Aasif Hakim Mandviwala (born March 5, 1966), known professionally as
Aasif Mandvi (/ˈÉ'Ë sɪf ˈmÉ'Ë ndvi/, AH-sif MAHND-vee), is a
British-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.
He is the lead actor, co-writer and producer of the web series Halal
in the Family, which premiered on Funny or Die in 2015, and an actor,
writer and co-producer of the HBO comedy series The Brink. Mandvi is
also the author of the book No Land's Man. In June 2019, he was
awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree by the Macaulay
Honors College after delivering the commencement speech that year. He
currently appears in the role of Ben Shakir in the CBS psychological
drama Evil written and created by Robert and Michelle King.Mandvi was
born in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India, to a Dawoodi Bohra
Muslim family. His family moved to England, settling, when he was a
year old, in the West Yorkshire city of Bradford. His father, Hakim,
who had originally come to work in textiles research at Bradford
University, later ran a corner shop, while his mother, Fatima, was a
nurse. Mandvi attended the independent Woodhouse Grove School, and he
identifies himself as a "working-class kid from Bradford". In the
early 80s, his father grew frustrated with Margaret Thatcher's Britain
and moved his family to Tampa, Florida, United States when Mandvi was
16.After graduating from the University of South Florida with a degree
in Theatre, Mandvi worked as a performer at Disney-MGM Studios at Walt
Disney World Resort. He later moved to New York City, where he began
appearing in off-Broadway productions. During this time, he was active
in the band Cowboys and Indian. He won an Obie Award for his
critically acclaimed one-man show Sakina's Restaurant.
Aasif Mandvi (/ˈÉ'Ë sɪf ˈmÉ'Ë ndvi/, AH-sif MAHND-vee), is a
British-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.
He is the lead actor, co-writer and producer of the web series Halal
in the Family, which premiered on Funny or Die in 2015, and an actor,
writer and co-producer of the HBO comedy series The Brink. Mandvi is
also the author of the book No Land's Man. In June 2019, he was
awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree by the Macaulay
Honors College after delivering the commencement speech that year. He
currently appears in the role of Ben Shakir in the CBS psychological
drama Evil written and created by Robert and Michelle King.Mandvi was
born in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India, to a Dawoodi Bohra
Muslim family. His family moved to England, settling, when he was a
year old, in the West Yorkshire city of Bradford. His father, Hakim,
who had originally come to work in textiles research at Bradford
University, later ran a corner shop, while his mother, Fatima, was a
nurse. Mandvi attended the independent Woodhouse Grove School, and he
identifies himself as a "working-class kid from Bradford". In the
early 80s, his father grew frustrated with Margaret Thatcher's Britain
and moved his family to Tampa, Florida, United States when Mandvi was
16.After graduating from the University of South Florida with a degree
in Theatre, Mandvi worked as a performer at Disney-MGM Studios at Walt
Disney World Resort. He later moved to New York City, where he began
appearing in off-Broadway productions. During this time, he was active
in the band Cowboys and Indian. He won an Obie Award for his
critically acclaimed one-man show Sakina's Restaurant.
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