Actor

Aasif
Mandvi

Aasif Mandvi is an award-winning actor, writer, and producer. He can currently be seen starring on the Paramount+ drama Evil and the Channel 4/Hulu comedy This Way Up. Well known for his decade-long work as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy Award–winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he was also a writer, producer, and co-star on the HBO series The Brink, starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins. Film and TV credits include: Mother’s Day, Million Dollar Arm, The Internship, The Dictator, Spider-Man 2, The Proposal, The Last Airbender, Ghost Town, A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netfilx), Blue Bloods (CBS), Younger (TV Land), and Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO). Theatre credits include: “Ali Hakim” in the National Theatre/Broadway production of Oklahoma!, Lincoln Center’s production of the Pulitzer Prize–winning play Disgraced (Lucille Lortel Award nomination), and his solo show Sakina’s Restaurant (Obie Award). Mandvi is the recipient of a Peabody Award for co-creating and starring in the web series Halal in the Family, which addressed anti-Muslim bigotry through humor.