Aasif Mandvi
Birthday: 5 March 1966, Bombay, India
Birth Name: Aasif Mandviwala
Height: 173 cm
Aasif Mandvi was born on March 5, 1966 in Bombay, India as Aasif Mandviwala. He is an actor and producer, known for Spider-Man 2 (2004), The Dictator (2012) and The Internship (2013).
The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the Show more
The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist. Hide
In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it do Show more
In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from. Hide
Traditional television as we have known it will make love to the Internet and have a child. That chi Show more
Traditional television as we have known it will make love to the Internet and have a child. That child will be the future. It's already happening, and it's hot! Hide
I think Islam has been hijacked by the idea that all Muslims are terrorists; that Islam is about hat Show more
I think Islam has been hijacked by the idea that all Muslims are terrorists; that Islam is about hate, about war, about jihad - I think that hijacks the spirituality and beauty that exists within Islam. I believe in allowing Islam to be seen in context and in its entirety and being judged on what it really is, not what you think it is. Hide
I'm not really a food connoisseur.
I'm not really a food connoisseur.
If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.
If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.
When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.
When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.
I was born in India - but never really lived there.
I was born in India - but never really lived there.
I've always said I'm the worst representative of Muslim-Americans that's ever existed, because I've Show more
I've always said I'm the worst representative of Muslim-Americans that's ever existed, because I've been inside more bars than mosques. Hide
When I was 11 my friend's mom made a peanut butter sandwich. I ate the sandwich and was like, 'I'm n Show more
When I was 11 my friend's mom made a peanut butter sandwich. I ate the sandwich and was like, 'I'm never eating anything else again.' And I still eat peanut butter every day. I would put peanut butter on a steak. Hide
I'm Muslim the way many of my Jewish friends are Jewish: I avoid pork, and I take the big holidays o Show more
I'm Muslim the way many of my Jewish friends are Jewish: I avoid pork, and I take the big holidays off. Hide
The great joy of doing 'The Daily Show' for me is that I get to sit on the fence between cultures. I Show more
The great joy of doing 'The Daily Show' for me is that I get to sit on the fence between cultures. I am commenting on the absurdity of both sides as an outsider and insider. Sometimes I'm playing the brown guy, and sometimes I'm not, but the best stuff I do always goes back to being a brown kid in a white world. Hide
The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. Yo Show more
The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people. Hide
People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their pa Show more
People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways. Hide
I never consciously got into comedy. It was sort of one of those things where I was a theater studen Show more
I never consciously got into comedy. It was sort of one of those things where I was a theater student, I was acting, I was doing comedy, I was doing dramatic stuff, so it's been something that I've always done and enjoyed doing and had an instinct to be relatively good at. Hide
An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to gi Show more
An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you. Hide
In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Show more
In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people who have never tried Indian food... they've never even tasted it! Hide
Aasif Mandvi's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (263)
Aasif Mandvi'S roles
Manish
Bob Spaulding
Sulaiman Khan
Khan
Man in Elevator
Mr. Aziz
Mr. Chetty
Admiral Zhao
Dr. Tariq Faraj
Ramesh Shah
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