Aziz Ansari

Aziz Ismail Ansari ɑːnˈsɑːri ahnSARee born February 23 1983 is an American actor comedian and filmmaker He played Tom Haverford on the NBC series Parks and Recreation 20092015 and created and starred in the Netflix series Master of None 20152021 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 cocreated 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 cocreated and starred in the first two seasons of Netflixs critically acclaimed series Master of None for which he also served as a writer and director As a standup comedian Ansari released his first comedy special Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening in January 2010 on Comedy Central Records He continues to perform standup on tour and on Netflix 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 July 2019 Ansari released his fifth comedy special Aziz Ansari Right Now which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album In 2021 Netflix released Master of None Presents Moments in Love which Ansari wrote and directed The following year he released his comedy special Aziz Ansari Nightclub Comedian on Netflix Description above from the Wikipedia article Aziz Ansari licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia