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**Aziz Ismail Ansari** (Template:IPAc-en; born February 23, 1983) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, and comedian. He is known for his role as Tom Haverford on the NBC series *Parks and Recreation* (2009–2015), and as creator and star of the Netflix series *Master of None* (2015–2017) for which he won several acting and writing awards, including two Emmys and a Golden Globe for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. With his Golden Globe win, Ansari became the first actor of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe for acting in television.

Ansari began his career performing stand-up comedy in New York City in mid-2000 while attending New York University. In 2007, he created and starred in the MTV sketch comedy show *Human Giant*, which ran for two seasons. This led to acting roles in feature films, including *Funny People*; *I Love You, Man*; *Observe and Report*; and *30 Minutes or Less*. He has provided voice work in *Ice Age: Continental Drift* and *Epic*.

As a stand-up comedian, Ansari released his debut comedy special, *Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening*, in January 2010 on Comedy Central Records, and tours nationally between acting commitments. In 2010 and 2011, he performed his Dangerously Delicious tour, which was self-released for download on his website in March 2012 and debuted on Comedy Central in May 2012. He completed his third major tour, *Buried Alive*, in the summer of 2013. His fourth comedy special, *Live at Madison Square Garden*, was released on Netflix in 2015. His first book, *Modern Romance: An Investigation*, was released in June 2015. He was included in the *Time* 100 list of most influential people in 2016. In January 2018, Ansari was accused of sexual misconduct by a woman who he had brought on a date, which led to his receding from the public eye.

## Early life

Aziz Ansari was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to a Tamil Muslim family from Tamil Nadu, India. Ansari grew up in Bennettsville, South Carolina, where he attended Marlboro Academy as well as the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics. He graduated from the New York University Stern School of Business in 2004, with a degree in marketing. His mother, Fatima, is an obstetrician and gynecologist and his father, Shoukath, is a gastroenterologist. Both of his parents have appeared in the two seasons of *Master of None*.

## Career

### Early career

Ansari frequently performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, as well as weekly shows such as *Invite Them Up*. In 2005, *Rolling Stone* included him in their annual "Hot List" as their choice for the "Hot Standup", and he won the Jury Award for "Best Standup" at HBO's 2006 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.

### *Human Giant*

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Around the summer of 2005, Ansari began collaborating with fellow comedians Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer (both from the improv troupe Respecto Montalban), as well as director Jason Woliner to make short films. The first series created by the group was *Shutterbugs*, which followed Huebel and Ansari as cutthroat child talent agents. This was followed up by the *Illusionators*, which starred Ansari and Scheer as Criss Angel–style goth magicians. In mid-2006, MTV greenlit "Human Giant", a sketch series from the group, which debuted April 5, 2007. The show ran for two seasons and the group was offered a third season, but they opted to pursue other opportunities.

### *Parks and Recreation*

In June 2008, Ansari was announced as the first cast hire for NBC's comedy *Parks and Recreation*. The show debuted in April 2009 with Ansari playing Tom Haverford, an underachieving government official with extreme self-confidence and dreams of being successful. He was a main character of the show for its seven seasons. Ansari's performance has received praise from critics, including *Entertainment Weekly* naming him one of 2009's "Breakout TV Stars", *TV Guide* naming him a "Scene Stealer", and Yahoo! TV placing him in the No. 1 spot on its list of "TV MVPS".

### *Master of None*

Ansari stars as Dev Shah in the Netflix original series *Master of None*, created and written with *Parks and Recreation* writer Alan Yang. Ansari directed several episodes of the series. The 10-episode series premiered on November 6, 2015, to very positive reviews. James Poniewozik of *The New York Times* called the show "the year's best comedy straight out of the gate" and praised its genre-crossing appeal.

In November 2016, Ansari writes about his mother and father following 'Master of None'. In his post Ansari opens up about how he felt like a "complete piece of rubbish" for not visiting them in South Carolina as much as he could have.

Ansari's performance in the show earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. The series earned four Emmy nominations in 2016: Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Ansari and Yang, and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Ansari; Yang and Ansari won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the episode "Parents". Yang and Ansari were also honored with a Peabody Award in May 2016 for the series.

