Rizwan Manji
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
Credits
- 2026 · For Worse as Mark
- 2026 · Kissing Is the Easy Part as College Advisor
- 2024 · Universal Basic Guys as (voice)
- 2023 · Shazam! Fury of the Gods as Docent
- 2023 · Shazam! Fury of the Gods as Jamil (uncredited)
- 2022 · Peacemaker as Jamil
- 2017 · Atypical as Vice Principal Patrick
- 2016 · Paterson as Donny
- 2016 · Goliath as Dr. Carbo
- 2015 · The Magicians as Tick Pickwick
- 2015 · Equals as Gilead
- 2015 · Mr. Robot as Norm
- 2015 · Another Period as Prince Apato
- 2015 · Schitt's Creek as Ray Butani
- 2014 · Young & Hungry as Cashier / Doctor
- 2013 · The Wolf of Wall Street as Kalil
- 2013 · The Goldbergs as Donald
- 2013 · Mom as Dr. Bellin
- 2012 · Dog with a Blog as Dr. Young
- 2012 · Crash & Bernstein as Dr. Gordon
- 2012 · Anger Management as Indian Father
- 2012 · The Dictator as Patient
- 2012 · Touch as Pakistani Interrogator
- 2011 · New Girl as Interviewer
- 2011 · Workaholics as Saul Kingston
- 2010 · Shake It Up as John
- 2010 · Outsourced as Rajiv Gidwani
- 2010 · Rizzoli & Isles as Private Investigator
- 2009 · The League as Maitre D'
- 2009 · FlashForward as Maneesh Sandhar
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as Anton
- 2009 · Glee as Dr. Gidwani
- 2009 · Better Off Ted as Rick
- 2008 · Eleventh Hour as Tony
- 2008 · The Suite Life on Deck as Swami
- 2007 · Life as Young Doctor
- 2006 · Hannah Montana as Ajay
- 2005 · How I Met Your Mother as Dr. Vikash
- 2005 · Bones as Raymond McCants
- 2005 · It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Mehar
- 2005 · American Dad! as Knight (voice)
- 2005 · Medium as Rental Agent
- 2003 · Arrested Development as Animesh / Male Concierge
- 2003 · NCIS as Dr. Pandy
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Fasil Mazari
- 2001 · 24 as Ahman
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Santanu Singh
- Future · Patel as
- 2025 · Re-Election as
- 2025 · How I Met Your Masi as Desk Man
- 2024 · Ramadan America as Samir
- 2023 · Journey to Bethlehem as Gaspar
- 2023 · Mustache as Hameed
- 2023 · The Donor Party as Kahlil
- 2022 · Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration as Le Fou
- 2022 · Wedding Season as Vijay Maurya
- 2022 · Diamond in the Rough as Mike Reddy
- 2022 · Roar as Third Husband (Raoul)
- 2020 · Eat Wheaties! as Bob Rapp
- 2020 · Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
- 2020 · Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell as Self
- 2020 · Uncle as
- 2019 · Perfect Harmony as Reverend Jax
- 2019 · The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot as Maple Leaf
- 2019 · Sydney to the Max as Vice Principal Virmani
- 2018 · A Very Nutty Christmas as Justin
- 2018 · Papercop as Jeff
- 2018 · Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy as Todd
- 2017 · That Thing with the Cat as Manu
- 2017 · Mondays as Tour Guide
- 2017 · The Tiger Hunter as Babu
- 2016 · Writer's Block as Mailman
- 2016 · The Bounce Back as Daryl
- 2015 · Minority Report as Dr. Orson
- 2015 · Backstrom as Dr. Deb Chaman
- 2014 · Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as Mr. Cellars
- 2014 · Dr. Cabbie as Vijay
- 2014 · Mixology as Ganesh
- 2013 · Lucky 7 as Ahsan Lashiri
- 2013 · Don Jon as Teacher
- 2012 · ...Or Die as Riz
- 2012 · The Citizen as Mo
- 2011 · Free Agents as Dave Wuppa
- 2010 · Morning Glory as Daybreak Producer
- 2010 · The Mikado Project as Sam
- 2009 · Three Rivers as Dr. Dev
- 2009 · Hawthorne as Dr. Asheesh Danee
- 2009 · Karma Calling as Nikhil
- 2008 · Privileged as Rami
- 2007 · Charlie Wilson's War as Colonel Mahmood
- 2007 · Transformers as Akram
- 2002 · The Guru as Party Waiter
- 2001 · American Desi as Salim Ali Khan
- 1998 · Money Kings as Club Patron
- 1998 · Too Tired to Die as Young Arab




