- Born
- Birth nameAziz Ishmael Ansari
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Aziz Ansari was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Fatima, a medical office worker, and Shoukath, a gastroenterologist. His family is from Tamil Nadu, India. He graduated from NYU as a business major in 2004. He graduated from the South Carolina Governor's School for Math and Science in Hartsville, SC. He previously attended Marlboro Academy, a private school in his home town of Bennettsville, SC.
Starting out in television like the hit comedy Parks and Recreation (2009), he later had bit parts in the films I Love You, Man (2009), Funny People (2009), and Get Him to the Greek (2010), among others, before co-starring in the comedy 30 Minutes or Less (2011).
- IMDb mini biography by: Becky
- SpouseSerena Skov Campbell(June 2022 - present)
- Parents
- RelativesAniz Adam Ansari(Sibling)
- High-pitched voice
- Often plays slackers
- Wears suits while performing stand-up
- His jokes usually involves race or regarding race.
- In a 2013 interview with "The A.V. Club," Ansari said that his parents' marriage had been an arranged one.
- Turned down an unknown role in Transformers (2007).
- Brother Aniz Adam Ansari is a writer, editor, and visual artist based in Los Angeles, California. He was also one of the writers for Master of None (2015).
- Graduate of the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics, a very prestigious public boarding school for science, math, and technology.
- Aziz Ansari attended Marlboro Academy in Bennettsville, S.C. Bennettsville is in Marlboro County in South Carolina.
- After you do a joke a few times, you have material that you know works. Although sometimes I have a joke that has worked a bunch of times and then one night it'll flop. And that's when I really take a hard look at myself and say: 'Well, that crowd is obviously wrong. That crowd has absolutely no idea what it's talking about.'
- A lot of people my age think stand up sucks.
- Do It Under the Influence Yourself! That's what we're shooting for! Get drunk and make your dreams come true.
- I was a dishwasher at one of those Japanese places that cook on your table. Not too fun.
- One of the big things I miss about New York is not my friends so much; it's Shake Shack, the burger place. I miss Shake Shack.
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