The show was renewed for a second season, which was released on May 12, 2017. The second season has also received strong reviews and has a 100% "Certified Fresh" ranking on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

In 2018 Ansari won a Golden Globe for best actor in a TV comedy for the show; this made him the first Asian-American actor to win a Golden Globe for acting in television.

### MTV Movie Awards

On June 6, 2010, Ansari hosted the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. The show opened with a spoof of the film *Precious* with Ansari appearing as Aziz "Precious" Ansari. Ansari also created the short film *Stunt Kidz*, which reunited him with his *Human Giant* castmates. A second short film was also made with actor Zach Galifianakis in which Ansari portrayed Taavon, Galifianakis' "swagger coach". He accepted Galifianakis' award for Best Comedic Performance in character as Taavon. Ansari also performed a musical tribute to the film *Avatar* in the style of singer R. Kelly.

### Other television work

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In addition to his work on *Parks and Recreation*, Ansari appeared on the HBO series *Flight of the Conchords* as an eccentric fruit vendor who had difficulty telling the difference between Australians and New Zealanders. He had a recurring role in season eight of the ABC sitcom *Scrubs* as Ed, a new intern at the hospital. Ansari's character was written off the show so he could work on *Parks and Recreation*. Ansari also has a recurring role on the animated comedy *Bob's Burgers* as Darryl.

In August 2011, Ansari made a cameo appearance in the music video for "Otis" by Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative album *Watch the Throne*.

Ansari hosted the January 21, 2017 episode of *Saturday Night Live*, becoming the first person of Indian origin to do so.

### Film career

Ansari has made appearances in several films, including *Get Him to the Greek*, *I Love You, Man*, *30 Minutes or Less*, *This Is the End,* and *Observe and Report*. In 2009, Ansari appeared in the Judd Apatow film *Funny People*. Apatow liked Ansari's character, "Randy", and commissioned him and *Human Giant* collaborator Jason Woliner to create online shorts centered around his character, to promote the film. These shorts proved successful and the character became the subject of one of the film ideas Ansari and Woliner are developing for Apatow Productions. Two other ideas in development are *Let's Do This*, a road movie about two motivational speakers, and an untitled film about two disgraced astronauts who must return to space to clear their names. Ansari is attached to star in another film with Danny McBride based on an idea from Ansari and *30 Rock* writer Matt Hubbard. In April 2010, it was announced that Ansari would star in the film *30 Minutes or Less*. The film was directed by Ruben Fleischer and co-starred Jesse Eisenberg and McBride. The film was released on August 12, 2011.

### Stand-up comedy

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Amongst various acting commitments, Ansari has continued performing and touring as a stand-up comedian. In 2006 and 2007, he toured with the Comedians of Comedy and Flight of the Conchords. In late 2008 and early 2009, Ansari headlined his own comedy tour, the Glow in the Dark Tour. The material on this tour became the basis for a DVD/CD special for Comedy Central. The set, titled *Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening*, aired January 17, 2010, with a CD/LP/DVD release on January 19.

Ansari's comedy style tends to focus on aspects of his personal life. "I like talking about things that are going on in my life, because that's always going to be different and original", he says. "No one else is gonna be talking about my personal experiences".

In July 2010, Ansari began a new tour, *Dangerously Delicious*, which was in theaters across the United States; stops included the Bonnaroo Music Festival and Carnegie Hall in New York City. The tour wrapped with a filming for a special, *Dangerously Delicious* at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., in June 2011. This special was released on his website in March 2012 for download or stream.

In March 2012, Ansari announced a new tour entitled "Buried Alive", with dates scheduled for Q2/Q3 2012. A third stand-up special, *Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive*, was filmed during the tour at the Merriam Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and premiered on Netflix on November 1, 2013. His 2015 special, *Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden*, also premiered on Netflix.

In February 2019, Ansari began a new stand-up tour entitled *The Road to Nowhere*, which was his official public return after the sexual-misconduct allegations and media backlash that put his career on a year-long hiatus in 2018. The performance was a response to the events of that past year, and touched on topics ranging from cultural appropriation, racism to sexual misconduct. His next comedy special *Aziz Ansari: Right Now* was released on July 9, 2019.

In May 2019, Ansari teamed up with Dave Chappelle for three shows in Austin, Texas at the Paramount Theatre.

