Armen Weitzman

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Armen Weitzman
Born (1983-12-19) December 19, 1983 (age 40) [1] [2]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • writer
[3]
Education Emerson College [4]
Years active2000-present
Parent Howard Weitzman (father)
Website
www.armenweitzman.com

Armen Weitzman (born December 19, 1983) is an American actor and comedian best known for playing Garfield in the Comedy Central series Another Period .

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Early life

Weitzman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the son of lawyer Howard Weitzman and Margaret Weitzman. [5] He is of Armenian and European Jewish descent. [6] He attended Emerson College, where he met best friend and collaborator Harris Wittels, [7] but did not graduate. [8]

Career

Weitzman is a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. He has appeared in television and film projects such as Burning Love, The Sarah Silverman Program, Childrens Hospital, Role Models, School for Scoundrels, Love, and Ocean's Thirteen . He was also on the short-lived MTV show Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous as the title character's best friend, Greg LeBlanc. [9] In 2009, he starred in the Say Anything music video for "Shiksa (Girlfriend)". [10] Alongside Wittels, Weitzman made his directorial debut in 2014 with the short film The Badger's Promise, [7] [11] which the pair also co-starred in as fictionalized versions of themselves. He co-starred as the servant Garfield in the Comedy Central show Another Period , and appeared as Jeff in Silicon Valley, [12] as Ruby in Netflix's Love, and as Lorne Michaels in A Futile and Stupid Gesture. [13]

Weitzman was awarded the Heart of a Chompian Award on the March 30, 2017 episode of the Doughboys podcast. Despite this, on the August 1, 2019 episode of Doughboys , Weitzman was formally banned from returning by hosts Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell and guest R.J. Fried. [14]

On July 23, 2019, multiple news outlets picked up the story of a seemingly pristine Double-Double from In-N-Out Burger found on the streets of Queens, New York City, over 1,500 miles from the nearest In-N-Out. [15] Several NBC affiliates specified that the burger was "not Armen style", referring to Weitzman's topping order of half grilled onions, half raw onions, which was popularized through Doughboys. [16] [17]

Weitzman's philosophy and catchphrase is the Weitzman-invented word "karf", [18] for which he formerly held the trademark. [19]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006The King of Central ParkIsaacShort film; co-star with Henry Winkler, Weitzman's sibling's step-father [20]
2006 Accepted S. H. Testimonial Student
2006 School for Scoundrels Classmate
2007 Ocean's Thirteen Eugene
2008 Over Her Dead Body Tom
2008 Role Models Party Dude
2011 No Strings Attached Taxi Driver
2014The Badger's PromiseArmenShort film; also co-writer and co-director with Harris Wittels
2017 Mr. Roosevelt Andy
2018 A Futile and Stupid Gesture Lorne Michaels
2018 In a Relationship Jakob

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Trollz Jasper TrollhoundVoice; credited as "Armen"; 17 episodes
2006 Cheap Seats without Ron Parker Canadian Violent HuggerEpisode: "Amazing Games: International Toughmen"
2007The Very Funny ShowGuy at PartyEpisode: "Future Me"
2007–08 The Sarah Silverman Program Armen / Clerk / Store Clerk6 episodes
2009The Quest for the Golden Hot DogRon Wilton, Jr.
2009The Midnight Show2 episodes
2010Remember WhenTomás
2010 Childrens Hospital Dr. Fantastic / Dr. Frantastic2 episodes
2010–12The Back RoomCuddle BearMain; 25 episodes
2011 Greek Jim Carnes3 episodes
2012 Suburgatory TroyEpisode: "The Great Compromise"
2013 Burning Love Hathwell Crisping13 episodes
2013 Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous Greg LeBlancMain; 12 episodes
2013 NTSF:SD:SUV RajEpisode: "TGI Murder"
2013–15 Comedy Bang! Bang! Thénardier / Tombstone Maker2 episodes
2013–18 Another Period GarfieldMain; 32 episodes; Walter in unaired pilot
2014 Newsreaders Oz FossEpisode: "Band Names-R-Us; Put Me in Coach"
2016–18 Love Ruby9 episodes
2017 I'm Dying Up Here Rob CheeversEpisode: "Pilot"
2018 Silicon Valley Jeff4 episodes
2019 Veep Male Sensitivity TrainerEpisode: "Pledge"
2019 GLOW Jonathan2 episodes

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRef.
2009"Girlfriend (Shiksa)" Say Anything [21]

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References

  1. ↑ Kate Micucci [@katemicucci] (December 19, 2013). "Happy Birthday armenweitzman You look very dapper today! 🎂" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ http://birth-records.mooseroots.com/d/b/Armen-Weitzman [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "UCB Theatre • Armen Weitzman". Losangeles.ucbtheatre.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Harris Wittels and Armen Weitzman on Making Their Short Film Directorial Debut". Vulture. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  5. ↑ Mathews, Jay. "DeLorean's Major-League Lawyer". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Hard Knocks, episode #308 of improv4humans with Matt Besser on Earwolf".
  7. 1 2 "Harris Wittels and Armen Weitzman on Making Their Short Film Directorial Debut". 2 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Talking to Armen Weitzman About MTV's 'Zach Stone is Gonna be Famous'". 15 May 2013.
  9. ↑ Masters, Megan (2013-03-13). "The Show With Vinny Season 1 — MTV Announces Premiere Date". TVLine. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  10. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Say Anything - Shiksa (Girlfriend). YouTube .
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  12. ↑ "Silicon Valley (TV Series 2014–2019) - IMDb". IMDb .
  13. ↑ "Love (TV Series 2016–2018) - IMDb". IMDb .
  14. ↑ "Doughboys: Subway 2 with R.J. Fried on Apple Podcasts".
  15. ↑ "How the Hell Did an Uneaten In-N-Out Burger End up on the Street in NYC?". 22 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "'Untouched' Pristine In-N-Out Burger Mysteriously Appears on NYC Street". 23 July 2019.
  17. ↑ "Mad Minute stories from Tuesday, July 23rd". 23 July 2019.
  18. ↑ "Armen Weitzman".
  19. ↑ "KARF Trademark of Weitzman, Armen Serial Number: 85838453 :: Trademarkia Trademarks".
  20. ↑ "The Bronze Fonz". CBS News . 19 August 2008.
  21. ↑ "Say Anything – Shiksa (Girlfriend)" . Retrieved June 27, 2019– via YouTube.
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