Actor and writer, Aasif Mandvi has been a regular correspondant on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart since Spring of 2007. Prior to his work on The Daily Show, Mandvi had recurring roles on the popular television shows CSI, Law & Order and ER, bit parts in various Hollywood movies, and has an extensive live theater career. He won an Off Theater Broadway Award for his one man show, Sakina's Restaurant, and appeared in the 2002 Broadway revival of Oklahoma.
Fast Facts:
- Full name: Aasif Mandviwala
- Born: March 5, 1966
- Birthplace: Bombay, India
- Film debut: Die Hard: With a Vengeance
- First Daily Show appearance: August 9, 2006
- Promoted to regular Daily Show correspondant: March 12, 2007
- Hired on the spot after Daily Show audition
Quotes:
"I never heard the word 'jihad' until it came out of the mouth of an American television reporter and I was raised Muslim. I was never interested in being a political artist, but all this has forced me to become a more political artist. And it has made me a better artist. There is such a misunderstanding of Muslims now, such strange misconceptions, such as the idea that Muslims hate America because of our freedoms."
- "There are characters I won’t play because they are stereotypes. There is subject matter that I don’t want to promote—like a terrorist plot: I won’t do it."
