Marshall Manesh

Marshall Manesh

Born: August 16, 1950
in Mashhad, Iran
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Height 5' 8" (1,73 m)

Marshall Manesh (born August 16, 1950) is an Iranian/American actor. He was born in Mashhad, Iran.

Movies for Marshall Manesh...

Something from Tiffany's
Title: Something from Tiffany's
Character: Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Released: December 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Doesn't every girl dream of getting... something from Tiffany's? On 5th Avenue in New York City, where nothing compares to the magic and excitement of the holidays, where the streets blaze with lights, and windows dazzle, a special box from Tiffany could change the course of a person's life. Or several lives. Rachel and Gary are happy enough but not quite ready for that big commitment. Ethan and Vanessa, the perfect picture, are just about to make it official. When a simple mix-up of gifts causes all of their paths to cross, it sets off a series of twists and unexpected discoveries that lead them where they're truly meant to be. Because love -- like life -- is full of surprises.
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Playing with Stars
Title: Playing with Stars
Released: February 20, 2021
Type: Movie
Playing with Stars is a 2021 Iranian drama film directed and written by Hatef Alimardani. The film screened for the first time at the 39th Fajr Film Festival and earned 2 nominations.
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The Last Conception
Title: The Last Conception
Character: Davidia Sikand
Released: August 4, 2020
Type: Movie
The Sikand family learns they are part of an ancient bloodline and the only hope at continuing it is their gay daughter Savarna.
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Tiger
Title: Tiger
Character: Kulwant
Released: November 30, 2018
Type: Movie
A practicing Sikh is banned by the boxing commission for refusing to back down from his religious beliefs. Through racial profiling and stereotypical threats, he does what any strong American would do: fight back.
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Title: Good Girls
Character: Bank Security Guard
Released: February 26, 2018
Type: TV
Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.
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Benjamin Troubles
Title: Benjamin Troubles
Character: Genie
Released: June 27, 2017
Type: Movie
Benjamin Troubles is a tale of urban magic that follows Ben, an out of luck loser, who finds himself suddenly endowed with large sums of money due to a mysterious gift, a pair of magic jeans that produce $100 bills every hour.
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Title: Speechless
Character: Juror
Released: September 21, 2016
Type: TV
Maya DiMeo is a mom on a mission who will do anything for her husband, Jimmy, and kids Ray, Dylan, and JJ, her eldest son with special needs. As Maya fights injustices both real and imagined, the family works to make a new home for themselves and searches for just the right person to give JJ his “voice.”
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The Next Big Thing
Title: The Next Big Thing
Character: Mr. Shah
Released: July 4, 2016
Type: Movie
The Next Big Thing is a dark comedy about friendship, revenge and the lust for fame. The protagonist is Julian, who, despite his "talent," has never achieved the level of fame he thinks he deserves. When his deranged and estranged best friend Chuck shows up with a plan to make Julian famous by making a film about Julian becoming famous, Julian agrees to do it. Unfortunately for Julian, Chuck's real aim is to make a prank show centered on ruining Julian's life. After a series of embarrassing and painful events Julian begins to regret his decision, but the worse the situation is for Julian, the more popular the videos become. Julian's ego allows Chuck to bring him to the edge of his sanity and beyond.
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A Life Lived
Title: A Life Lived
Character: Danesh
Released: June 26, 2016
Type: Movie
The story about the life of a dollar bill, and the many lives it passes along the way.
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Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
Title: Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
Character: Mehdi The Butcher
Released: March 13, 2016
Type: Movie
A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.
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Title: Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
Released: January 3, 2016
Type: TV
As Cooper Barrett struggles to survive each of life’s many challenges, he guides us through the often-messy, always-hilarious ordeal, so that our lives don’t have to be nearly the entertaining disaster that Cooper’s is turning out to be.
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The Magic Shoes
Title: The Magic Shoes
Character: Uncle Bijan
Released: March 23, 2015
Type: Movie
A USC Graduate Thesis Film about a nine-year-old Persian boy in 1992 Los Angeles who thinks a pair of Air Jordans will make him fly.
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Title: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Character: Hossein 'The Junkie'
Released: November 21, 2014
Type: Movie
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
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Shirin in Love
Title: Shirin in Love
Character: Nader
Released: March 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Despite being engaged to a successful Iranian plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Shirin finds herself falling for a mysterious young man who lives in a lighthouse in northern California.
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Title: The Beauty Inside
Character: Alex #6
