28 Facts About Tom Haverford

Thomas Montgomery "Tom" Haverford is an Indian American, who changed his name from Darwish Sabir Ismael Ghani to be more appealing in politics.

Tom Haverford is often assumed to be an immigrant by much of the Parks and Recreation staff, though, as he frequently reminds them, he hails from South Carolina, as does Ansari.

Tom Haverford initially shared an office with Leslie Knope and worked as her immediate subordinate at the Pawnee parks and recreation department, often serving as her right-hand man.

Tom Haverford has demonstrated his talent and passion for entrepreneurship in many occasions, including Entertainment 720, Rent-A-Swag, and Tom Haverford's Bistro.

Tom Haverford takes his appearance very seriously, often donning office-casual polo shirts, as well as fitted suits with boat shoes.

Tom Haverford buys clothing from the boys' collection at Brooks Brothers.

In "Go Big or Go Home," Tom Haverford boasted about ladies' sneakers he bought from his workplace during Pawnee's government shutdown.

Tom Haverford later opens up his own luxurious clothing-rental store for growing teens, Rent-A-Swag, and employs Jean-Ralphio's sister Mona-Lisa Saperstein.

Tom Haverford married his Canadian-born college friend Wendy to secure her US citizenship.

Tom Haverford is constantly pursuing women even during his marriage, as far as going to strip clubs, hitting on Ann Perkins, distributing copies of his house keys to beautiful women, and judging at the Miss Pawnee pageant.

Tom Haverford has complete authority over the Pawnee tennis court reservation system, which has brought him into close contact with many attractive female tennis enthusiasts.

Tom Haverford's heroes include Tiger Woods, Vin Diesel, Michael Bolton, Flo Rida, Patrick Jane, Paul Walker, and Jamie Foxx.

Tom Haverford has a very high image of himself and brags that people view him as a "Brown Superman with a Beard" and has asked to be introduced as "The Brown Gosling".

Tom Haverford finds Ben Wyatt an easy target of tease.

Tom Haverford appears lackadaisical about his work at the parks department and regularly undermines Leslie.

Tom Haverford plays online Scrabble against his superior, Ron Swanson, during work time and loses on purpose in order to further his career.

Tom Haverford is exactly what I'm looking for in a government employee.

Tom Haverford is known for abusing his small amount of public power for self-benefit.

At the beginning of Season 3, Tom Haverford is seen working at an apparel store as a sales associate while the government is on furlough.

Lucy eventually breaks up with him, and reveals that their relationship ended because Tom Haverford spent too much time talking about his ex-wife's relationship with Ron Swanson.

Tom Haverford begins working at Entertainment 720 and offers the shoeshinist at city hall, Andy Dwyer, a job, which Andy turns down.

Entertainment 720 goes bankrupt due to their massive overspending and no business model and Tom Haverford decides to throw one last party which Lucy attends at which he confesses to her that he is broke and jobless.

Ron tries to persuade Tom Haverford to take his old job back, departing from Tom Haverford's early storyline by saying he does his job well and keeps the bosses off Ron's back, but doesn't overachieve to the point where the Parks department is tasked to do extra assignments.

However, after several fits and starts, Tom Haverford has convinced Ann to keep seeing him, even though he's oblivious to her disgust at allowing herself to do so.

Tom Haverford finally begins what appears to be a reputable business, based on an idea he came up with during a fundraiser for Jerry in "Halloween Surprise".

Tom Haverford learns that Jean-Ralphio's dad, Dr Saperstein, is his business competitor, and struggles to keep Rent-a-Swag afloat, before finally giving in and selling Rent-a-Swag.

Tom Haverford tries to focus on his job, helping Leslie get fluoride added to the water in Pawnee, and helping to set up the unity concert.

Aziz Ansari, who was particularly acclaimed during the first season for his role as Tom Haverford, received similar praise in the second season as well.