--- title: Golden Globes 2016: Aziz Ansari Came Prepared to Lose description: Aziz Ansari came to the Golden Globes prepared to lose to Jeffrey Tambor in the category of Best Actor in a Television Show, Comedy. canonical: https://time.com/4174637/golden-globes-2016-aziz-ansari-jeffrey-tambor/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-11T02:50:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:56:36.418Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Aziz Ansari Brought a Very Special Prop to the Golden Globes og:description: He came prepared to lose og:url: https://time.com/4174637/golden-globes-2016-aziz-ansari-jeffrey-tambor/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb211789d062716f5/69887864428a9eeb1dcd0e04/aziz-ansari-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: NBC's "73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Aziz Ansari Brought a Very Special Prop to the Golden Globes twitter:description: He came prepared to lose twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb211789d062716f5/69887864428a9eeb1dcd0e04/aziz-ansari-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Aziz Ansari Brought a Very Special Prop to the Golden Globes ## Video: Golden Globes 2016: Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer [Watch (HLS stream): Golden Globes 2016: Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TF8ayTGv.m3u8) (0:32)  _Published 2016-01-11. 160110_GoldenGlobes_JLaw Schumer_  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jan 11, 2016 2:50 AM UTC  Aziz Ansari arrives to the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10, 2016. Aziz Ansari arrives to the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10, 2016.Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jan 11, 2016 2:50 AM UTC [Aziz Ansari](http://time.com/aziz-ansari-modern-romance/), who was nominated a [Golden Globe](http://time.com/4171495/golden-globes-2016-winners/) for Best Actor in a Television Comedy for his performance in [_Master of None_](http://time.com/4111777/master-of-none-aziz-ansari-review/), came prepared Sunday night. But not to win. He came prepared to lose to [Jeffrey Tambor](http://time.com/4129514/transparent-season-2-review/). When Ansari’s name was called as the first of five nominees, the camera cut to a shot of Ansari with his face buried in a how-to book. Its title: “Losing to Jeffrey Tambor With Dignity.” Ansari did lose the award (if being nominated and not winning a Golden Globe can really be called _losing_)—just not to Tambor. Though the _Transparent_ star won the honor last year, this year the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognized Gael García Bernal for his work on Amazon’s _Mozart in the Jungle_. > [](https://twitter.com/eonline/status/686375531193987072) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4174637/golden-globes-2016-aziz-ansari-jeffrey-tambor/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4174637/golden-globes-2016-aziz-ansari-jeffrey-tambor/"},"headline":"Aziz Ansari Brought a Very Special Prop to the Golden Globes","datePublished":"2016-01-11T02:50:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:56:36.418Z","description":"Just a book called \"Losing to Jeffrey Tambor With Dignity\"","url":"https://time.com/4174637/golden-globes-2016-aziz-ansari-jeffrey-tambor/","keywords":["awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb211789d062716f5/69887864428a9eeb1dcd0e04/aziz-ansari-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb211789d062716f5/69887864428a9eeb1dcd0e04/aziz-ansari-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NBC's \"73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards\" - Arrivals","caption":"Aziz Ansari arrives to the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10, 2016.","creditText":"Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4174637/golden-globes-2016-aziz-ansari-jeffrey-tambor/","name":"Aziz Ansari Brought a Very Special Prop to the Golden Globes"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Golden Globes 2016: Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer","description":"160110_GoldenGlobes_JLaw Schumer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/TF8ayTGv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-11T02:24:56.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TF8ayTGv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4174637/golden-globes-2016-aziz-ansari-jeffrey-tambor/","duration":"PT32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4174637/golden-globes-2016-aziz-ansari-jeffrey-tambor/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```