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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