Marshall Manesh

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Marshall "Behrooz" Manesh (born August 16, 1950 in Mashhad ) is an Iranian - American actor .

Life

Manesh lost his father at a young age and grew up with his mother. He came to America in the mid-1970s and joined a Persian theater company. For eight years he traveled extensively across the United States , Canada, and Europe . His debut film was the Oscar-nominated agent film True Lies by James Cameron, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in the leading roles. Manesh has appeared in more than 100 feature films, television projects and more than 40 commercials. Manesh played mostly smaller roles in various series; For example, in the sitcoms Will & Grace Mr. Zamir, in How I Met Your Mother the taxi driver Ranjit, in Scrubs Dr. Akbar, in Andy Barker, PI the Commissioner Wally and in the television series Burn Notice , Law & Order and many others. His most famous role since 2009 was probably his performance as Nandu Banerjee in Prison Break .

Manesh also starred in the comedy film The Big Lebowski (1998), the comedic drama Schwere Jungs (2002), the remake of the film The Poseidon Inferno entitled The Poseidon Attack (2005), and was in the pirate film Pirates of the Caribbean - To see Sri Sumbhajee as pirate leader at the end of the world .

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personal data
SURNAME Manesh, Marshall
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manesh, Behrooz (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Mashhad