Erik Weiner

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Erik Weiner
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, comedian, producer
Years active1999–present
Children2
Websitehttp://www.erikweiner.com

Erik Weiner is an American actor, writer, comedian, and producer best known for co-creating the play The Bomb-itty of Errors and his role as Agent Sebso on HBO's Boardwalk Empire.

Career

In 1999, he co-created and starred in The Bomb-itty of Errors, an adaptation of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, blending hip-hop and Shakespeare. The show has been performed in New York City (Off-Broadway), London (West End), Chicago, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Dublin, Florida, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and continues to play around the world.[1]

Weiner was invited to be a fellow at the Sundance Institute's Screenwriting Lab in 2002.

In 2002 Weiner co-created and starred in the MTV sketch comedy series

Mos Def and Queen Latifah
.

In 2005, Weiner played Dragon on HBO's Unscripted, directed and executive produced by George Clooney.

Weiner's music video "Shawshank In A Minute", directed by John Landis, won JibJab's Great Sketch Experiment in 2006.[2]

His musical comedy NERDS, written with collaborator Jordan Allen-Dutton and music composed by Hal Goldberg, won Barrymore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Original Music in 2007.[3]

Weiner received three

Emmy Award nominations in 2007, 2008, and 2012 for writing on Robot Chicken.[4]

Weiner has produced such shows as

MTV Movie Awards in 2010, 2011, and 2013. He was Creative Producer of the 2011 Emmy Awards. He was awarded a Peabody Award for his writing on CNN Heroes.[5]

Weiner, along with his brother, Mark Weiner, has written episodes and songs for Netflix's Emmy Award winning animated kid series Ask the StoryBots, with their popular Dinosaur, Space, and Animal songs receiving over a billion streams.

In 2010, Weiner played Agent Sebso on HBO's

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series for Boardwalk Empire.[8]

In 2012 and 2013, Weiner played Ian on NBC's The New Normal. In 2016, Weiner began writing and producing on The Goldbergs on ABC.

Personal life

Weiner lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.[9]

Filmography

Acting

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Brown Sugar Ren
2005 Serenity Helmsman

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 The Street D.J. Episode: "Miracle on Wall Street"
2001 The Sopranos Manager Episode: "Another Toothpick"
2002 Third Watch Charlie B. Episode: "Old Dogs, New Tricks"
2005 Unscripted Dragon 10 episodes
2008–2018 Robot Chicken Various voices 6 episodes
2010 Boardwalk Empire Agent Sebso 9 episodes
2012–2013 The New Normal Ian 3 episodes
2018, 2019 The Goldbergs Sheriff / Marc Birek 2 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Pedestrian Uncredited

Writing

Year Title Notes
2004
Scratch and Burn
Also co-creator
2006–2018 Robot Chicken 31 episodes
2007 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Television film
2007–2008 Snoop Dogg's Father Hood 4 episodes; also producer
2008 2008 MTV Movie Awards Television special
2008 The 2nd Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute
2009 2009 MTV Movie Awards
2010 2010 MTV Movie Awards
2010 Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards
2013 28th Independent Spirit Awards
2014 29th Independent Spirit Awards
2014 2014 Kids' Choice Sports
2015 41st People's Choice Awards
2015 30th Independent Spirit Awards
2015 SuperMansion 12 episodes
2016 42nd People's Choice Awards Television special
2016–present The Goldbergs 47 episodes; also producer
2016–2018 Ask the StoryBots 5 episodes
2018 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards Television special
2019 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards

References

  1. ^ "The Bomb-itty of Errors | the Bomb-itty of Errors | Stage News | News | Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  2. ^ "JibJab Audience Votes Comedy Troupe "Famous Last Nerds" Winner Of Great Sketch Experiment". PRWeb.
  3. ^ "Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia :: 2007 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre :: Nominees and Award Recipients". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  4. ^ "The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations". ComingSoon.net. July 17, 2008.
  5. ^ "View Winner | George Foster Peabody Awards". peabodyawards.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15.
  6. ^ "Erik Weiner". IMDb.
  7. ^ Watkins, Gwynne. "How Erik Weiner Turned One Line on The Sopranos Into a Big Role on Boardwalk Empire With Just One Viral Video". Vulture.
  8. ^ "The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild Awards". www.sagawards.org.
  9. ^ "Erik Weiner - Writer | Actor". erikweiner.com.

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