Marshall Manesh

Career timeline

1. 1950 · Born

   Born in Mashhad, Iran

2. 1987 · Screen debut

   Checkpoint (Movie)

3. 1999 · Breakthrough

   Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV)

4. 2025 · Latest release

   Goldfish (Movie)

Career in numbers

2 1980s

15 1990s

30 2000s

21 2010s

7 2020s

• Comedy36
• Drama33
• Crime13
• Mystery8
• Action8
• Adventure6

Highest-rated title The X-Files 1993 8.4 Most popular title Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Marshall Manesh in our catalogue.

Phill Lewis

2 titles together

Robert Patrick

2 titles together

1. 2025 Goldfish Movie
2. 2025 Man in the Red Jacket as Bruce Movie
3. 2024 The Last King as Reza Movie
4. 2022 Something from Tiffany's as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
5. 2022 The Greatest of All Tina as Dr. Morvareed Movie
6. 2021 Playing with Stars Movie
7. 2020 The Last Conception as Davidia Sikand Movie
8. 2018 Tiger as Kulwant Movie
9. 2018 Good Girls as Bank Security Guard 7.8 TV
10. 2017 Benjamin Troubles as Genie Movie
11. 2016 Speechless as Juror 6.9 TV
12. 2016 The Next Big Thing as Mr. Shah Movie
13. 2016 A Life Lived as Danesh Movie
14. 2016 Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero as Mehdi The Butcher 5.2 Movie
15. 2016 Baskets as George 6.9 TV
16. 2016 Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life 5.5 TV
17. 2015 The Magic Shoes as Uncle Bijan Movie
18. 2014 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night as Hossein 'The Junkie' 6.8 Movie
19. 2014 Madam Secretary as President Aman Haddad 7.0 TV
20. 2014 Shirin in Love as Nader Movie
21. 2012 Guys with Kids as Redondo TV
22. 2012 The Beauty Inside as Alex #6 7.3 TV
23. 2012 Political Animals as Amir Jobrani 7.1 TV
24. 2012 Seeking a Friend for the End of the World as Indian Man 6.6 Movie
25. 2011 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night as The Man Movie
26. 2011 Love Bites as Lorenzo 6.2 TV
27. 2010 Hot in Cleveland as Yang 7.2 TV
28. 2010 Good Luck Charlie as Arnie 7.9 TV
29. 2009 The League as Valet 7.4 TV
30. 2009 NCIS: Los Angeles as Older Afghan Man 7.5 TV
31. 2009 Year One as Slave Trader 5.0 Movie
32. 2009 Life Blood as Steve 3.5 Movie
33. 2009 Crossing Over as Sanjar Baraheri 6.1 Movie
34. 2008 Pants on Fire as Aram Movie
35. 2008 Raising the Bar TV
36. 2008 The Onion Movie as Announcer 6.1 Movie
37. 2007 Carts as Fab Movie
38. 2007 Burn Notice as Anwar 7.5 TV
39. 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Sumbhajee 7.3 Movie
40. 2007 Andy Barker, P.I. as Wally TV
41. 2006 Car Babes as Babu Gulab Movie
42. 2006 The Unit as Bijan 7.4 TV
43. 2006 Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World as Shaif Al-Rafi 5.0 Movie
44. 2005 The Poseidon Adventure as Jordanian General 5.1 Movie
45. 2005 How I Met Your Mother as Ranjit Singh 8.1 TV
46. 2005 The L.A. Riot Spectacular as Nephi Movie
47. 2005 New Car Smell as Customer Movie
48. 2004 Boston Legal as George Keene 8.0 TV
49. 2004 Joey as Lloyd 6.3 TV
50. 2004 Entourage as Rolls Royce Manager 7.4 TV
51. 2004 Hidalgo as Camel Skinner 6.9 Movie
52. 2002 Stealing Harvard as Toy Store Manager 4.9 Movie
53. 2002 Showtime as Convenience Store Owner 5.6 Movie
54. 2001 Scrubs as Pizza Guy 8.2 TV
55. 2001 Alias as Rajive 6.8 TV
56. 2001 Guardian as Iraqi Colonel Movie
57. 2001 The Division as Abbas Zaid TV
58. 2000 The Last Producer as Cabbie Movie
59. 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Saleh Amir 8.0 TV
60. 1999 Supreme Sanction as Hawk Face Man Movie
61. 1999 Word of Mouth as Hertzog Movie
62. 1998 Will & Grace as Mr. Zamir 6.9 TV
63. 1998 The Big Lebowski as Doctor 7.9 Movie
64. 1997 Brooklyn South as Tenant TV
65. 1996 To the Ends of Time as Morlin General Movie
66. 1996 Suddenly Susan as Bruzzi 6.0 TV
67. 1996 Kazaam as Malik 4.2 Movie
68. 1996 Barb Wire as Sheik 4.1 Movie
69. 1996 Nash Bridges as Tomas 6.6 TV
70. 1996 Pacific Blue as Cab Driver 5.3 TV
71. 1994 True Lies as Khaled 7.1 Movie
72. 1993 Diagnosis: Murder as Maitre'd 7.1 TV
73. 1993 The X-Files as Mr. Jank 8.4 TV
74. 1989 Guests of Hotel Astoria as Dr. Parto Movie
75. 1987 Checkpoint as Abe Movie

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