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Aziz Ansari
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American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and director
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Aziz Ansari is an American actor, comedian, and television and film actor. Born on February 23, 1983, in Columbia, South Carolina, he is a citizen of the United States. He attended New York University’s Stern School of Business. Ansari has resided in Bennettsville and speaks English. His professional career began in 2004, and he is a member of the Writers Guild of America West.
His work falls under the genre of observational comedy. Ansari received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. He is associated with Third Man Records. Among his written works are *Modern Romance*, *Romance moderne*, *Jiu jiu wo de luo man si shi*, and *Modern Zamanlarda Ask*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1983
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Romance moderne (HAUT.NONFICTION)
- Modern Romance
- Jiu jiu wo de luo man si shi
- Modern Zamanlarda Ask
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Film & TV
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Aziz Ismail Ansari (/ɑːnˈsɑːri/ ahn-SAR-ee; born February 23, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He played Tom Haverford on the NBC series Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) and created and starred in the Netflix series Master of None (2015–2021), for which he won several acting and writing awards, including two Emmys and a Golden Globe, which was the first award received by an…
Known for
- Good Fortune — Arj / Delivery Robots (voice)2025
- Dinner Time Live with David Chang — Self2024
- Chris Rock: Road To Live Special — Self2023
- Aziz Ansari: Nightclub Comedian — Self2022
- The Bob's Burgers Movie — Darryl (voice)2022
- A Parks and Recreation Special — Tom Haverford2020
- The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation — Tom Haverford2020
- Aziz Ansari: Right Now — Self2019
- Ugly Delicious — Self2018
- The Problem with Apu — Self2017
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Aziz Ismail Ansari , ( 1983-02-23 ) February 23, 1983 (age 43) , Columbia, South Carolina , U.S.
- Alma mater
- New York University ( BBA )
- Spouse
- Serena Skov Campbell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2022 )
- Years active
- 2004–present
- Medium
- Stand-up television film books
- Genres
- Observational comedy blue comedy sketch comedy surreal humor satire
- Subjects
- Indian culture everyday life current events popular culture human interaction human sexuality racism self-deprecation
- Website
- azizansari .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aziz
- Family name
- Ansari
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Columbia
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Stern School of Business
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- observational comedy
- Record label
- Third Man Records
- Official website
- azizansari.com
- Image
- Aziz Ansari 2012 Shankbone.JPG
- Residence
- Bennettsville
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- Commons category
- Aziz Ansari
- date of birth
- 1983-02-23
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- social media followers
- 9878541
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Aziz Ansari
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
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Encyclopedic overview
Aziz Ismail Ansari (/ɑːnˈsɑːri/ ahn-SAR-ee; born February 23, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He played Tom Haverford on the NBC series Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) and created and starred in the Netflix series Master of None (2015–2021), for which he won several acting and writing awards, including two Emmys and a Golden Globe, which was the first award received by an Asian American actor for acting on television.
Ansari began performing comedy in New York City, while a student at NYU Stern in 2000. He later co-created and starred in the MTV sketch comedy show Human Giant, after which he had acting roles in a number of feature films. From 2009 to 2015, Ansari played Tom Haverford in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. In 2015, Ansari co-created, and starred in the first two seasons of Netflix's critically acclaimed series Master of None, for which he also served as a writer and director.
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