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Aasif Mandvi Biography

Aasif Mandvi is a British–American actor, comedian, and writer who worked as a correspondent on The Daily Show from 2006 to 2017. He has appeared in TV shows like HBO’s The Brink and CBS/Paramount’s Evil. Also, he starred as Mr. Aziz in Spider-Man 2 and Commander Zhao in The Last Airbender.

Aasif Mandvi Education

Mandvi studied at the independent Woodhouse Grove School in Apperley Lane. He then studied at Chamberlain High School in Hillsborough County, where he graduated in 1984. Next, he majored in theater at the University of South Florida.

Aasif Mandvi Career

Mandvi debuted on TV, starring as a doorman at the Miami Biltmore Hotel in the Miami Vice episode, Line of Fire. He has also starred in TV shows, such as ER,  Oz, Ed,  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Bedford Diaries, The Sopranos, Jericho, Sleeper Cell, and Sex and the City. Moreover, he has starred in multiple editions of Law & Order, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Criminal Intent, and Trial by Jury.

Mandvi auditioned for The Daily Show in 2006 and was promptly hired, appearing on the show that same day. The following year, he became a regular correspondent, often appearing in segments that satirize and comment on Islamic, Middle-Eastern, and South-Asian-related matters.

In 2013, Mandvi joined the cast of FOX’s Us & Them. In October of that year, he interviewed Don Yelton of the North Carolina Republican Party office during a segment on The Daily Show. The comments Don Yelton made on the show led to his resignation after the interview was aired.

Mandvi played the role of Rafiq Massoud in HBO’s The Brink since June 2015. In April of that year, he starred as Sulaiman Khan, the CEO of a software security firm, in Person of Interest. He then worked as a co-writer, producer, and lead actor of the web series Halal in the Family.

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In 2016, Mandvi worked as one of the celebrity correspondents in the documentary show, Years of Living Dangerously. The following year, he starred in three episodes of Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, playing the role of Montgomery “Uncle Monty” Montgomery. In 2019, he joined the cast of CBS’s Evil as Ben Shakir, a carpenter who works as an equipment handler, technical expert, and debunker of supernatural phenomena.

Film

Mandvi had small roles in the films The Siege and Die Hard with a Vengeance. He played the title role in Merchant Ivory Productions’ The Mystic Masseur. Additionally, he starred as the lead character’s roommate, “Engineering Sam” in American Chai. He starred as a doctor who diagnosed Paul Vitti with panic attacks in Analyze This. Mandvi starred as Mr. Aziz of “Joe’s Pizza” in Spider-Man 2. 

Mandvi appeared in commercials for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Domino’s Pizza. He starred as the tone deaf doorman Khan in Music and Lyrics. In 2008, he starred in Ghost Town opposite Ricky Gervais and The Proposal opposite Sandra Bullock.

Mandvi co-wrote with Jonathan Bines Today’s Special, which premiered at the London Film Festival in October 2009 and at the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival in New York on 11 November 2009. He starred in the coming-of-age film, It’s Kind of a Funny Story. He played the role of a Guantanamo captive in The Response. In 2010, he starred as Commander Zhao in M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender. He then starred as Mr. Chetty in The Internship in 2013 and as Ash Vasudevan in Million Dollar Arm in 2014.

Aasif Mandvi Age

Mandvi was born Aasif Hakim Mandviwala on March 5, 1966, in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. He is 59 years old as of 2025. Mandvi celebrates his birthday on March 5th.

Aasif Mandvi Height

Mandvi stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 8 inches.

Aasif Mandvi Family

Mandvi was born to Hakim and Fatima, a Gujarati Muslim family of the Dawoodi Bohra caste. His family relocated to England when he was a year old and settled in the West Yorkshire city of Bradford. Hakim, his father, moved the family to England so that he could work in textiles research at Bradford University. However, he later ran a corner shop.

On the other hand, his mother worked as a nurse. After getting fed up with Margaret Thatcher’s administration in the early 80s, Hakim relocated his family to the United States, settling in Tampa, Florida, when Mandvi was 16 years old.

Hakim was born on March 5, 1940, and is 85 years old as of 2025. On March 5, 2025, Mandvi wished his father a happy 85th birthday via an Instagram post captioned “Happy Birthday Dad! ❤️❤️ 85 years today. We owe you more than we could ever express, I love you.” On January 30, 2025, he posted his mother on his Instagram account and captioned “Happy Birthday Ma. I miss you everyday. Wherever you are, I know that your smile in this picture is the one you have when looking down at your kids…”

Aasif Mandvi Wife

Mandvi married Shaifali Puri on 27 August 2017. Before getting married, they had dated for three years. The couple has a son named Ishan. Ishan was born on March 14, 2020, and is 5 years old as of 2025. On March 14, 2023, Shaifali posted a photo of them on her Instagram account and captioned “Here you are, my boy. My freshly-minted three-year-old, full of words and big ideas and jokes and…Thank you. And may 3 be as big and bright and buoyant as your golden balloon…” Shaifali works as an author and humanitarian at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia.

Aasif Mandvi Net Worth

Mandvi has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $5 million, which he has earned through being a journalist.

Aasif Mandvi Daily Show

Mandvi auditioned for The Daily Show in 2006 and was promptly hired, appearing on the show that same day. The following year, he became a regular correspondent, often appearing in segments that satirize and comment on Islamic, Middle-Eastern, and South-Asian-related matters. On the show, he addressed serious political and social topics in a digestible way, especially during a period marked by Islamophobia in the United States after 9/11. He starred in the show between 2006 and 2015 for 188 episodes.

Aasif Mandvi Uncle Monty

Mandvi starred in three episodes of Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, playing the role of Montgomery “Uncle Monty” Montgomery. He is a distant relative of the Baudelaires and a herpetologist, one who studies amphibians and reptiles. Also, he is a member of VFD and possesses a VFD spyglass. becomes the guardian of the Baudelaire orphans after Count Olaf fails to marry Violet.

Aasif Mandvi Movies and TV Shows

Mandvi has starred in several movies and TV shows during her career such as

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