Rizwan Manji

Born: 1974-10-17 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2026

R.J. Decker as Alan
Kissing Is the Easy Part as College Advisor
For Worse as Mark

2022

Peacemaker as Jamil
Roar as Third Husband (Raoul)
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration as Le Fou
Wedding Season as Vijay Maurya
Diamond in the Rough as Mike Reddy

2020

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell as Self
Eat Wheaties! as Bob Rapp
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
Uncle

2019

Sydney to the Max as Vice Principal Virmani
Perfect Harmony as Reverend Jax
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot as Maple Leaf

2018

Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy as Todd
A Very Nutty Christmas as Justin
Papercop as Jeff

2017

Atypical as Vice Principal Patrick
Mondays as Tour Guide
The Tiger Hunter as Babu
That Thing with the Cat as Manu

2016

Goliath as Dr. Carbo
Paterson as Donny
The Bounce Back as Daryl
Miss India America as Balu Patel
Writer's Block as Mailman

2015

Mr. Robot as Norm
Schitt's Creek as Ray Butani
The Magicians as Tick Pickwick
Another Period as Prince Apato
Minority Report as Dr. Orson
Backstrom as Dr. Deb Chaman
Equals as Gilead

2014

Young & Hungry as Cashier / Doctor
Mixology as Ganesh
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as Mr. Cellars
Dr. Cabbie as Vijay

2013

Mom as Dr. Bellin
The Goldbergs as Donald
The Wolf of Wall Street as Kalil
Don Jon as Teacher
Lucky 7 as Ahsan Lashiri

2012

Anger Management as Indian Father
Dog with a Blog as Dr. Young
Touch as Pakistani Interrogator
The Dictator as Patient
Crash & Bernstein as Dr. Gordon
...Or Die as Riz
The Citizen as Mo

2011

New Girl as Interviewer
Workaholics as Saul Kingston
Free Agents as Dave Wuppa

2010

Rizzoli & Isles as Private Investigator
Shake It Up as John
Outsourced as Rajiv Gidwani
Morning Glory as Daybreak Producer
The Mikado Project as Sam

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles as Anton
Glee as Dr. Gidwani
The League as Maitre D'
FlashForward as Maneesh Sandhar
Better Off Ted as Rick
Hawthorne as Dr. Asheesh Danee
Three Rivers as Dr. Dev
Karma Calling as Nikhil

2008

The Suite Life on Deck as Swami
Eleventh Hour as Tony
Privileged as Rami

2007

Life as Young Doctor
Transformers as Akram
Charlie Wilson's War as Colonel Mahmood

2006

Hannah Montana as Ajay

2005

Bones as Raymond McCants
American Dad! as Knight (voice)
How I Met Your Mother as Dr. Vikash
Medium as Rental Agent
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Mehar

2003

NCIS as Dr. Pandy
Arrested Development as Animesh / Male Concierge

2002

Without a Trace as Fasil Mazari
The Guru as Party Waiter

2001

24 as Ahman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Santanu Singh
American Desi as Salim Ali Khan

1998

Too Tired to Die as Young Arab
Money Kings as Club Patron