Rizwan Manji was born in Toronto, but grew up in Calgary, Alberta where he attended Crescent Heights High School. Although his roots go back to a small village in Gujarat, India, both his parents were raised and met in Tanzania, East Africa. Manji graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. He currently lives in Studio City, California.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Sue (1997)
Contagious (1998)
Don’t Explain (1998)
Too Tired to Die (1998)
Vig (TV-1998)
American Desi (2001)
Queenie in Love (2001)
The Guru (2002)
Fillum Star: The Peter Patel Story (2004)
Hyde and Sikh (VR-2004)
Twins: The Sam and Chris Story (VR-2005)
Countergirl (2006)
God, Inc. (2007)
Transformers (2007)
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
Fourplay (TV-2008)
Karma Calling (2009)
The Mikado Project (2010)
Morning Glory (2010)
The Dictator (2012)
The Citizen (2012)
…or Die (2012, short)
Don Jon (2013)
Decoding Annie Parker (2013)
Daadi (2013, short)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2014)
That Thing with the Cat (2014)
Dr. Cabbie (2014)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
Miss India America (2015)
Equals (2015)
We’re Late (2015, short)
Not Safe For Work (TV-2015)
The Tiger Hunter (2016)
Paterson (2016)
Odd Squad: The Movie (2016)
The Bounce Back (2016)
Writer’s Block (2016, short)
Shady Neighbours (TV-2016)
Arranged (2016, short)
Wild Honey (2017)
That Thing with the Cat! (2017)
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)
Papercop (2018, short)
A Very Nutty Christmas (TV-2018)
Uncle (2020, short)
College (TV-2020)
One Hit Wonder (2020, short)
Eat Wheaties (2020)
TV Series – Cast:
Privileged (2008-2009)
Better Off Ted (2009-2010)
Outsourced (2010-2011)
The Magicians (2017-2020)
Sydney to the Max (2019-2020)
Perfect Harmony (2019-2020)
TV Series – Guest appearances:
One Life to Live (1999)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005)
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2005)
Damage Control (2005)
E-Ring (2006)
Rescue Me (2006)
The Knights of Prosperity (2007)
The Game (2007)
Without a Trace (2007)
Mind of Mencia (2008)
Life (2008)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2008)
Hannah Montana (2008)
The Suite Life on Deck (2009)
Worst Week (2009)
Eleventh Hour (2009)
How I Met Your Mother (2009)
Medium (2009)
Three Rivers (2009)
FlashForward (2009, 2010)
24 (2010)
Glee (2010)
Hawthorne (2010)
Rizzoli & Isles (2011)
New Girl (2012)
Shake It Up! (2012)
Dr. Bob’s House (2012)
Crash & Bernstein (2012, 2014)
Squad 85 (2012)
Touch (2013)
Wendell and Vinnie (2013)
Kiss Her I’m Famous (2013)
Arrested Development (2013)
Save Me (2013)
Anger Management (2013)
Lucky 7 (2013)
Bones (2013)
The Goldbergs (2013)
Dog with Blog (2013, 2014)
Mom (2014)
Working the Engels (2014)
Mixology (2014)
Young & Hungry (2015)
Backstrom (2015)
The Thundermans (2015)
Minority Report (2015)
The League (2015)
Schitt’s Creek (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Bella and the Bulldogs (2015, 2016)
NCIS: Los Angeles (2016)
Workaholics (2016)
Another Period (2016)
Goliath (2016)
Mr. Robot (2017)
Rob Riggle’s Ski Master Academy (2018)
Atypical (2021)
Peacemaker (2022)
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