Rizwan Manji
Acting
- Born:
- 1974-10-17
- Place of birth:
- 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
R.J. Decker
For Worse
Kissing Is the Easy Part
Re-Election
How I Met Your Masi
Universal Basic Guys
Ramadan America
Journey to Bethlehem
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Mustache
The Donor Party
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Wedding Season
Diamond in the Rough
Roar
Peacemaker
Eat Wheaties!
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
Uncle
Perfect Harmony
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Sydney to the Max
A Very Nutty Christmas
Papercop
Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy
That Thing with the Cat
Atypical
Mondays
The Tiger Hunter
Writer's Block
Paterson
Goliath
Miss India America
The Bounce Back
The Magicians
Minority Report
Equals
Mr. Robot
Another Period
Backstrom
Schitt's Creek
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Dr. Cabbie
Young & Hungry
Mixology
The Wolf of Wall Street
Lucky 7
The Goldbergs
Mom
Don Jon
...Or Die
Dog with a Blog
Crash & Bernstein
The Citizen
Anger Management
The Dictator
Touch