Released: August 15, 2012
Type: TV
Alex wakes up every day as a different person. He is always the same person on the inside, but on the outside he is somebody else. When he meets Leah and falls in love everything changes for him. He knows he will see her again, but she will never see him.
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Title: Political Animals
Character: Amir Jobrani
Released: July 15, 2012
Type: TV
Former first lady and current Secretary of State Elaine Barrish Hammond try to keep her family together while simultaneously dealing with crises of the State Department and fending off the hungry DC journalist who is bent on destroying her career.
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Title: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Character: Indian Man
Released: June 22, 2012
Type: Movie
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Title: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Character: The Man
Released: December 31, 2011
Type: Movie
A girl walks home alone at night and a man follows her with insidious intentions, but when he gets to her apartment, she turns the tables in the most surprising way…with her fangs.
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Title: Hot in Cleveland
Character: Yang
Released: June 16, 2010
Type: TV
Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new "promised land."
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Title: Good Luck Charlie
Character: Arnie
Released: April 4, 2010
Type: TV
Teens PJ and Teddy and tween brother Gabe are typical kids -- that is, until their mother has another baby. The arrival of their new sister completely upends the entire household. When their mother heads back to work after Charlie's birth, it's up to the kids and their dad to keep the home fires burning -- and to keep Charlie out of trouble as she learns to sit up, crawl, walk and run. Teddy, as the older sister, makes a personalized video diary for Charlie, in each episode adding a nugget of wisdom for her baby sibling.
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Title: The League
Character: Valet
Released: October 29, 2009
Type: TV
The League is an American sitcom and semi-improvised comedy about a about a fantasy football league and its members and their everyday lives.
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Title: NCIS: Los Angeles
Character: Older Afghan Man
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: TV
The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
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Year One
Title: Year One
Character: Slave Trader
Released: June 18, 2009
Type: Movie
When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
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Life Blood
Title: Life Blood
Character: Steve
Released: June 16, 2009
Type: Movie
Forty years ago a supernatural force vanquished Brooke and Rhea, a sexy lipstick lesbian couple, after they committed an inconceivable murder. Now, on New Year's Eve, they'll rise from the dead. Still hot and still a couple, they're back as vampires. Enamored with their newfound power, it's no longer a question of whether they will kill again, but of how.
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Pants on Fire
Title: Pants on Fire
Character: Aram
Released: November 8, 2008
Type: Movie
A struggling actor's tall tales of fame and fortune are suddenly challenged when his hometown buddies make a surprise trip to Hollywood.
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Title: Raising the Bar
Released: September 1, 2008
Type: TV
The lives and cases of young lawyers who work on opposite sides - the public defender's office and the district attorney's office - as well as those who sit in judgment on their cases.
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The Onion Movie
Title: The Onion Movie
Character: Announcer
Released: May 31, 2008
Type: Movie
Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits losers hardest". This compilation of bogus news stories, celebrity profiles, movie trailers and skits come courtesy of the ace satirists at The Onion.
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Carts
Title: Carts
Character: Fab
Released: September 13, 2007
Type: Movie
A group of misfit shopping cart attendants deal with another day at their dead end jobs.
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Title: Burn Notice
Character: Anwar
Released: June 28, 2007
Type: TV
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
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Title: Andy Barker, P.I.
Released: March 15, 2007
Type: TV
Certified public accountant Andy Barker reluctantly becomes a private investigator after he is mistaken for the former office tenant, who was a private eye.
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Car Babes
Title: Car Babes
Character: Babu Gulab
Released: December 26, 2006
Type: Movie
A coming of age story about the quirky lives of car salesman.
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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Title: Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Character: Shaif Al-Rafi
Released: January 20, 2006
Type: Movie
To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.
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The Poseidon Adventure
Title: The Poseidon Adventure
Character: Jordanian General
Released: November 20, 2005
Type: Movie
A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.
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Title: How I Met Your Mother
Character: Ranjit Singh
Released: September 19, 2005
Type: TV
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
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The L.A. Riot Spectacular
Title: The L.A. Riot Spectacular
Character: Nephi
Released: April 25, 2005
Type: Movie
