Rolling Stone recently included Aziz Ansari in their annual "Hot List" as their choice for the "Hot Standup." New York Magazine also included him in the list of the "10 Funniest People You've Never Heard of." In 2006, he won the Jury Award for Best Standup at HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, CO.

He appeared in the Todd Phillips/Scot Armstrong feature School for Scoundrels with Billy Bob Thorton and Jon Heder. He has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and will hopefully perform more standup on television soon.

Together with Rob Huebel ("Curb Your Enthusiasm, "Arrested Development"), Paul Scheer ("Best Week Ever"), and director Jason Woliner (Weekend at Bernie's 2, "Shining Time Station") - he is part of the short film collective known as the Human Giant. The group produced the much acclaimed short film series "Shutterbugs" and also the forthcoming "Illusionators." You can see those and other films at his website azizisbored.com.

On Mondays, he hosts the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre's popular standup show, "Crash Test."