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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2020Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell — Self
• 2020Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble — Self