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Marshall Manesh
Highest Rated: 96% A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Lowest Rated: 5% Kazaam (1996)
Birthday: Aug 16, 1950
Birthplace: Mashhad, Iran
Popular with both Persian and U.S. audiences, Iran native Marshall Manesh has become an American success story. After moving to the States in the late 1970s, Manesh's break came in 1994 when he co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger in "True Lies." From there, he appeared in feature films "Barb Wire," "The Big Lebowski," and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ," and in TV series such as "The X-Files." In 1999, the actor was cast as Mr. Zamir, a series regular on "Will & Grace," and in 2005 he landed a role on the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Last Conception | Davidia Sikand (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 38% | 79% | Tiger | Kulwant (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Next Big Thing | Mr. Shah (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Life Lived | Danesh (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 83% | 78% | Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero | Mehdi The Butcher (Character) | $201.6K | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Benjamin Troubles | Genie (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Magic Shoes | Uncle Bijan (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 96% | 75% | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | Hossein (Character) | $299.3K | 2014 |
| 21% | 48% | Shirin in Love | Nader (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | Life Blood | Steve (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Things We Carry | Manager (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | CarBabes | Babu Gulab (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 16% | 71% | Raise Your Voice | Cabbie (Character) | $10.4M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Word of Mouth | Hertzog (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Univers'l | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 5% | 20% | Kazaam | Malik (Character) | $18.9M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Checkpoint | Abe (Character) | - | 1987 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 63% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Older Afghan Man (Guest Star) | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs | Unknown (Character) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Speechless | Juror 2 (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Madam Secretary | President Aman Haddad (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 50% | 57% | Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 84% | 84% | How I Met Your Mother | Ranjit (Guest Star) | 2005-2014 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Hot in Cleveland | Ye'Arj (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 81% | 82% | The League | Valet (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 61% | 77% | Prison Break | Nandu Banerjee (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Anwar (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 92% | No Score Yet | Andy Barker, P.I. | Unknown (Character) | 2007 |
| 85% | 72% | The Unit | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 86% | 94% | Boston Legal | George Keene (Guest Star) | 2004 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 2005 |
| 83% | 86% | Scrubs | Dr. Akbar (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 65% | 82% | Entourage | Rolls Royce Manager (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Mr. Yusef (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 86% | 87% | Alias | Rajive (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 27% | No Score Yet | Presidio Med | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Caribbean Houseboy (Guest Star) | 1999-2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 78% | 81% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Saleh Amir (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 20% | No Score Yet | City of Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nash Bridges | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 74% | 85% | The X-Files | Mr. Jank (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | Work With Me | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Incident | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |