2019, he starred\u00a0in CBS’ supernatural drama series\u00a0Evil\u00a0as 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).<\/p>\n
He played minor roles in the films\u00a0The Siege\u00a0and\u00a0Die Hard with a Vengeance. He played the doctor who diagnosed Paul Vitti’s (Robert De Niro) panic attacks in Analyze This,\u00a0and had a role as Mr. Aziz of “Joe’s Pizza” in\u00a0Spider-Man 2. He played the\u00a0tone deaf\u00a0doorman Khan in\u00a0Music and Lyrics, a dentist alongside\u00a0Ricky Gervais in Ghost Town, Bob Spaulding in\u00a0The Proposal, and appeared in\u00a0It’s Kind of a Funny Story.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0M. Night Shyamalan’s\u00a0The Last Airbender\u00a0(released in 2010) he played a major role as\u00a0Commander Zhao. He played the role of Mr. Chetty in The Internship\u00a0and\u00a0Ash Vasudevan\u00a0in\u00a0Million 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Miami Biltmore Hotel\u00a0in the episode “Line of Fire” of the series\u00a0Miami Vice. In 2006, Mandvi auditioned for\u00a0The Daily Show and was hired immediately and appeared on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-25768","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n