Marshall Manesh (born August 16, 1950) is an Iranian/American actor.
Manesh was born in Mashhad, Iran. He has appeared in the television shows Will & Grace, Entourage, Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother, Law & Order and The X-Files. He has also acted in the movies True Lies (his debut), The Poseidon Adventure, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
His latest role was in Andy Barker, P.I. starring Andy Richter. Manesh will appear in the upcoming 2008 horror film Pearblossom along side Scout Taylor-Compton.
Marshall Manesh was born on August 16, 1950 in Iran. He lost his father at an early age and was raised by his beloved mother, whom he feels he got his strength from to make it in acting. He came to America in the mid "70s" and joined the Persian Theater Group and traveled extensively through out The United States, Canada and Europe for 8 years. His debut film was "True Lies" as Jamal Khaled, directed by James Cameron. Marshall has done more than 75 feature Films, Television projects and more than 40 commercials. He currently has a recurring roles on: Will & Grace as "Mr. Zamir", "How I met your mother as "Ranjit", Scrubs as "Dr. Akbar" and Boston Legal as "George Keene".
