Erik Weiner
- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Erik Weiner was born and raised in San Francisco and graduated from
NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He co-created and starred in The
Bomb-itty of Errors, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors,
blending hip-hop and Shakespeare. The show has been performed in New
York (Off-Broadway), London (West End), Chicago, Los Angeles,
Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Dublin, Florida, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and
continues to play around the world. Bomb-itty won the Grand Jury Prize
for Best Show at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival as well as the Jeff
Award in Chicago. Erik 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", alongside Taye Diggs, Mos
Def & Queen Latifah. Erik was a series regular on HBO's "Unscripted",
directed and executive produced by George Clooney. His new 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. Erik was nominated for a 2007 and 2008
Emmy Award for writing on "Robot Chicken". He plays Agent Sebso on
HBO's series "Boardwalk Empire", executive produced by Terence Winter
and Martin Scorsese. He lives in Los Angeles with his fiancé, Kerry.
