Aziz Ansari is a stand-up comedian originally from South Carolina, but currently resides in New York City. He has been featured on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, as well as the stand-up compilation Invite Them Up. He has also been a commentator on VH1's Best Week Ever. Ansari received the 2005 award for Best Male Stand-up from the Emerging Comics of New York. He is heavily involved with the Upright Citizens Brigade for which he hosts the weekly stand-up show, Crash Test. Ansari has a role in the movie School for Scoundrels. He has been featured in various lists published in Rolling Stone Magazine and The New Yorker, which include the year's best comedians.[citation needed] Ansari is a member of the sketch comedy group Human Giant, who currently have a sketch comedy show by the same name on MTV. Ansari is of South Indian Tamil heritage. He also participated in The Comedians Of Comedy's act which opened the proceedings on the Friday of the 2007 Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.
