Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that the other comedians hate because they're just, you know, doing kind of cheap stuff like dancing around or doing, like, very kind of base sex humor a lot, and stuff like that.

In 2007 he created and starred in the critically acclaimed MTV sketch comedy show Human Giant which ran for two seasons. He accepted Galifianakis' award for Best Comedic Performance in character as Taavon. "I like talking about things that are going on in my life because that's always going to be different and original" he says.

He stars as Tom Haverford on the NBC show Parks and Recreation. This tour was self released for download on his website in March 2012 and debuted on Comedy Central in May 2012. Aziz Ansari (born February 23 1983) is an American actor and stand-up comedian.