Aziz Ansari tapes the Late Show with David Letterman on April 13, 2011 in New York City. KRISTIN CALLAHAN – ACE PICTURES/KRISTIN CALLAHAN – ACEPIXS.COM/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: acephotos202490
You may recognize Aziz Ansari from the hilarious cast of Parks and Recreation. He plays the slightly bizarre character (although this could be said of everyone on the show), Tom Haverford, a role that has even got him recognition from the President. Apparently Malia is a big Parks and Recreation fan. So I suppose the President thinks the comedy is a better alternative to Keeping Up With The Kardashians for his daughters…
Which it is.
Aziz’s success has come in some interesting forms. A befriending by rapper Kanye West has led Aziz to partying at nightclubs with the like of Jay-Z. If you think he doesn’t look like he quite fits in with that type of crowd, don’t worry, Aziz doesn’t think so either. And while promoting his stand-up album, Dangerously Delicious, Aziz sent out a look-a-like to the streets to encourage sales. He sent the same double to Anderson Cooper’s show for an interview, but it didn’t take long for Anderson to figure out something was up.
He starred in 30 Minutes or Less, Funny People and I Love You, Man and was the host of the 2010 MTV Music Awards. Thankfully hosting the award show cleared up any confusion about who Aziz Ansari is.
Upon researching information on Aziz Ansari, I found a beautiful statement written in an article on Asian-American celebrities: “What I like about Aziz is that his roles could have been given to someone of any race, and he portrays them without putting race into it. He’s playing a big part in the idea that Asians don’t need to be typecast into roles for them to get a break in the entertainment industry.”
In honor of his budding career, check out the images we have of Aziz Ansari back at Newscom.
TIME 100 Gala for TIMES 100 Most Influential People In The World at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC.. .Pictured: Aziz Ansari. Demis Maryannakis / Splash News/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: spnphotosthree878515
TITLE: FUNNY PEOPLE. RELEASED: 2009. PEOPLE: AZIZ ANSARI;. DIRECTOR: JUDD APATOW;. UNIVERSAL PICTURES / BENNETT, TRACY / Album/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: apaphotos151040
Aziz Ansari at arrivals for 30 MINUTES OR LESS Premiere, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA August 8, 2011. Elizabeth Goodenough/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: evphotos401247
Aziz Ansari, Amy Poehler, Aubrey Plaza – April 24, 2012 – TIME 100 GALA: TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD held at Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC. Patrick McMullan Co./Mcmullan/McMullan/Sipa Press/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: sipaphotosthree563366
Host Aziz Ansari presides over the 2010 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, June 6, 2010. MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: rtrlfour024002
Aziz Ansari, makes an appearance on “Late Show with David Letterman” at Ed Sullivan Theater in New York on October 13, 2009. Dennis Van Tine/LFI/Photoshot/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: lfiphotos028835
Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari serve pizza at Goathill Pizza to promote their new film ’30 Minutes or Less’ San Francisco, California. DA5 WENN Photos/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: wennphotostwo929005
Celebrity arrivals at Paper Magazines Beautiful People Party in NYC.. .Pictured: Aziz Ansari. Richie Buxo / Splash News/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: spnphotosthree398480
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