Rizwan Manji stars in NBC’s new comedy series Outsourced as Rajiv Gidwani, the assistant manager of the Mid America Novelties call center in India, who dreams of someday taking over as manager in order to move out of his parents’ house and get married. He is desperate for Todd (Ben Rappaport) to either succeed quickly or fail and go home, so he can replace him as the manager of the call center.

Manji was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and was raised in Calgary, Alberta where he attended Crescent Heights High School. His ancestry is from a small village in Gujarat, India, however both his parents were raised and met in Tanzania, East Africa. Manji graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. He currently makes Studio City, California his home.

See other interviews with the Outsourced cast including Anisha Nagarajan, Rebecca Hazlewood, Sacha Dhawan, and Parvesh Cheena.

Rizwan Manji talks Rajiv on Outsourced

More about Rizwan Manji
Prior to Outsourced, Rizwan Manji was cast as a series regular in the ABC pilot “Fourplay” from executive producers David Kohan and Max Mutchnick (“Will ↦ Grace”). Recently Manji has been seen on “Glee,” “How I Met Your Mother,” and “Hawthorne,” as well as recurring on “FlashForward,” “Three Rivers,” and “Better off Ted.” Manji also recurred as Ahman on the final season of “24,” though he is probably best known for playing the cantankerous butler Rami on the series “Privileged.”

His film credits include supporting roles in “Charlie Wilson’s War,” “Transformers,” and the upcoming “Morning Glory.”