Aasif Mandvi Biography (1967?-)

Born 1967 (some sources say 1973), in Bombay, India (some sources say Chicago, IL); immigrated to England, c. 1969, then Florida as a teenager. Addresses: Agent: SMS Talent, 8730 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 440, West Hollywood, CA90069.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, playwright
Birth Details: 1967?; Bombay, India

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Arab cabbie, Die Hard: With a Vengeance (also known as Die Hard3), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
Mohammed, Eddie, Buena Vista, 1996
Khalil Saleh, The Siege, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Indian guy, Personals (also known as Hook'd Up), Unapix Entertainment, 1999
Dr. Shulman, Analyze This, Warner Bros., 1999
Electronics store salesman, Random Hearts, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
Ashok, ABCD, Phaedra Cinema, 1999
Engineering Sam, American Chai, Magic Lamp Releasing, 2001
Ganesh, The Mystic Masseur, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2001
Beaumond, Peroxide Passion, 2002
Mitra, Book of Kings, 2002
Shark/Roger, Undermind, 2003
Mr. Aziz, Spider-Man 2, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2004
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Salim, Tanner on Tanner, Sundance Channel, 2004
Movies
Driver, Jake's Women (also known as Neil Simon's Jake's Women), CBS, 1996
Dr. Raj Patel, NY Spice, 2001
Singh, 3 A.M., Showtime, 2001
Pilots

Beat Cops, 1999
Dr. Leever, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as CSI), CBS, 2000
Episodic
Omar, "The Smoking Section," New York Undercover, Fox, 1995
Khan, "Performance," Law & Order, NBC, 1995
Cabbie, "Big Brother Is Watching," The Cosby Mysteries, NBC, 1995
Technician, "Slave," Law & Order, NBC, 1997
Gulab Singh, "Showtime," Law & Order, NBC, 1997
"Payback," Nash Bridges, CBS, 1997
Peanut vendor, "Faccia a Faccia," Law & Order, NBC, 1998
"Daniel in the Lion's Den," Deadline, NBC, 2000
Doorman, "Jim Gets an Apartment," Welcome to New York, CBS, 2000
"Honor," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU), NBC, 2000
Dr. Leever, "Blood Drops," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as CSI), CBS, 2000
Dr. Leever, "Anonymous," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as CSI), CBS, 2000
Dmitri, "My Motherboard, My Self," Sex and the City, HBO, 2001
Dr. Tariq Faraj, "Variety," Oz, HBO, 2002
Dr. Tariq Faraj, "Good Intentions," Oz, HBO, 2002
Buyer, "Goodbye Stuckeyville," Ed, NBC, 2003
Stage Appearances
Delivery boy, Death Defying Acts, Variety Arts Theatre, New York City, 1995-96
Sakina, Samir, Ali, Farrida, Azgi, and Hakim, Sakina's Restaurant(one-person show), New Works Festival, Access Theatre, New York City, 1997, then American Place Theatre, New York City, 1998-99, later Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1999, then Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles, 2000
Trudy Blue, MCC Theater, New York City, 1999
Ali Hakim, Oklahoma!, Gershwin Theatre, New York City, 2002-2003
Moazzam Begg and Mr. Ahmed, Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, 45 Bleecker, New York City, 2004
Aleem, The 24 Hour Plays, American Airlines Theatre, New York City, 2004
Homebody/Kabul, BAM Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, NY 2004
Also appeared in subUrbia; The Brave.
Major Tours
Sakina, Samir, Ali, Farrida, Azgi, and Hakim, Sakina's Restaurant(one-person show), U.S. cities, 1999
WRITINGS
Plays
Sakina's Restaurant (one-person show), produced at New Works Festival, Access Theatre, New York City, 1997, then American Place Theatre, New York City, 1998-99, later Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,1999, then Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles, 2000

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