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Years active | 1999–present |
Children | 2 |
Website | http://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 .
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 Scratch & Burn . He made his feature film debut in the 20th Century Fox romantic comedy Brown Sugar , starring Sanaa Lathan, Taye Diggs, 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 America's Best Dance Crew , Snoop Dogg's Fatherhood , The Sing-Off , and served as the Head Writer on the 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 Boardwalk Empire , executive produced by Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese. [6] Winter saw his 2008 YouTube video, "One Line on the Sopranos" (a tribute to the actual one line he had on The Sopranos , playing a store manager who said, "Leon, take your break at two" in the 2001 season 3 episode "Another Toothpick") Winter had written that Sopranos episode, and, thus, that one line, and this led to Mr. Weiner being cast on the series. [7] In 2011, Mr. Weiner won a 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.
Weiner lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters. [9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Brown Sugar | Ren | |
2005 | Serenity | Helmsman |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Pedestrian | Uncredited |
Year | Title | Notes |
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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 |
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