Aziz Ismail Ansari 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. 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. 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.
Comedian Aziz Ansari’s response to sexual misconduct allegations
Comedian Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix special was released on July 9, almost a year after he was accused of sexual misconduct. In January 2018, an anonymous account on website Babe.net had accused Ansari of forcing a woman to unwillingly perform sexual acts during a date. He has spoken about the incident and how it affected him on his new Netflix comedy show Aziz Ansari: Road To Nowhere.
“There were times when I felt scared, times I felt humiliated, times I felt embarrassed,” Ansari says right at the opening of his show. “Ultimately, I just felt terrible that this person felt this way,” he adds. Ansari goes on to call the incident a “good thing” if it forced people to rethink “all their dates”
Famous For
- His comedy skills and acting skills
- Netflix series Master of None and NBC series Parks and Recreation
Early Life of Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari was born on 23rd February 1983 in Columbia, South Carolina to Shoukath and Fatima. He originally comes from a Muslim family in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. He holds a mixed ethnicity of Asian-American. His father Shoukath Ansari is a gastroenterologist, and his mother Fatima works as an employee in a medical office. He has a brother, Aniz Adam Ansari, who is a writer, visual editor, and an editor by profession. He grew up in the city of Bennettsville, in the state of South Carolina, and attended two schools, ‘The Marlboro Academy’, a college preparatory school(2000-2004), and ‘The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics’ in Hartsville, South Carolina. He has a degree in marketing from the ‘New York University Stern School of Business’ from where he graduated in 2004.
Body Measurement of Aziz Ansari
As a comedian and actor, Aziz Ansari has a good looking body as he has a height of 5ft 6in and a weight of 62 kg.
Personal Life od Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari is an unmarried man but he was in a relationship with Courtney McBroom, a professional chef in 2013 and it was food that made them lovers. But they broke after a couple of years and currently, there is no information or rumors regarding his relationships. He does a lot of charity work. He did a benefit event following the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013. All the proceeds from the event were donated to ‘The One Fund & The Officer Richard Donohue Fund’.
Birthday Moments, Celebration of Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari is a very successful person who almost has done everything in his career including winning awards like Golden Globe Award. He celebrates his birthday on the 23rd of February with his friends and family.
Career of Aziz Ansari
- Aziz Ansari’s career began in 2004, when he was given a small role of a bricklayer in the television series ‘Uncle Morty’s Dub Shack’.
- In 2007, he played the character of a fruit-vendor in the television musical comedy series ‘Flight of the Conchords’.
- He produced and starred in various roles for his own sketch comedy show ‘Human Giant’ which went on for two seasons.
- He also acts in small roles in movies like ‘The Rocker’ (2008) and was also offered the role of a morgue employee on the American sitcom ‘Worst Week’ (2008). He received more movie roles in ‘Funny People’ (2009), ‘Observe and Report’ (2009), and ‘I Love You, Man’ (2009).
- He became popular and also turning the point of his career when he received the main role of Tom Haverford in the political comedy series ‘Parks and Recreation’ (2009-15).
- He got another big opportunity in the action comedy film ‘30 Minutes or Less’ (2011), where he played the role of Chet Flanning. The film also starred Fred Ward, Jesse Eisenberg, Nick Swardson, and Michael Pena.
- His career touched newer heights when he wrote and starred in the stand-up comedy tour ‘Dangerously Delicious’ (2012).
- He also gave a voice-over for the character of Squint in the movie ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ the same year,
- Aziz Ansari’s voice over career continued with the adult sitcom ‘Bob’s Burgers’ (2012-16) for which he gave voice for seven episodes, followed by ‘The Venture Bros’ (2013), ‘Wonder Over Yonder’(2013), ‘Ben 10 : Omniverse’(2013), and ‘Adventure Time’(2013).
- He was given a small role in the 2014 comedy film ‘Date and Switch’, starring Nicholas Braun, Dakota Johnson, and Zach Cregger.
- In 2015, He partnered with Alan Yang and created the comedy-drama television Netflix series ‘Master of None’
- He has also hosted one of the episodes of ‘Saturday Night Live’ (2017) with rapper Big Sean.
Awards
Aziz Ansari has won the ‘Variety Power of Comedy Award’ (2014), ‘Critics Choice Television Award’ (2016) for the Best Comedy Series, ‘Peabody Award’ (2016), and a ‘Primetime Emmy Award’ (2016) for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.
Additionally, Aziz Ansari has won a Gloden Glode award in 2018 for "Master of None" as "Best Performance by an Actor in Television Series" and two Primetime Emmy Awards for "Master of None" as "Outstanding Writing for a comedy series"
Net Worth of Aziz Ansari
As an actor and comedian, Aziz Ansari earns a considerable amount of money from his career and profession. As of 2019, his net worth is $18 million.
