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Aziz Ansari
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American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and director
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
Acting · 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
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1983
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 102,725
- Total plays
- 2,307,529
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Aziz Ansari (born February 23, 1983) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known as one of the stars of the critically acclaimed sketch comedy series Human Giant on MTV, for which he is also a writer and executive producer. Ansari appeared in the NBC series, Parks and Recreation, from producers of The Office. Official website: http://azizisbored.tumblr.com/ <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Aziz+Ansari">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 275
- Cited by
- 9,519
Research areas
Most cited works
- Zinc oxide nanoparticles-chitosan composite film for cholesterol biosensor2008 · 282 cit
- Iron oxide-chitosan nanobiocomposite for urea sensor2009 · 235 cit
- Sol–gel derived nanoporous cerium oxide film for application to cholesterol biosensor2008 · 229 cit
- Recent progress of fluorescent materials for fingermarks detection in forensic science and anti-counterfeiting2022 · 227 cit
- Luminescence properties of Tb3+-doped CaMoO4 nanoparticles: annealing effect, polar medium dispersible, polymer film and core–shell formation2012 · 213 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology
· 2015 · cited 29,153x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
- ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 15,478x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology
· 2008 · cited 10,756x
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Quotes
- “If you look at our country's history, change doesn't come from presidents. Change comes from large groups of angry people.”
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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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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aziz Ansari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.