---
name: "Rizwan Manji"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rizwan-manji"
fi1m_id: "rizwan-manji"
imdb_id: "nm0542492"
tmdb_id: 1223718
wikidata_id: "Q7339134"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 October 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T19:20:08.583555+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rizwan Manji

## Identity

Rizwan Manji

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rizwan-manji
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rizwan-manji
- **IMDb ID:** nm0542492
- **TMDB ID:** 1223718
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7339134
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizwan_Manji, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7339134, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542492/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223718

Actor. Born 17 October 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 October 1974, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 62 (2), 2010s 82 (3), 2020s 53 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 70 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Drama 3, Action 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,253m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizwan_Manji, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7339134, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542492/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223718

## Biography

Rizwan Manji is a Canadian actor. He was born on 17 October 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, and raised in Calgary, Alberta. He trained at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York.

Manji is known for his television roles as Rajiv Gidwani in the NBC sitcom *Outsourced* (2010–2011), Ray Butani in *Schitt's Creek* (2015–2020), for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination, and Tick Pickwick in *The Magicians*. His film credits include Akram in *Transformers* (2007), Kalil in *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013) and Donny in *Paterson* (2016). He has also appeared in *The Dictator* (2012) and *Peacemaker* (2022) as Jamil.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023), Fi1m 53, as Docent — [page](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md)
- *Paterson* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Donny — [page](https://film.one/film/paterson.md)
- *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013), Fi1m 82, as Kalil — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wolf-of-wall-street.md)
- *New Girl* (2011), Fi1m 80, as Interviewer — [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Glee* (2009), Fi1m 68, as Dr. Gidwani — [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Transformers* (2007), Fi1m 57, as Akram — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers.md)

## Complete filmography (97)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Amish Ammayi* (2026), Actor
- *The Boy with the Dinosaur Head* (2026), as Mr. Sharif
- *R.J. Decker* (2026), series, as Alan — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/r-j-decker.md)
- *For Worse* (2026), as Mark
- *Kissing Is the Easy Part* (2026), as College Advisor
- *Re-Election* (2025), Actor
- *How I Met Your Masi* (2025), as Desk Man
- *Universal Basic Guys* (2024), series, as (voice)
- *Ramadan America* (2024), as Samir
- *Journey to Bethlehem* (2023), as Gaspar
- *Shazam! Fury of the Gods* (2023), as Docent — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/shazam-fury-of-the-gods.md)
- *Mustache* (2023), as Hameed
- *The Donor Party* (2023), as Kahlil
- *Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration* (2022), as Le Fou
- *Wedding Season* (2022), as Vijay Maurya
- *Diamond in the Rough* (2022), as Mike Reddy
- *Roar* (2022), series, as Third Husband (Raoul)
- *Peacemaker* (2022), series, as Jamil
- *Eat Wheaties!* (2020), as Bob Rapp
- *Uncle* (2020), Actor
- *Perfect Harmony* (2019), series, as Reverend Jax
- *The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot* (2019), as Maple Leaf
- *Sydney to the Max* (2019), series, as Vice Principal Virmani
- *A Very Nutty Christmas* (2018), as Justin
- *Papercop* (2018), as Jeff
- *Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy* (2018), series, as Todd
- *That Thing with the Cat* (2017), as Manu
- *Atypical* (2017), series, as Vice Principal Patrick
- *Mondays* (2017), series, as Tour Guide
- *The Tiger Hunter* (2017), as Babu
- *Writer's Block* (2016), as Mailman
- *Paterson* (2016), as Donny — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/paterson.md)
- *Goliath* (2016), series, as Dr. Carbo
- *Miss India America* (2016), as Balu Patel
- *The Bounce Back* (2016), as Daryl
- *The Magicians* (2015), series, as Tick Pickwick
- *Minority Report* (2015), series, as Dr. Orson
- *Equals* (2015), as Gilead
- *Mr. Robot* (2015), series, as Norm — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)
- *Another Period* (2015), series, as Prince Apato
- *Backstrom* (2015), series, as Dr. Deb Chaman
- *Schitt's Creek* (2015), series, as Ray Butani — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/schitts-creek.md)
- *Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day* (2014), as Mr. Cellars
- *Dr. Cabbie* (2014), as Vijay
- *Young & Hungry* (2014), series, as Cashier / Doctor
- *Mixology* (2014), series, as Ganesh
- *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013), as Kalil — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wolf-of-wall-street.md)
- *The Goldbergs* (2013), series, as Donald
- *Lucky 7* (2013), series, as Ahsan Lashiri
- *Mom* (2013), series, as Dr. Bellin
- *Don Jon* (2013), as Teacher
- *...Or Die* (2012), as Riz
- *Dog with a Blog* (2012), series, as Dr. Young
- *Crash & Bernstein* (2012), series, as Dr. Gordon
- *The Citizen* (2012), as Mo
- *Anger Management* (2012), series, as Indian Father
- *The Dictator* (2012), as Patient
- *Touch* (2012), series, as Pakistani Interrogator
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Interviewer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Free Agents* (2011), series, as Dave Wuppa
- *Workaholics* (2011), series, as Saul Kingston
- *Morning Glory* (2010), as Daybreak Producer
- *Shake It Up* (2010), series, as John
- *Outsourced* (2010), series, as Rajiv Gidwani
- *The Mikado Project* (2010), as Sam
- *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, as Private Investigator
- *The League* (2009), series, as Maitre D'
- *Three Rivers* (2009), series, as Dr. Dev
- *FlashForward* (2009), series, as Maneesh Sandhar
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Anton
- *Hawthorne* (2009), series, as Dr. Asheesh Danee
- *Glee* (2009), series, as Dr. Gidwani — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Better Off Ted* (2009), series, as Rick — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *Karma Calling* (2009), as Nikhil
- *Eleventh Hour* (2008), series, as Tony
- *The Suite Life on Deck* (2008), series, as Swami
- *Privileged* (2008), series, as Rami
- *Charlie Wilson's War* (2007), as Colonel Mahmood
- *Life* (2007), series, as Young Doctor
- *Transformers* (2007), as Akram — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers.md)
- *Hannah Montana* (2006), series, as Ajay
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Dr. Vikash — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Raymond McCants — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* (2005), series, as Mehar
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Knight (voice)
- *Medium* (2005), series, as Rental Agent
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, as Animesh / Male Concierge — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Dr. Pandy — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Fasil Mazari
- *The Guru* (2002), as Party Waiter
- *24* (2001), series, as Ahman — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Santanu Singh
- *American Desi* (2001), as Salim Ali Khan
- *Money Kings* (1998), as Club Patron
- *Too Tired to Die* (1998), as Young Arab
- *Patel*, as Executive Producer
- *Stockholm Squad*, as David

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/rizwan-manji