Aasif Mandvi
Biography
Aasif Mandvi is a British actor who grew up in England and Florida and studied theater at the University of South Florida. He performed at Disney-MGM Studios and Universal Studios Florida, then moved to New York, where an Obie Award came for the one-man show Sakina's Restaurant. He played Ali Hakim on Broadway in Oklahoma! in 2002, and between 2006 and 2017 he served as a correspondent for The Daily Show, later taking television roles in The Brink and Evil. His film work includes playing Mr. Aziz in Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Commander Zhao in The Last Airbender (2010). He was the doorman Khan in Music and Lyrics (2007), Bob Spaulding in The Proposal (2009) and Ash Vasudevan in Million Dollar Arm (2014). He co-wrote Today's Special (2009) and starred in Disgraced in 2012, a play that took the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and brought him a Lucille Lortel Award nomination.
60years old
Turns 61 on March 5in 124 days
- Born Mumbai
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Aasif Mandviwala, Aasif H. Mandviwala and Aasif Hakim Mandviwala
Movie Career
- Films
- 27
- Career span
- 27 years1996 to 2023
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Big break
Mandvi tried out for The Daily Show in 2006, got the job right away, and was on the show that same day. By 2007 he had become a regular correspondent.
First role
In the Miami Vice episode "Line of Fire," Mandvi played a doorman at the Miami Biltmore Hotel, which was his first television role.
Behind the camera
Mandvi co-wrote Today's Special with Jonathan Bines. The film had its premiere in October 2009 at the London Film Festival, then showed at New York's Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival on 11 November 2009.
A change of course
After earning a theater degree from the University of South Florida, Mandvi performed at Disney-MGM Studios and Universal Studios Florida before moving to New York for off-Broadway work.
Aasif Mandvi movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
David Koepp directed two of these films. Sixteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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- Jim GaffiganDrunk Parents (2019) and It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
- Denis O'HareThe Proposal (2009) and Pretty Bird (2008)
- Edie FalcoGods Behaving Badly (2013) and Freedomland (2006)
- Ricky GervaisPaws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022) and Ghost Town (2008)
- Ajay NaiduGods Behaving Badly (2013) and Today's Special (2009)
- Lauren GrahamIt Takes a Lunatic (2019) and It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
- Donna MurphyDark Horse (2011) and Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Daniel Stewart ShermanPretty Bird (2008) and Music and Lyrics (2007)
- Gregg EdelmanThe Proposal (2009) and Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Randall Duk KimIt Takes a Lunatic (2019) and The Last Airbender (2010)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Aasif Mandvi's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.4 billion
19 of the 27 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 27 films: 19 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found.
- 19Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$789M33.4% of the total
- 2$320M13.6% of the total
- 3$317M13.5% of the total
- 4$179M7.6% of the total
- 5$177M7.5% of the total
- 6$146M6.2% of the total
- 7$117M4.9% of the total
- 8$94M4.0% of the total
$221 millionfrom the other 11 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total
Online
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