Aziz Ansari is an American actor and comedian. He stars as Tom Haverford on the NBC show Parks and Recreation. Ansari began his career performing standup comedy in New York City during the summer of 2000 while attending New York University. In 2007, he created and starred in...
Comedian, Television producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Stand-up comedian
Education
Université de Sherbrooke
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Salwa Idrissi
Parents
Shoukath Ansari, Fatima Ansari
Siblings
Aniz Ansari
Partner
Courtney McBroom
Nicknames
Human Giant
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Nonfiction, Gotham Appreciation Award
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, TCA Award for Individ...
Movies
Funny People, 30 Minutes or Less, Get Him to the Greek, Epic, Ice Age: Continental Drift, This Is the End, Dangerously Delicious, Observe and Report, Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden, I Love You, Man, Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive, The Rocker, What's Your Number?, School for Scoundrels, Cruel ...
TV Shows
Breadwinners, Parks and Recreation, Human Giant, Master of None
Star Sign
Pisces
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Trademark
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Wears suits while performing stand-up
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Often plays slackers
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High-pitched voice
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Quote
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As a comedian I can talk about anything as long as I make it funny. So it's pretty cool if I can get people thinking about immigration or feminism or the food industry at my stand- up shows
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When I tour, it's like, well, like a food tour as much as a comedy tour. I try to eat at all the weird places, the obscure barbecue joints, burger places. There are a few spots in L.A. that I'm obsessed with - one of them is the Taco Zone taco truck on Alvarado. There are secret off-menu items that are amazing.
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Like with Parks and Recreation, it's so much fun because the people writing it are funny and they're open and you just go in there and have a good time. It's pretty much the easiest job I've ever had.
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I'm kind of obsessed with food. I like to eat.
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I was 18 when I started. I was hanging out with some friends and they asked if I had tried stand-up before. I hadn't, but I thought: 'What the hell?' So I went to an open mic night, and I liked it.
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For the majority of the time, I may as well have been just a really tan white kid. You know, I may as well have just been, like, a fat kid.
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Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that the other comedians hate because they're just, you know, doing kind of cheap stuff like dancing around or doing, like, very kind of base sex humor a lot, and stuff like that.
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One of the big things I miss about New York is not my friends so much; it's Shake Shack, the burger place. I miss Shake Shack.
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I was a dishwasher at one of those Japanese places that cook on your table. Not too fun.
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Do It Under the Influence Yourself! That's what we're shooting for! Get drunk and make your dreams come true.
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A lot of people my age think stand up sucks.
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After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that has worked a bunch of times and then one night it'll flop. And that's when I really take a hard look at myself and say: 'Well, that crowd is obviously wrong. That crowd has absolutely no idea what it's talking about.'
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Fact
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Brother Aniz Adam Ansari is a Writer, Editor, & Visual Artist based in Los Angeles, California. Also was one of the writers for Master of None.
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Aziz Ansari attended Marlboro Academy in Bennettsville, S.C. Bennettsville is in Marlboro County in South Carolina.
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In a 2013 interview with "The A.V. Club," Ansari said that his parents' marriage had been an arranged one.
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Turned down an unknown role in Transformers (2007).
$12 Million
$9 Million Per Year
