Aziz Ansari

Infobox actor
name = Aziz Ansari


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location = Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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occupation = Actor
Comedian
Writer
Producer
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website = http://www.azizisbored.com
notable role =Various on "Human Giant

Aziz Ansari (born February 23, 1983) is an American actor/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. The show recently completed its second season.

He has also appeared on the HBO series "Flight of the Conchords". He's currently filming roles in the films "Observe and Report" with Seth Rogen and "I Love You, Man" with Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.

He currently resides in Los Angeles.

tandup

Ansari began his career performing standup comedy in New York City while attending NYU. 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 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, CO. He occasionally tours colleges and music festivals and has also toured with the Comedians of Comedy and Flight of the Conchords.

Human Giant

Around the summer of 2005, Ansari began collaborating with fellow comedians Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer (both of the famed 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 the summer of 2006, MTV greenlit a sketch series from the group which debuted April 5th, 2007.

Office Spinoff

On June 12, 2008, Variety announced that Ansari had been the first cast hire for the new "The Office" spinoff on NBC. The show is set to debut in 2009. [cite web
last = Schneider
first = Michael
title = Aziz Ansari hired for 'Office' spinoff
work = "Variety"
date = 2008-06-12
url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987409.html
accessdate = 2008-08-03 ]

Filmography

*Observe and Report (2009)
*I Love You, Man (2009)
*The Rocker (2008)

Personal life

Ansari graduated in 2004 from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University, where he majored in Marketing. He graduated high school from the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics.

Interviews and Articles

* [http://www.variety.com/VR1117987409.html Variety - Aziz Ansari hired for 'Office' spinoff]
* [http://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/29697/ New York Magazine - Human Giant Profile]
* [http://azizisbored.com/img/rollingstone.jpgRolling Stone - "Hot Standup" Article]
* [http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2006/03/13/americas-funnyman Winner - Jury Award - Best Standup - 2006 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen]
* [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117946845.html?categoryid=2242&cs=1 Human Giant Named One of Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" in 2006]
* [http://scenemissingmagazine.com/article/?p=1429 Interview With Scene Missing Magazine]
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/48997-interview-human-giant Pitchforkmedia - Human Giant Interview 03.10.08 ]
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/42015-human-giant-talk-ghostface-mtv-youtube Pitchforkmedia - Human Giant Interview 03.29.07]
* [http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/human_giant Onion AV Club - Human Giant Interview]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/movies/13jame.html?_r=1&oref=slogin NYTimes - "No One Says '9/11.' No One Needs To."]
* [http://www.avclub.com/content/hater/human_giant_programs_mtv_for_24 Onion AV Club - Human Giant 24 Hour Marathon Coverage]
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0722,westhoff,76784,22.html Village Voice - Human Giant 24 Hour Marathon Coverage]
* [http://www.theculturalconnect.com/new/2007/09/18/aziz-ansari-desi/ "Aziz Ansari Will Make You Laugh": 2007 Interview by Ranjit Souri in "The DesiConnect"]

References

External links

* [http://telluride.plumtv.com/videos/snippet_comedy_fest_2008 Plum TV Telluride video of Ed Helms, Rob Corddry and Aziz Ansari at Comedy Fest 2008]
* [http://azizisbored.com/ Aziz Ansari's Website]
* [http://www.thehumangiant.com/ The Human Giant]
*imdb name|2106637|Aziz Ansari