The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial for beating motorist Rodney King were found innocent. The city was engulfed by a massive riot, but the film plays these moments for laughs. In addition to recreating some of the images seen on television, the film skewers a variety of figures including the police, the media, and the citizens of the city.
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Title: Joey
Character: Lloyd
Released: September 8, 2004
Type: TV
The charming and still-single Joey, who has struck out on his own and moved to Hollywood, hoping to truly make it as an actor. After reuniting with his high-strung sister Gina, Joey moves in with Michael, his 20-year-old genius nephew, who unbelievably is literally a rocket scientist. However, what Joey lacks in book smarts he makes up for with people smarts – making him the best new friend his nephew could ask for.
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Hidalgo
Title: Hidalgo
Character: Camel Skinner
Released: February 4, 2004
Type: Movie
Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...
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Stealing Harvard
Title: Stealing Harvard
Character: Toy Store Manager
Released: September 13, 2002
Type: Movie
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
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Showtime
Title: Showtime
Character: Convenience Store Owner
Released: March 14, 2002
Type: Movie
A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.
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Title: Scrubs
Character: Dr. Akbar
Released: October 2, 2001
Type: TV
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
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Title: Scrubs
Character: Pizza Guy
Released: October 2, 2001
Type: TV
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
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Title: Scrubs
Character: Akbar
Released: October 2, 2001
Type: TV
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
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Guardian
Title: Guardian
Character: Iraqi Colonel
Released: June 12, 2001
Type: Movie
With a spate of violence that rocks the inner city, L.A.P.D. and ex-Marine John Kross investigates its cause: a new drug called Chaos. With help from his partner Carpenter, they delve into the mystery, only to discover a link between the drug and a terrifying supernatural power unleashed during the gulf war, witnessed by Kross twelve years ago. Now, Kross must race against time to stop the destruction, battle his own demons and come to grips with his destiny as he discovers that his reality has been mapped by a power much greater than himself.
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The Last Producer
Title: The Last Producer
Character: Cabbie
Released: August 22, 2000
Type: Movie
An old-time mogul struggles to reenter the club where power and money make the rules.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Saleh Amir
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Word of Mouth
Title: Word of Mouth
Character: Hertzog
Released: January 26, 1999
Type: Movie
Torri is a prostitute who has risen to the highest ranks of her profession -- she's beautiful, sophisticated, charming, and charges high rates that her wealthy clients are happy to pay. In fact, Torri's renown is such that a documentary filmmaker has decided to make a movie about her life and work.
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Title: Will & Grace
Character: Mr. Zamir
Released: September 21, 1998
Type: TV
Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.
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The Big Lebowski
Title: The Big Lebowski
Character: Doctor
Released: March 6, 1998
Type: Movie
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
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To the Ends of Time
Title: To the Ends of Time
Character: Morlin General
Released: October 21, 1996
Type: Movie
In a mythical kingdom, a young boy must fight time for the love of his princess and the future of his land.
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Kazaam
Title: Kazaam
Character: Malik
Released: July 17, 1996
Type: Movie
When Max fools a gang of local toughs, he finds himself in big trouble. Fleeing from the thugs, Max runs into an old warehouse and bumps into a boom box. By doing that, he manages to release Kazaam, a genie who has been held captive for thousands of years.
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True Lies
Title: True Lies
Character: Jamal Khaled
Released: July 15, 1994
Type: Movie
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
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Title: Diagnosis: Murder
Character: Maitre'd
Released: October 29, 1993
Type: TV
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
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Title: The X-Files
Character: Mr. Jank
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: TV
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
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Guests of Hotel Astoria
Title: Guests of Hotel Astoria
Released: April 17, 1989
Type: Movie
An Iranian couple (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mohsen Marzban) declare themselves political refugees after police detain them on their way to Cuba.
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Checkpoint
Title: Checkpoint
Character: Abe
Released: August 14, 1987
Type: Movie
A busload of College students, returning to Michigan from a Canadian field trip, is stopped at the US border at the time of the Iranian hostage crisis. The group includes a number of Iranian passengers, divided along ideological lines, whose debates about policy and politics soon lead to a full-scale confrontation.