Rizwan Manji

Acting

Rizwan Manji

Born 1974-10-17 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Acting credits

The Wolf of Wall Street poster
8.0

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

Shazam! Fury of the Gods poster
6.4

Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the world.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

2023

Kissing Is the Easy Part poster
7.4

Sean's gunning for MIT. Flora's ditching the SAT. A secret deal with her tenured parents sparks a romance that challenges everything they believe in.

Kissing Is the Easy Part

2026

Don Jon poster
6.0

A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.

Don Jon

2013

The Dictator poster
6.2

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

The Dictator

2012

Equals poster
6.1

A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.

Equals

2015

Charlie Wilson's War poster
6.5

A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.

Charlie Wilson's War

2007

Paterson poster
7.1

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.

Paterson

2016

Transformers poster
6.8

Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.

Transformers

2007

Journey to Bethlehem poster
7.7

A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown.

Journey to Bethlehem

2023

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day poster
6.2

Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

2014

Morning Glory poster
6.4

A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.

Morning Glory

2010

Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration poster
6.8

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the animated classic, this animated and live-action blended special showcases the fan-favorite movie, along with new musical performances, sets and costumes inspired by the classic story.

Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

2022

The Citizen poster
6.4

Yearning to leave behind his life of misfortune in the Middle East, Ibrahim Jarrah wins the U.S. Green Card Lottery for a chance to become an American citizen. Ibrahim lands in New York City the day before 9/11…and the events of the September terrorist attacks forever shape the struggles he faces on his journey to capture the American dream.

The Citizen

2012

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot poster
5.5

Decades after serving in WWII and assassinating Adolf Hitler, a legendary American war veteran must now hunt down the fabled Bigfoot.

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

2019

Eat Wheaties! poster
5.6

Sid Straw leads a dull life until he accidentally stalks famous college friend Elizabeth Banks on social media. With each failed attempt to prove he knows her, he rediscovers more of himself and the true meaning of friendship.

Eat Wheaties!

2020

The Guru poster
5.3

Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dreams to become a singer and actor in America, the country where dreams are made. He is encouraged when his American-based close friend, Vijay Rao, comes for visit, and brags about driving a Mercedes and living in a penthouse.

The Guru

2002

Wedding Season poster
6.3

Pressured by their immigrant parents to find spouses, two Indian-Americans pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings – but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are with who their parents want them to be.

Wedding Season

2022

No artwork available
NR

A young Indian American animator, exhausted by rejection in the modern world, attempts a "reverse Rumspringa" after falling for an Amish man and his way of life, and must survive a visit from her achievement-minded immigrant parents or risk her chance to finally thrive.

Amish Ammayi

2026

Ramadan America poster
NR

Ramadan America is a film with unique characters, themed around Ramadan and Eid, and spanning a number of genres.

Ramadan America

2024

For Worse poster
5.6

Lauren, a newly divorced, sober mom, feels like she has a new lease on life after joining her first acting class and starting a fling with her hot, young scene partner. However, when they attend their Gen Z classmate's wedding together, things begin to fall apart, and Lauren finds herself behaving like a drunk 25-year-old bridesmaid. Luckily after a disastrous night she stumbles into a new day and a new beginning.

For Worse

2026

The Donor Party poster
5.4

Follows Jaclyn who really wants a baby, and realizes she doesn't need a husband to be a mother after a messy divorce and wasted years of online dating, so she and her best friends create a plan to get her pregnant at a very special party.

The Donor Party

2023

No artwork available
NR

Six kidnapped strangers locked in a basement attempt to connect amid the chaos.

Stockholm Squad

Re-Election poster
3.3

A wry, warm, and witty coming of (middle) age comedy, RE-ELECTION follows a 40-something underdog who returns to high school to reboot his past and finally win the race for class president.

Re-Election

2025