Aasif Mandvi

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name = Aasif Mandvi

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Aasif Mandvi (born March 5, 1966) is an Indian American actor and comedian. He began appearing as an occasional contributing correspondent on "The Daily Show" on August 9, 2006. On March 12, 2007, he was promoted to a regular correspondent. [ [http://www.comedycentral.com/press/press_releases/2007/31207_aasif_mandvi_joins_tds.jhtml Comedy Central Press | Press Release ] ]

Biography

Mandvi was born in Mumbai, India to a Muslim family. Before moving to New York City, he was part of the "Streetmosphere" (now, "Citizens of Hollywood") ensemble at the Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World.

Mandvi played the title role in Merchant Ivory Productions' film "The Mystic Masseur" and is also the recipient of an Obie Award for his critically acclaimed one-man show "Sakina's Restaurant". He also had a major supporting role in the independent film "American Chai", playing the lead character's roommate, "Engineering Sam." He was the doctor who diagnosed Paul Vitti's (Robert De Niro) panic attacks in "Analyze This," and had a memorable role as Mr. Aziz of "Joe's Pizza" in "Spider-Man 2." He was also in a Domino's Pizza commercial. He played the doorman Khan in "Music and Lyrics."

On Broadway Mandvi appeared as Ali Hakim in the 2002 revival of "Oklahoma!" directed by Trevor Nunn. He also appeared in the play "Homebody/Kabul" by Tony Kushner at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and The Brooklyn Academy of Music. He recently portrayed the German chemist Fritz Haber in the off-Broadway play "Einstein's Gift." Mandvi played Melchior in "On the Razzle" by Tom Stoppard at The Williamstown Theatre Festival and appeared in the docudrama "" at The Culture Project.

He has been in numerous television shows; "ER," "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City," "," "Oz," "Ed," "The Bedford Diaries," "Jericho,""Sleeper Cell" and various editions of "Law & Order," including "," "" and "." Mandvi was the reader for the books on audio editions of Salman Rushdie's "Shalimar the Clown" (2005) and V. S. Naipaul's "Magic Seeds" (2004).

In 2008 Mandvi began production on the film 7 To The Palace which he co wrote with ex The Daily Show writer Jonathan Bines. The movie was inspired by his one man show and is a comedy about Indian Food. Fact|date=July 2008

He most recently played a dentist alongside Ricky Gervais in the romantic-comedy "Ghost Town".

References

External links

* [http://www.aasifmandvi.com Aasif Mandvi Dot Com] , official Aasif Mandvi website.
* [http://www.aasifmandvi.net Aasif Mandvi Dot Net] , a comprehensive fan resource.
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* [http://niralimagazine.com/2007/02/a-man-called-mandvi/ A Man Called Mandvi] , Nirali Magazine, February 2007