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Rizwan Manji

Actor

Rizwan Manji

Born October 17, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada44 films

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.

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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.

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The Wolf of Wall Street posterFirst watchThe Wolf of Wall Street20138.0as KalilA New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Transformers poster6.8Transformers2007The Dictator poster6.2The Dictator2012Paterson poster7.1Paterson2016Shazam! Fury of the Gods poster6.4Shazam! Fury of the Gods2023Don Jon poster6.0Don Jon2013Charlie Wilson's War poster6.5Charlie Wilson's War2007Morning Glory poster6.4Morning Glory2010Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day poster6.2Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day2014

Filmography

44 films as actor
  1. TBAPatel
  2. TBAStockholm SquadDavid
  3. 2026Amish Ammayi
  4. 2026The Boy with the Dinosaur HeadMr. Sharif
  5. 2026For WorseMark
  6. 2026Kissing Is the Easy PartCollege Advisor
  7. 2025Re-Election
  8. 2025How I Met Your MasiDesk Man
  9. 2024Ramadan AmericaSamir
  10. 2023Journey to BethlehemGaspar
  11. 2023Shazam! Fury of the GodsDocent
  12. 2023MustacheHameed
  13. 2023The Donor PartyKahlil
  14. 2022Beauty and the Beast: A 30th CelebrationLe Fou
  15. 2022Wedding SeasonVijay Maurya
  16. 2022Diamond in the RoughMike Reddy
  17. 2020Eat Wheaties!Bob Rapp
  18. 2020Uncle
  19. 2019The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigfootMaple Leaf
  20. 2018A Very Nutty ChristmasJustin
  21. 2018PapercopJeff
  22. 2017That Thing with the CatManu
  23. 2017The Tiger HunterBabu
  24. 2016Writer's BlockMailman
  25. 2016PatersonDonny
  26. 2016Miss India AmericaBalu Patel
  27. 2016The Bounce BackDaryl
  28. 2015EqualsGilead
  29. 2014Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayMr. Cellars
  30. 2014Dr. CabbieVijay
  31. 2013The Wolf of Wall StreetKalil
  32. 2013Don JonTeacher
  33. 2012...Or DieRiz
  34. 2012The CitizenMo
  35. 2012The DictatorPatient
  36. 2010Morning GloryDaybreak Producer
  37. 2010The Mikado ProjectSam
  38. 2009Karma CallingNikhil
  39. 2007Charlie Wilson's WarColonel Mahmood
  40. 2007TransformersAkram
  41. 2002The GuruParty Waiter
  42. 2001American DesiSalim Ali Khan
  43. 1998Money KingsClub Patron
  44. 1998Too Tired to DieYoung Arab