Aziz Ansari

Aziz Ansari is one of the best stand-up comedians, writers, and actors, in preset day United States! The man, who has perfected the art of improvisational and observational comedy, has won accolades whenever and wherever he has performed! Unlike most of his contemporaries who have unabashedly dwelt in ethnic humor, Ansari has shied away from it. Instead, he has been loved for cracking jokes on pop culture, American culture, self-deprecation, racism, race relations and everyday life. Recently, you have also seen him in movies like 30 Minutes or Less, Observe and Report, I Love You, Man, and Funny People. He was also the host of the 2010 MTV Movie Awards.
 
Aziz Ansari was born and brought up in South Carolina. His parents are from the Indian Sub-Continent and are medical practitioners. It was however in the New York City where Ansari’s true talents were discovered, polished, and appreciated, which ultimately led him to pursue a career in the field of show business. He was studying at Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University, when he started stand-up acts at local clubs. The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre had him as a regular at their theatre. In those days he had slowly started to gain popularity for his role in Invite Them Up.
 
It didn’t take the Rolling Stone magazine long to discover immense talent in Ansari and he was declared “Hot Standup” in the magazine’s annual “Hot List” in 2005. A year later he achieved another milestone by winning HBO’s Jury Award for “Best Standup” at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. As Aziz Ansari had started to make a name for him in the competitive world of stand-up comedy, he slowly started to venture into short films. To this end, he teamed up with talented comedians like Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel and made movies like Illusionators and Shutterbugs. These movies were directed by Jason Woliner and were such big success that the trio got immediately signed by MTV for a sketch series. This show became critically acclaimed and ran for two seasons, when the trio decided to quit, despite approval of a third season by MTV.
 
Next came Parks and Recreation, which to date has been Ansari’s best known television role. He plays Tom Haverford, a government employee. He has been praised by the critics for his role as Yahoo! TV declared him as number one on its “TV MVPS” list. TV Guide called him a “Scene Stealer”, and Entertainment Weekly declared him 2009s “Breakout TV Stars”. Moreover, Ansari has proven his credentials as one of the brightest stars in Scrubs, and HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, in which he played xenophobic fruit seller who was always irritated at the fact that he couldn’t tell a difference between a New Zealander and Australian. Now you know what to expect when you buy Aziz Ansari tickets!
 
As mentioned above, Aziz Ansari has a thriving film career as well! He has worked with known comedian-actor like Adam Sandler in Funny People. Furthermore, he has worked with stars like Danny McBride and Jesse Eisenberg in 30 Minutes or Less. His other notable roles have been in movies like Get Him to the Greek, The Rocker, and School for Scoundrels. His upcoming movies are Let’s Do This, and Ice Age: Continental Drift. Surely, Ansari’s fans will be eagerly awaiting the release of these movies!
 
In 2008-2009, Ansari toured all over the United States with his very own stand-up comedy tour, the Glow in the Dark Tour. It was such an immense success that he had to release a DVD/LP/CD under the title Intimates Moments for a Sensual Evening. He has also undertaken other nation-wide tours like Flight of the Conchords, and Comedians of Comedy, etc. And despite his super-successful movie career, he still makes an effort to reserve enough time for stand-up acts, whenever possible. This shows that his first-love remains, stand-up comedy!
 
Now you can see Aziz Ansari live in action in his elements! His style is indeed unique and in his own words “I like talking about things that are going on in my life, because that’s always going to be different and original…” Now see this original and different stand-up comedian live in action by buying Aziz Ansari tickets now!