Aziz Ansari

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Aziz Ansari

American comedian, actor, and writer

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Spike Jonze
…directed the televised comedy performance Aziz Ansari: Right Now (2019), and in 2020 he helmed the documentary Beastie Boys Story.
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…directed the televised comedy performance Aziz Ansari: Right Now (2019), and in 2020 he helmed the documentary Beastie Boys Story.
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Parks and Recreation
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…doofus musician; Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari), a swaggering underachiever with entrepreneurial ambitions; Donna Meagle (Retta), the savvy office manager; and Jerry Gergich (Jim O’Heir), the meek and bumbling office punching bag. Later additions to the cast included Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott), a deadpan accountant trying to live down his…
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…doofus musician; Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari), a swaggering underachiever with entrepreneurial ambitions; Donna Meagle (Retta), the savvy office manager; and Jerry Gergich (Jim O’Heir), the meek and bumbling office punching bag. Later additions to the cast included Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott), a deadpan accountant trying to live down his…
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