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.
Erik Weiner | |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | http://www.erikweiner.com |
Career
editIn 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.
Personal life
editWeiner lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.[9]
Filmography
editActing
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Brown Sugar | Ren | |
| 2005 | Serenity | Helmsman |
Television
edit| 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
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Pedestrian | Uncredited |
Writing
edit| 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
edit- ^ "The Bomb-itty of Errors | the Bomb-itty of Errors | Stage News | News". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ "JibJab Audience Votes Comedy Troupe "Famous Last Nerds" Winner Of Great Sketch Experiment". PRWeb. Archived from the original on January 21, 2007.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations". ComingSoon.net. July 17, 2008.
- ^ "View Winner | George Foster Peabody Awards". peabodyawards.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15.
- ^ "Erik Weiner". IMDb.
- ^ Watkins, Gwynne. "How Erik Weiner Turned One Line on The Sopranos Into a Big Role on Boardwalk Empire With Just One Viral Video". Vulture.
- ^ "The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild Awards". www.sagawards.org.
- ^ "Erik Weiner - Writer | Actor". erikweiner.com.