Aziz Ansari
American actor and comedian
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2025 | Aziz Ansari is involved in 'Good Fortune' as director, writer, producer, and actor, currently in post-production |
January 2024 | Filming for 'Good Fortune' began, with Ansari directing and starring alongside Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen, and Keke Palmer. |
May 2023 | Ansari's second project 'Good Fortune' was originally scheduled to begin filming, but was delayed indefinitely due to the Writers Guild of America strike. |
2022 | Aziz Ansari voiced the character Darryl in 'The Bob's Burgers Movie' |
June 2022 | Married Serena Skov Campbell in a wedding held in Tuscany, Italy. |
April 2022 | Production of 'Being Mortal' was halted due to a complaint of inappropriate behavior by Bill Murray on set. |
February 2022 | Aziz Ansari was set to make his feature directorial debut with 'Being Mortal', a dramedy film starring Bill Murray, Keke Palmer, and Seth Rogen, adapted from Atul Gawande's non-fiction book. |
January 25 2022 | Released the comedy special 'Aziz Ansari: Nightclub Comedian'. |
December 2021 | Became engaged to Danish forensic data scientist Serena Skov Campbell. |
May 23 2021 | Released the third season of Master of None on Netflix. |
January 2021 | Resumed production on the third season of Master of None with Naomi Ackie joining the cast. |
2020 | Aziz Ansari was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Comedy Album category for his special 'Right Now' |
January 2020 | Began production work on the third season of Master of None in London, which was initially put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
July 9 2019 | Aziz Ansari released his Netflix stand-up comedy special 'Right Now', directed by Spike Jonze, which addresses his previous year's sexual misconduct controversy and explores various social themes. |
July 8 2019 | A clip from the comedy special 'Right Now' was released |
July 1 2019 | Aziz Ansari announced his new comedy special on Twitter |
May 2019 | Performed three shows with Dave Chappelle in Austin, Texas at the Paramount Theatre. |
May 18 2019 | Aziz Ansari completed the filming of his comedy special 'Right Now' at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, with the production involving multiple executive producers and production companies. |
May 17 2019 | Aziz Ansari continued filming his comedy special 'Right Now' at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, with Spike Jonze operating an up-close camera on stage. |
May 16 2019 | Aziz Ansari filmed the first night of his comedy special 'Right Now' at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, directed by Spike Jonze and primarily shot on Kodak 16 mm film. |
February 2019 | Began the stand-up tour 'The Road to Nowhere', marking his public return after the sexual-misconduct allegations. |
2018 | Appeared in an episode of the documentary series Ugly Delicious, playing himself in the 'Pizza' episode. |
2018 | Purchased an apartment in Tribeca, Downtown Manhattan for US$5.7 million, previously owned by New York Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh. |
2018 | Won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a TV Comedy for Master of None, becoming the first Asian-American actor to win a Golden Globe for acting in television. |
2018 | Reduced his public profile following the sexual misconduct allegations and published a response to the accusations. |
2018 | Began performing a stand-up tour titled 'Working Out New Material' in late 2018, marking his return to comedy. |
January 2018 | A Babe.net article was published detailing sexual misconduct allegations against Ansari by the woman 'Grace'. |
September 2017 | Went on a date with an anonymous woman later known as 'Grace', which would become the subject of a controversial sexual misconduct allegation. |
2016 | Won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series with Alan Yang for the episode 'Parents'. |
2016 | Received four Emmy nominations for Master of None, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. |
2016 | Included in the Time 100 list of most influential people |
May 2016 | Ansari and Yang were honored with a Peabody Award for Master of None. |
2015 | Released comedy album 'Buried Alive' through Comedy Central Records and premiered Netflix comedy special 'Live at Madison Square Garden'. |
November 2015 | Aziz Ansari began starring as Dev Shah in the Netflix original series Master of None, which he co-created and co-wrote with Alan Yang. |
June 2015 | Released his first book 'Modern Romance: An Investigation' |
March 6 2015 | Premiered his comedy special 'Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden' on Netflix. |
2014 | Ansari identified as a feminist, influenced by his girlfriend, and incorporated feminist themes in his TV show Master of None with an episode titled 'Ladies and Gentlemen'. |
November 1 2013 | Netflix premiered his stand-up special 'Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive', filmed at the Merriam Theater in Philadelphia. |
March 2012 | Announced a new comedy tour entitled 'Buried Alive'. |
March 2012 | Released the Dangerously Delicious special on his website for download or stream. |
June 2011 | Filmed the Dangerously Delicious comedy special at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. |
July 2010 | Began the Dangerously Delicious comedy tour across the United States. |
January 17 2010 | Comedy Central aired his special 'Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening'. |
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