### Writing

Ansari's book, *Modern Romance: An Investigation*, was released on June 16, 2015. The book is about the comedic pitfalls of dating in the modern world and was written with sociologist Eric Klinenberg.

### Charity work

In 2012, Ansari played a talking goat in an animated video for Oxfam America to encourage donations.

Following the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, Ansari performed a benefit for the victims at the Wilbur Theater in Boston, Massachusetts. All ticket proceeds benefited The One Fund & The Officer Richard Donohue Fund.

## Personal life

Ansari described himself as "not religious" on Twitter. He was raised as Muslim by his parents.

As of January 2019[update]Template:Dated maintenance category, Ansari is dating Danish physics student Serena Campbell.

He has self-identified as a feminist, saying his girlfriend has helped influence him. Ansari also incorporated an episode about feminism titled "Ladies and Gentlemen" in *Master of None*. In an interview in 2015, he spoke about the episode's meaningfulness to him saying "I thought it was interesting that this is happening, yet so many people are unaware of it. And the problem is people aren't talking about it. What I've learned, as a guy, is to just ask women questions and listen to what they have to say. Go to your group of female friends and ask them about times they've experienced sexism at their job, and you'll get blown away by the things they tell you."

Ansari is a "foodie" (although he dislikes the term); he and his friends Eric Wareheim and Jason Woliner have formed what they called "The Food Club", which involves them dressing up in suits and captain hats and rewarding restaurants with "Food Club" plaques. The plaques have their faces engraved along with the words: "The Food Club has dined here and deemed it plaque-worthy". He explained to *Vanity Fair*, "It's a really serious-looking plaque and all of the restaurants we've given it to have put it front and center. It's funny because people will walk into a restaurant and be like, 'What the fuck is the Food Club? Who are these guys etched in gold?'" They also produced a tongue-in-cheek video about the club for *Jash*, filming them debating whether or not restaurants were plaque-worthy.

Ansari was a close friend of the late comedian Harris Wittels and they frequently worked together. He has a brother, Aniz Adam Ansari, who co-wrote an episode of *Master of None*.

### Allegation of sexual misconduct

In January 2018, a woman using the pseudonym "Grace" accused Ansari of sexual misconduct in an article on *Babe.net* by Katie Way. The article was met with a polarized response among commentators and the public with disagreement as to whether the incident described in the *Babe* article constituted sexual misconduct. Ansari stated that the encounter "by all indications was completely consensual," but critics have stated that his actions were misogynistic, lacked affirmative consent, and spoke to a larger culture of harmful male expectations. Others say that Ansari's actions did not constitute sexual misconduct and that his accuser's narrative trivializes the #MeToo movement against forms of sexual abuse. Way was criticized for her handling of the story. In an article in *The Hindu*, Vasundhara Sirnate Drennan wrote that "The issue is far more complicated than has been presented in knee-jerk opinion pieces." For *The Atlantic*, James Hamblin wrote that these "stories of gray areas are exactly what [...] need to be told and discussed." "Even Ansari, the semi-ironic expert who authored a book on interpersonal communication [...] was seeing something totally different from his date, Grace", who felt coerced.

Ansari addressed the incident in his 2019 Netflix special *Aziz Ansari: Right Now*, telling the audience, "I just felt terrible that this person felt this way." He discussed the impact the story had on his friends, saying "If this made not just me but other people be more thoughtful, then that's a good thing, and that's how I feel about it." Ansari has been criticized for not directly apologizing for his alleged behavior.

## Filmography

### Discography

* *Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening* (Comedy Central Records, 2010)
* *Dangerously Delicious* (Comedy Central Records, 2012)
* *Buried Alive* (Comedy Central Records, 2015)

### Standup Specials

* *Aziz Ansari: Dangerously Delicious* (released on Aziz's Website, 2012)
* *Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive* (released on Netflix, 2013)
* *Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden* (released on Netflix, 2015)
* *Aziz Ansari: Right Now* (released on Netflix, 2019)

## Awards and nominations

In 2016, Ansari was the recipient of Smithsonian Magazine's American Ingenuity Award for Performing Arts. In 2017, *Rolling Stone* ranked Aziz Ansari 49th in their list of greatest stand-up comedians of all time.

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