Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 02-13-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Comedy, Film/TV
You may recognize him from his regular stint on John Stewart’s The Daily Show or as the disgruntled office employee in Sandra Bullock’s The Proposal. Actor/comedian Aasif Mandvi was born in India to a Muslim family before moving to England then Tampa, Florida when he was 16 years old. After studying theatre at the University of South Florida, he moved to New York City where he began appearing in off-Broadway productions. He won an Obie Award for his critically acclaimed one-man show Sakina’s Restaurant.
He has since appeared on ER, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, CSI, Oz, Ed, The Bedford Diaries, Jericho, Sleeper Cell, Law & Order, and the Daily Show. His film credits include The Siege, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Analyze This, Ghost Town, and M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming film The Last Airbender.
As a Daily Show correspondent, he not only reports on brown people, he talks to them:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| The Best F#@king News Team - Aasif Mandvi Is Brown | ||||
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Tags: aasif mandvi, daily show, john stewart
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