Acting

Aasif Mandvi

Born March 5, 1966 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (age 60)

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 occas…

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The Proposal

The Proposal · 2009

MovieComedyRomance

When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

The Dictator

The Dictator · 2012

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

The Last Airbender

The Last Airbender · 2010

The Last Airbender

MovieActionAdventure

A century has passed since the Fire Nation declared war on the other three nations of air, water, and earth in its attempt for global domination. Aang, the long-lost Avatar, is found by Water Tribe siblings Katara and Sokka and must learn to master water, earth, and fire bending to defeat the Fire Nation and restore balance to the world.

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Die Hard: With a Vengeance · 1995

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

MovieActionThriller

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2 · 2004

MovieActionAdventure

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

Margin Call

Margin Call · 2011

MovieThrillerDrama

Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. An entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm.

Movie 43

Movie 43 · 2013

A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest. In some countries, like the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the structure differs. Instead of a pitch, the films are connected by a group of three teenagers searching for the most banned film in the world, Movie 43, which will ultimately lead to the destruction of civilization.

Premium Rush

Premium Rush · 2012

MovieCrimeAction

In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

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The Proposal

The Proposal · 2009

MovieComedyRomance

When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

Bob Spaulding

The Dictator

The Dictator · 2012

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Doctor

The Last Airbender

The Last Airbender · 2010

The Last Airbender

MovieActionAdventure

A century has passed since the Fire Nation declared war on the other three nations of air, water, and earth in its attempt for global domination. Aang, the long-lost Avatar, is found by Water Tribe siblings Katara and Sokka and must learn to master water, earth, and fire bending to defeat the Fire Nation and restore balance to the world.

Commander Zhao

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Die Hard: With a Vengeance · 1995

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

MovieActionThriller

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

Arab Cabbie

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2 · 2004

MovieActionAdventure

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

Mr. Aziz

Margin Call

Margin Call · 2011

MovieThrillerDrama

Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. An entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm.

Ramesh Shah

Movie 43

Movie 43 · 2013

A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest. In some countries, like the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the structure differs. Instead of a pitch, the films are connected by a group of three teenagers searching for the most banned film in the world, Movie 43, which will ultimately lead to the destruction of civilization.

Robert (segment "iBabe")

Premium Rush

Premium Rush · 2012

MovieCrimeAction

In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

Raj

Analyze This

Analyze This · 1999

MovieComedyCrime

Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.

Dr. Shulman

Ruby Sparks

Ruby Sparks · 2012

MovieComedyRomance

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

Cyrus Modi

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank · 2022

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

MovieAnimationAdventure

A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant mentor, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.

Ichiro (voice)

Mother's Day

Mother's Day · 2016

MovieComedyDrama

Three generations come together in the week leading up to Mother's Day.

Russell

The Magician's Elephant

The Magician's Elephant · 2023

The Magician's Elephant

MovieAnimationAdventure

Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His only question is: is his sister still alive? The answer, that he must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it, sets Peter off on a journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that will change the face of his town forever.

The King (voice)

Ray Gunn

Ray Gunn · 2026

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

In Metropia, a gigantic city in an alternate future as seen from 1939, private eye Raymond Gunn is drawn into a case involving aliens, murder and a multimedia star named Venus Nova.

Emory Lutz (voice)

Music and Lyrics

Music and Lyrics · 2007

Music and Lyrics

MovieComedyMusic

A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years; he's never written lyrics and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days.

Khan

The Siege

The Siege · 1998

MovieDramaAction

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

Khalil Saleh

Random Hearts

Random Hearts · 1999

MovieDramaRomance

After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and discover that the two were having an affair.

Electronics Store Salesman

Crush

MovieComedyRomance

When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like.

Coach Murray

Ghost Town

Ghost Town · 2008

MovieComedyRomance

Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!

Dr. Jahangir Prashar

It's Kind of a Funny Story

It's Kind of a Funny Story · 2010

It's Kind of a Funny Story

MovieComedyDrama

A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

Dr. Mahmoud

Drunk Parents

Drunk Parents · 2019

Two drunk parents attempt to hide their ever increasing financial difficulties from their daughter and social circle through elaborate neighborhood schemes.

