Marshall Manesh
Biography
Marshall Manesh is an Iranian-American actor born in Mashhad in 1950 who began his film career with a debut role in James Cameron's True Lies (1994). He has acted in more than 100 feature films, television projects, and more than 40 commercials. On television, he had recurring parts on shows such as Boston Legal, Will & Grace, Scrubs, Andy Barker, P.I., and Hot in Cleveland, most notably as the taxi driver Ranjit on How I Met Your Mother, a Bangladeshi character whose lines he sometimes delivered in Persian. He also guest starred on Burn Notice, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The X-Files, ER, and Prison Break. His film credits include Kazaam (1996), The Big Lebowski, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), and Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016). He appeared in Madonna's 2005 video for Hung Up and judged the sixth annual Noor Iranian Film Festival.
76years old
Turns 77 on August 16in 308 days
- Born Mashhad
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 22 years1994 to 2016
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Languages
On How I Met Your Mother, Manesh played taxi driver Ranjit, a character written as Bangladeshi, and delivered several lines in his native Persian.
Beyond film
Marshall Manesh had a cameo role in Madonna's 2005 video for the song "Hung Up", playing the part of the cab driver.
Marshall Manesh movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night2014 Drama, Horror, Romanceas Hossein 'The Junkie'
IMDb rating 6.942K votes
Most often with
Three 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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Official profiles and reference pages.