Blake Anderson

This article is about the actor. For the American football coach, see Blake Anderson (American football).

Blake Raymond Anderson (born March 2, 1984) is an American actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, and fashion designer. Beginning in 2006, Anderson helped create and join the sketch-comedy troupe Mail Order Comedy, which produced online videos and sketches, such as those involving the rap band The Wizards, along with co-members Anders Holm, Adam DeVine, and Kyle Newacheck. In 2011, Anderson, along with Holm, DeVine, and Newacheck, began starring as fictional versions of themselves in the Comedy Central television series Workaholics, which Anderson co-created. Workaholics ran on the network from 2011 until 2017, airing seven seasons. Anderson has appeared in other film and television works, often with other members of Mail Order Comedy.

Blake Anderson
Anderson at WonderCon 2022
Born	Blake Raymond Anderson (1984-03-02) March 2, 1984 (age 41) Sacramento County, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor comedian producer screenwriter fashion designer
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Rachael Finley ​ ​ (m. 2012; div. 2017)​
Children	2

In 2017, Anderson was nominated for two Behind the Voice Actors' People's Choice Voice Acting Awards for his work on Voltron: Legendary Defender, winning the nomination for Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series. He was also nominated for a Young Hollywood Award in 2014.

Early life

Anderson was born in Sacramento County, California, on March 2, 1984, and was raised in Concord, California.^[1] He attended Clayton Valley High School in Concord, California. He later moved to Los Angeles to work with improvisational comedy troupes such as The Groundlings and Upright Citizens Brigade.^[2] While working as a pizza delivery driver, he attended Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, where he met future comedy partner Adam DeVine.^[3]

Career

In 2006, Anderson formed the sketch comedy group Mail Order Comedy with Anders Holm, DeVine, and Kyle Newacheck. They produced videos, which appeared on YouTube. In 2011, he played Tad on the Fox show Traffic Light. Next, he had small roles on HBO's Entourage and the Fox show House. He appeared in episodes of Community, Arrested Development, Parks and Recreation, The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Drunk History, among others. He has starred on the Comedy Central show Workaholics (2011–2017), and the Hulu series Woke (2020–2022). In 2023, he guest starred on Impractical Jokers as a "ganja weasel".^[4]

He tours the country to perform his stand-up comedy.^[2]

In 2013, he co-created the fashion line Teenage with his then-wife, Rachael Finley.^[5]

Personal life

On December 17, 2011, Anderson required surgery after jumping from his roof onto a beer pong table during a house party and fracturing his spine.^[6]

On September 7, 2012, Anderson married Rachael Finley.^[7] They have one daughter, born in 2014,^[8] and were divorced in 2017.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	420 Special: Attack of the Show! from Jamaica	Yung Zeld	Wizard Performance
2009	Ratko: The Dictator's Son	Derek
2011	The Legend of Awesomest Maximus	Greek Soldier #1
2013	Epic	Dagda	Voice
2014	Neighbors	Beer Pong Guy #2	Cameo
2015	Dope	Will
	Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse	Ron the Janitor	Cameo
2018	Game Over, Man!	Joel "Baby Dunc"	Also producer
	Show Dogs	Pigeon 3	Voice
	The Package	Redneck Reginald	Also producer
2020	Spy Intervention	Smuts
2021	North Hollywood	School Security Guard
2022	I'm Totally Fine	Eric
2023	The Out-Laws	Cousin RJ
	First Time Female Director	Corden

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2008	Crossbows & Mustaches		10 episodes, executive producer
2008	Special Delivery	Himself	Episode: "Strike a Pose"
	The Dude's House	Blake	3 episodes, co-creator, writer executive producer
	5th Year	Blake	5 episodes
2011	Traffic Light	Tad	2 episodes
	Entourage	Donny	Episode: "One Last Shot"
	House	Ethan	Episode: "Perils of Paranoia"
2011–2017	Workaholics	Blake Henderson	Co-creator, writer, executive producer
2012	Community	Attendant	Episode: "Contemporary Impressionists"
2013	Arrested Development	B. Lake	Episodes: "Flight of the Phoenix" & "Moving Pictures" (Fateful Consequences release)
2013–2014	Loiter Squad	Himself
2014–2015	Parks and Recreation	Mike Bean	3 episodes
2014	The Eric Andre Show	Himself	1 episode
2015	Hell's Kitchen	Himself	Episode: "17 Chefs Compete"
	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Screggie's Real Father	Episode: "Karen Gillan Wears a Black and White Striped Pullover and Coral Skirt"
	The Simpsons	Dickie (voice)	Episode: "Halloween of Horror"
	Drunk History	Alexei Leonov	Episode: "Space"
2015, 2017	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero	Hogarth (voice)	2 episodes
2016	Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade	Clint (voice)	TV short
	The Big Bang Theory	Trevor	Episode: "The Line Substitution Solution"
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Don vs. Raph	Michelangelo (voice)	Short
2016–2018	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Matt Holt (voice)	Episodes: "The Rise of Voltron", "Return of the Gladiator", "Tears of the Balmera", "Reunion", "Black Site", "A New Defender"
2017	Uncle Grandpa	Ciabatta (voice)	Episode: "Full Grown Pizza"
	The Jellies!	RG (voice)
2018	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Constantine Kane	Episode: "Bachelor/ette Party"
2018–2020	Tigtone	Poach-Or, Beautiful Horse Head, Lightning King, C.J., Ceruszimar (voice)	6 episodes
2019	Mixed-ish	Cult member	Episode: "Becoming Bow"
2020–2022	Woke	Gunther	16 episodes
2021	The Freak Brothers	Charlie
2023	Impractical Jokers	Himself	Episode: "Blake Anderson"
	Is It Cake?	Himself / Judge	Episode: "Everything Is Cake!"

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	American Football		"Uncomfortably Numb"[10]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Hardly Working		1 episode: "Five Year Hangover"[11]