Rizwan Manji
- Acting
- October 17, 1974 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Rizwan Manji (born October 17, 1974, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) is a Indo-Canadian actor. He is most most famous for his role as Rajiv in the now cancelled NBC Universal TV series Outsourced. Manji was born in Toronto, Canada where his Indian parents had immigrated to from Tanzania. His family is Ismaili Muslim, and he states that his religion is very important to him in life. He was raised in Calgary, Alberta, and went to Crescent Heights High School. He later moved to the US where he attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Manji played small parts in various films and television shows with recurring roles in Privileged, Better Off Ted and 24. In 2010, he auditioned for the role of Gupta on the NBC comedy Outsourced. Although he lost the part to Parvesh Cheena, the producers decided to cast him as the scheming assistant manager Rajiv. Manji resides in Studio City, California, with his wife and two children.
Known for
Filmography
- Amish Ammayi
- The Boy with the Dinosaur Head · Mr. Sharif
- R.J. Decker · Alan
- For Worse · Mark
- Kissing Is the Easy Part · College Advisor
- Re-Election
- How I Met Your Masi · Desk Man
- Universal Basic Guys · Voice
- Ramadan America · Samir
- Journey to Bethlehem · Gaspar
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods · Docent
- Mustache · Hameed
- The Donor Party · Kahlil
- Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration · Le Fou
- Wedding Season · Vijay Maurya
- Diamond in the Rough · Mike Reddy
- Roar · Third Husband (Raoul)
- Peacemaker · Jamil
- Eat Wheaties! · Bob Rapp
- Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble · Self
- Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell · Self
- Uncle
- Perfect Harmony · Reverend Jax
- The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot · Maple Leaf
- Sydney to the Max · Vice Principal Virmani
- A Very Nutty Christmas · Justin
- Papercop · Jeff
- Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy · Todd
- That Thing with the Cat · Manu
- Atypical · Vice Principal Patrick
- Mondays · Tour Guide
- The Tiger Hunter · Babu
- Writer's Block · Mailman
- Paterson · Donny
- Goliath · Dr. Carbo
- Miss India America · Balu Patel
- The Bounce Back · Daryl
- The Magicians · Tick Pickwick
- Minority Report · Dr. Orson
- Equals · Gilead
- Mr. Robot · Norm
- Another Period · Prince Apato
- Backstrom · Dr. Deb Chaman
- Schitt's Creek · Ray Butani
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day · Mr. Cellars
- Dr. Cabbie · Vijay
- Young & Hungry · Cashier / Doctor
- Mixology · Ganesh
- The Wolf of Wall Street · Kalil
- Lucky 7 · Ahsan Lashiri
- The Goldbergs · Donald
- Mom · Dr. Bellin
- Don Jon · Teacher
- ...Or Die · Riz
- Dog with a Blog · Dr. Young
- Crash & Bernstein · Dr. Gordon
- The Citizen · Mo
- Anger Management · Indian Father
- The Dictator · Patient
- Touch · Pakistani Interrogator
- New Girl · Interviewer
- Free Agents · Dave Wuppa
- Workaholics · Saul Kingston
- Morning Glory · Daybreak Producer
- Shake It Up · John
- Outsourced · Rajiv Gidwani
- The Mikado Project · Sam
- Rizzoli & Isles · Private Investigator
- The League · Maitre D'
- Three Rivers · Dr. Dev
- FlashForward · Maneesh Sandhar
- NCIS: Los Angeles · Anton
- Hawthorne · Dr. Asheesh Danee
- Glee · Dr. Gidwani
- Better Off Ted · Rick
- Karma Calling · Nikhil
- Eleventh Hour · Tony
- The Suite Life on Deck · Swami
- Privileged · Rami
- Charlie Wilson's War · Colonel Mahmood