Knowra Aziz Ansari Aziz Ansari Aziz Ansari is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director known for playing Tom Haverford on Parks and Recreation and co-creating and starring in Master of None .
Parks and Recreation : An American television sitcom about the employees of a parks department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. Ansari played Tom Haverford, a vain and entrepreneurial parks-department employee.
Alan Yang : An American television writer, producer, and director who co-created Master of None with Aziz Ansari. Yang and Ansari developed the series together and shared its central creative work.
Columbia University : A private research university in New York City where Aziz Ansari studied business. Ansari graduated from Columbia in 2004 before establishing his career in comedy.
Representation in American television : The presence and portrayal of social groups in American television programming. Master of None placed an Indian American lead and family history at the center of a mainstream series.
Master of None : An American comedy-drama television series about the personal and professional life of actor Dev Shah. Ansari co-created the series, co-wrote it, and starred as Dev Shah.
Lena Waithe : An American actor, screenwriter, and producer who co-wrote and starred in Master of None . Waithe co-wrote the episode “Thanksgiving” with Ansari, earning an Emmy for writing.
Human Giant : An American sketch-comedy troupe and television series featuring Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, and Paul Scheer. The group gave Ansari an early platform for sketch performances and television work.
Thanksgiving (Master of None) : A Master of None episode tracing Denise’s experiences with family and sexuality across several Thanksgivings. Ansari and Lena Waithe used the episode to tell a multiyear story of a Black lesbian character’s coming out.
Tom Haverford : A fictional parks-department employee played by Aziz Ansari on Parks and Recreation . The role made Ansari widely known to television audiences.
Michael Schur : An American television writer and producer who co-created Parks and Recreation . Schur helped create the series that gave Ansari his breakout television role.
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