Rizwan Manji
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
All Movies (44)
- For Worse2026 · as Mark
- Kissing Is the Easy Part2026 · as College Advisor
- Re-Election2025
- How I Met Your Masi2025 · as Desk Man
- Ramadan America2024 · as Samir
- Journey to Bethlehem2023 · as Gaspar
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods2023 · as Docent
- Mustache2023 · as Hameed
- The Donor Party2023 · as Kahlil
- Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration2022 · as Le Fou
- Wedding Season2022 · as Vijay Maurya
- Diamond in the Rough2022 · as Mike Reddy
- Eat Wheaties!2020 · as Bob Rapp
- Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble2020 · as Self
- Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell2020 · as Self
- Uncle2020
- The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot2019 · as Maple Leaf
- A Very Nutty Christmas2018 · as Justin
- Papercop2018 · as Jeff
- That Thing with the Cat2017 · as Manu
- The Tiger Hunter2017 · as Babu
- Writer's Block2016 · as Mailman
- Paterson2016 · as Donny
- Miss India America2016 · as Balu Patel
- The Bounce Back2016 · as Daryl
- Equals2015 · as Gilead
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day2014 · as Mr. Cellars
- Dr. Cabbie2014 · as Vijay
- The Wolf of Wall Street2013 · as Kalil
- Don Jon2013 · as Teacher
- ...Or Die2012 · as Riz
- The Citizen2012 · as Mo
- The Dictator2012 · as Patient
- Morning Glory2010 · as Daybreak Producer
- The Mikado Project2010 · as Sam
- Karma Calling2009 · as Nikhil
- Charlie Wilson's War2007 · as Colonel Mahmood
- Transformers2007 · as Akram
- The Guru2002 · as Party Waiter
- American Desi2001 · as Salim Ali Khan
- Money Kings1998 · as Club Patron
- Too Tired to Die1998 · as Young Arab
- Patel—
- Stockholm Squad— · as David
All TV Shows (53)
- R.J. Decker2026 · as Alan
- Universal Basic Guys2024 · as (voice)
- Roar2022 · as Third Husband (Raoul)
- Peacemaker2022 · as Jamil
- Perfect Harmony2019 · as Reverend Jax
- Sydney to the Max2019 · as Vice Principal Virmani
- Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy2018 · as Todd
- Atypical2017 · as Vice Principal Patrick
- Mondays2017 · as Tour Guide
- Goliath2016 · as Dr. Carbo
- The Magicians2015 · as Tick Pickwick
- Minority Report2015 · as Dr. Orson
- Mr. Robot2015 · as Norm
- Another Period2015 · as Prince Apato
- Backstrom2015 · as Dr. Deb Chaman
- Schitt's Creek2015 · as Ray Butani
- Young & Hungry2014 · as Cashier / Doctor
- Mixology2014 · as Ganesh
- Lucky 72013 · as Ahsan Lashiri
- The Goldbergs2013 · as Donald
- Mom2013 · as Dr. Bellin
- Dog with a Blog2012 · as Dr. Young
- Crash & Bernstein2012 · as Dr. Gordon
- Anger Management2012 · as Indian Father
- Touch2012 · as Pakistani Interrogator
- New Girl2011 · as Interviewer
- Free Agents2011 · as Dave Wuppa
- Workaholics2011 · as Saul Kingston
- Shake It Up2010 · as John
- Outsourced2010 · as Rajiv Gidwani
- Rizzoli & Isles2010 · as Private Investigator
- The League2009 · as Maitre D'
- Three Rivers2009 · as Dr. Dev
- FlashForward2009 · as Maneesh Sandhar
- NCIS: Los Angeles2009 · as Anton
- Hawthorne2009 · as Dr. Asheesh Danee
- Glee2009 · as Dr. Gidwani
- Better Off Ted2009 · as Rick
- Eleventh Hour2008 · as Tony
- The Suite Life on Deck2008 · as Swami
- Privileged2008 · as Rami
- Life2007 · as Young Doctor
- Hannah Montana2006 · as Ajay
- How I Met Your Mother2005 · as Dr. Vikash
- Bones2005 · as Raymond McCants
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia2005 · as Mehar
- American Dad!2005 · as Knight (voice)
- Medium2005 · as Rental Agent
- Arrested Development2003 · as Animesh / Male Concierge
- NCIS2003 · as Dr. Pandy
- Without a Trace2002 · as Fasil Mazari
- 242001 · as Ahman
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Santanu Singh