Aasif Mandvi portrays Monty Montgomery in the Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events.
A Series of Unfortunate Events[]
Mandavi said he played Monty Montgomery as if he came from the Adventurers Club in Disney World, as he shared the trait of having an incredibly hyperarticulate but also absurd way of speaking. He said, "There was something about him that was a little bit of a cross between a swashbuckler like Errol Flynn and Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka."
He found that the goatee and mustache helped him fully realize the character, as he started "feeling a little bit El Dorado." He gave Monty a backstory about "perhaps wanting to have a child and never being able to," and felt he was delighted to share his world with the Baudelaires.
He also said that working with the reptiles was difficult. "Iguanas do not care about being actors. They're not interested."[1]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers | Terrorist | |
| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Arab Cabbie | |
| 1996 | Jake's Women | Driver | |
| 1996 | Eddie | Mohammed | |
| 1998 | The Siege | Khalil Saleh | |
| 1999 | Personals | Indian Guy | |
| 1999 | Analyze This | Dr. Shulman | |
| 1999 | Gofer | Gorby | Short |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Electronics Store Salesman | |
| 1999 | ABCD | Ashok | |
| 2001 | American Chai | Engineering Sam | |
| 2001 | 3 A.M. | Singh | |
| 2001 | Peroxide Passion | Beaumond | |
| 2001 | The Mystic Masseur | Ganesh | |
| 2002 | Book of Kings | Dr. Mirta | Short |
| 2003 | Undermind | Shark / Roger | |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Mr. Aziz | |
| 2005 | Sorry, Haters | Hassan | |
| 2005 | The War Within | Abdul | |
| 2006 | Freedomland | Dr. Anil Chatterjee | |
| 2007 | Music and Lyrics | Khan | |
| 2008 | Pretty Bird | Ted the Banker | |
| 2008 | The Understudy | Sarfras | |
| 2008 | The Response | Al-Aqar | Short |
| 2008 | Ghost Town | Dr. Prashar | |
| 2008 | Eavesdrop | Don | |
| 2009 | The Proposal | Bob Spaulding | |
| 2009 | Today's Special | Samir | |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Commander Zhao | |
| 2010 | It's Kind of a Funny Story | Dr. Mahmoud | |
| 2011 | Margin Call | Ramesh Shah | |
| 2011 | Dark Horse | Mahmoud | |
| 2012 | The Dictator | Doctor | |
| 2012 | Ruby Sparks | Cyrus Modi | |
| 2012 | Premium Rush | Raj | |
| 2013 | Movie 43 | Robert | |
| 2013 | The Internship | Mr. Chetty | |
| 2013 | Gods Behaving Badly | Maxwell | |
| 2014 | Million Dollar Arm | Aash | |
| 2016 | Mother's Day | Russell | |
| 2016 | Undecided: The Movie | Roger Ayeels | |
| 2016 | World's End | Dr. White | |
| 2018 | A Kid Like Jake | Darren | |
| 2018 | The Mission | Nikhil Bose | |
| 2019 | Drunk Parents | Nigel | |
| 2019 | Human Capital | ||
| 2021 | Blazing Samurai | Ichiro | Voice |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Miami Vice | Doorman | One Episode |
| 1995 | New York Undercover | Omar | One Episode |
| 1995 | The Cosby Mysteries | Cabbie | One Episode |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Aziz Kadim | One Episode |
| 1995-1998 | Law & Order | Various | |
| 1998 | Dellaventura | Aasif | One Episode |
| 2000 | Deadline | One Episode | |
| 2000 | Welcome to New York | Doorman | One Episode |
| 2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Professor Husseini | One Episode |
| 2001 | Sex and the City | Dmitri | One Episode |
| 2002 | Oz | Dr. Tariq Faraj | |
| 2003 | Ed | Buyer | One Episode |
| 2004 | Tanner on Tanner | Salim Barik | |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Sateesh | One Episode |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Judge Samir Pateel | |
| 2000-2006 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Leever | |
| 2006 | The Bedford Diaries | Kamil Sharif | |
| 2006 | The Sopranos | Dr. Abu Bilal | One Episode |
| 2006 | Sleeper Cell | Khalid | One Episode |
| 2006-2007 | ER | Manish | |
| 2006-2008 | Jericho | Dr. Kenchy Dhuwalia | |
| 2008 | Global Warming | Ace | |
| 2010 | King of the Hill | Mike Patel | One Episode
Voice |
| 2010 | CollegeHumor Originals | Zack Chance | One Episode |
| 2011 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Man in Elevator | |
| 2014 | Us & Them | Dave | One Episode |
| 2015 | Madam Secretary | Prince Yousif Obaid | One Episode |
| 2015 | Person of Interest | Sulaiman Khan | One Episode |
| 2015 | Halal in the Family | Aasif Qu'osby | |
| 2015 | The Foursome | Guru Dada / Guy Sheridan | One Episode |
| 2015 | The Brink | Rafiq Massoud | |
| 2015 | Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Pirate Pharaoh | |
| 2016 | Another Period | Parshwall | One Episode |
| 2017 | Younger | Jay Malick | |
| 2017 | Shut Eye | Pazhani "Paz" Kapoor | |
| 2017-2018 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Monty Montgomery | |
| 2018 | Camp Confessions | ||
| 2016-2019 | Elena of Avalor | King Raja | Voice |
| 2018-2019 | Blue Bloods | Samar Charwell | |
| 2019 | This Way Up | Vish | |
| 2019 | Evil | Ben Shakir | |
| Mira, Royal Detective | Sahil | Voice |
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