Marshall Manesh was born in Iran. He lost his father atan early age and was raised by his beloved mother, whom he feels he gothis strength from to make it in show biz. He came to the United States in the mid'70s and joined the Persian Theater Group and traveled extensivelythrough out the US, Canada and Europe for 8 years. His debutfilm was "True Lies" as Jamal Khaled, directed by James Cameron.Marshall has done more than 100 feature films, television projects andmore than 40 commercials. He had a recurring roles on Will &Grace as Mr. Zamir, How I Met Your Mother as Ranjit, Scrubs asDr. Akbar, and was also a series regular on Andy Barker P.I.