Eric André

Eric André
Eric Samuel André (born April 4, 1983) is an American comedian, actor, TV show host, writer, producer, and musician. He is best known as the creator, host, and co-writer of the Adult Swim surreal comedy series The Eric Andre Show (2012–present). His other notable roles include Mike on the FXX comedy series Man Seeking Woman (2015–2017) and the voice of Azizi in the remake of The Lion King (2019). He also performs music under the stage name Blarf.
Early life
Eric Samuel André was born in Boca Raton, Florida, on April 4, 1983. His mother is an American of Ashkenazi Jewish descent from New York's Upper West Side, and his father was an Afro-Haitian immigrant who worked as a psychiatrist. He identifies as both Black and Jewish. In 2001, after graduating from Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida, he studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he played the double bass and graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Music degree.
Career
André began his comedy career in 2003. He is the creator and host of The Eric Andre Show, a parody of public access talk shows, on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. The show features pranks, shock humor, sketches, and celebrity interviews. He co-starred as Mark on the ABC comedy series Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, and guest-starred on 2 Broke Girls as Deke, Max's love interest and fellow pastry student. He played Mike in the FXX comedy series Man Seeking Woman, which premiered in 2015. The show's third and final season, consisting of ten episodes, ran in early 2017.
In 2015, on SiriusXM with Howard Stern, André became the first man to have ever ridden the sybian on live broadcasting. He voices Luci in the Netflix animated show Disenchantment. His first standup special on Netflix, Legalize Everything, was released on June 23, 2020. In 2021, he created and starred in the Netflix prank comedy film Bad Trip.
Personal life
André dated actress Rosario Dawson from 2016 to 2017. In March 2021, he said that he was in a relationship with a woman he had met at a farmer's market who did not know he was well-known until after they started dating.
André is a self-described agnostic atheist and a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation.
When addressing his views on sexuality in a 2016 interview, he said, "I think everyone is bi, right? There's no such thing as sexual orientation, or race, or gender. Those are all obsolete man-made concepts. I'll say it again, a hole is a hole." He was then asked if he was coming out as bisexual, to which he responded, "I'll fuck anything that moves."
He endorsed Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders in the 2020 presidential election.
In October 2022, André and fellow comedian Clayton English filed a federal lawsuit against Clayton County, Georgia, claiming that they were subjected to a police program that racially profiled, coerced, and illegally searched passengers boarding planes for drugs at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport without reasonable suspicion. Their lawsuit challenged the constitutionality of the program.
Filmography
Film
Television
Web
Discography
Albums
Guest appearances
References
External links
The Eric Andre Show at Adult Swim
BLARF Stones Throw Records
1983 births
Living people
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American Jews
21st-century American male actors
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century double-bassists
African-American agnostics
African-American atheists
African-American Jews
African-American male comedians
African-American stand-up comedians
African-American television talk show hosts
African-American television writers
American agnostics
American atheists
American Ashkenazi Jews
American comedy writers
American double-bassists
American male comedians
American male film actors
American male screenwriters
American male television actors
American male television writers
American male voice actors
American parodists
American people of Haitian descent
American satirists
American sketch comedians
American stand-up comedians
American television producers
American television talk show hosts
American television writers
Berklee College of Music alumni
Comedians from Florida
Haitian-American male actors
Jewish American atheists
Jewish American comedians
Jewish American comedy writers
Jewish American male actors
Jewish American male comedians
Jewish American screenwriters
Jewish American television producers
Jewish American writers
Jewish male actors
Jewish male comedians
Male actors from Florida
Male double-bassists
People from Boca Raton, Florida
Screenwriters from Florida
Showrunners
Surreal comedy
Television producers from Florida