Nigel

Human Capital

Human Capital · 2020

MovieCrimeDrama

Ian begins a relationship with Drew's daughter, who works in the financial sector. The couple gets involved in a tragic accident that will change their lives forever. At the same time, the accident has a major impact on both their families who, despite the class difference, cross paths.

Godeep

Million Dollar Arm

Million Dollar Arm · 2014

Million Dollar Arm

In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India. He soon discovers two young men who can throw a fastball but know nothing about the game of baseball. Or America. It’s an incredible and touching journey that will change them all — especially JB, who learns valuable lessons about teamwork, commitment and family.

Aash

Eddie

MovieActionComedy

Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima

Mohammed

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · 1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

SeriesCrimeDrama

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Professor Husseini

Law & Order

Law & Order · 1990

SeriesCrimeDrama

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Khan

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · 2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

SeriesCrimeDrama

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

Dr. Leever

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent · 2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

Sateesh

Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods · 2010

SeriesCrimeDrama

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.

Samar Charwell

The Sopranos

The Sopranos · 1999

SeriesCrimeDrama

The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.

Dr. Abu Bilal

Person of Interest

Person of Interest · 2011

Person of Interest

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.

Sulaiman Khan

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

Man in Elevator

Miami Vice

Miami Vice · 1984

SeriesCrimeDrama

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.

Doorman

Madam Secretary

Madam Secretary · 2014

Madam Secretary

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling office politics, and circumventing protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home.

Yousif 'Joey' Obaid

Sex and the City

Sex and the City · 1998

Sex and the City

SeriesDramaComedy

Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.

Dmitri

Archer

SeriesComedyAction & Adventure

Smart-mouthed superspy Sterling Archer and his dysfunctional team of secret agents turn dangerous missions into messy misadventures around the globe.

Cornelius Varma (voice)

SeriesCrimeDrama

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

Dr. Tariq Faraj

Evil

SeriesCrimeDrama

Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to assess for a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

Ben Shakir

Younger

Younger · 2015

SeriesDramaComedy

Liza Miller, a suddenly single stay-at-home mother, tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at 40-year old. When a chance encounter convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 and lands a job as an assistant at Empirical Press. Now she just has to make sure no one finds out the secret only she and her best friend Maggie share.

Jay Malick

A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Series of Unfortunate Events · 2017

A Series of Unfortunate Events

SeriesAction & AdventureFamily

The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.

Uncle Monty

Jericho

Jericho · 2006

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States.

Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia (uncredited)

The Terror: Devil in Silver

The Terror: Devil in Silver · 2026

The Terror: Devil in Silver

Wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital, one man faces secretive doctors, dangerous patients, and something even worse …

Dr. Anand

The Boss Baby: Back in Business

The Boss Baby: Back in Business · 2018

The Boss Baby: Back in Business

SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure

The Boss Baby brings his big brother Tim to the office to teach him the art of business in this animated series sprung from the hit film.

OCB (voice)

Room 104

Room 104 · 2017

SeriesMysteryDrama

An anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a unique set of circumstances and quirks.

Mediator

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Law & Order: Trial by Jury · 2005

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building a case, investigating leads and preparing witnesses for trial.

Samir Patel

Another Period

Another Period · 2015

Set at the turn of the century, “Another Period” follows the misadventures of the Bellacourts, Newport, RI’s first family, who have absolutely nothing to offer to the world, but who have so much money it doesn’t matter. The series focuses on sisters “Lillian” and “Beatrice”, who care only about how they look, what parties they attend and becoming famous, which is a lot harder in 1902.

Parshwall

Explained

Explained · 2018

SeriesDocumentary

This enlightening series from Vox digs into a wide range of topics such as the rise of cryptocurrency, why diets fail, and the wild world of K-pop.

Narrator (voice)

The Miniature Wife

The Miniature Wife · 2026

The Miniature Wife

SeriesDramaComedy

Lindy and Les, a married writer and scientist, are forced to re-evaluate the power balances in their relationship after a freak accident shrinks Lindy down to 6 inches tall.

Martin Mucklowe