Eric André

Eric Samuel André (born April 4, 1983) is an American comedian, actor, television 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 (2012–2023). His other notable roles include Mike on the FXX comedy series Man Seeking Woman (2015–2017), Luci on the Netflix series Disenchantment (2018–2023), and the voice of Azizi in the remake of The Lion King (2019). He also performs music under the stage name Blarf.

Eric André
André in June 2012
Birth name	Eric Samuel André
Born	(1983-04-04) April 4, 1983 (age 41) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Medium	Film stand-up television
Years active	2003–present
Genres	Surreal comedy shock humor improvisational comedy anti-humor cringe comedy black comedy sketch comedy

Early life

Eric Samuel André^[1] was born in Boca Raton, Florida,^[2] on April 4, 1983.^[3] 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.^[4][5][6] He identifies as both Black and Jewish.^[4][7][8] 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.^[9][10]

Career

André performing in 2007

André began his comedy career in 2003.^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13] He played Mike in the FXX comedy series Man Seeking Woman, which premiered in 2015.^[14] The show's third and final season, consisting of ten episodes, ran in early 2017.^[15][16]

He voices Luci in the Netflix animated show Disenchantment.^[17] His first standup special on Netflix, Legalize Everything, was released on June 23, 2020.^[18] 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.^[19] 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.^[20]

André is a self-described agnostic atheist^[21] and a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation.^[22] He openly takes whippets as a way to reduce his anxiety.^[23]

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."^[24]

He endorsed Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders in the 2020 presidential election.^[25]

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.^[26] The district court dismissed the lawsuit based on qualified immunity of the police. André and English appealed this decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in January 2024.^[27]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	The Invention of Lying	Man No. 4	cameo
2010	The Awkward Comedy Show	Himself	featured comedian
	Thin Skin	Passenger	short film
2012	Should've Been Romeo	Buzz
2013	The Internship	Sid
2015	Flock of Dudes	Mook
2016	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Dreadlocked CMZ reporter
2017	Rough Night	Jake
2019	The Lion King	Azizi (voice)
2021	Bad Trip	Chris Carey	also writer and producer
	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Mark Bowman (voice)
	Sing 2	Darius (voice)
2022	Jackass Forever	Himself[28]	Writer and guest appearances
	Animal Attraction	Darius (voice)	Short film
	Jackass 4.5	Himself	Writer and guest appearances
2023	Trolls Band Together	John Dory (voice)
TBA	Balls Up	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Set P.A.	2 episodes
2010	The Big Bang Theory	Joey	Episode: "The 21-Second Excitation"
2011	Zeke and Luther	Zorn	Episode: "Skate Troopers"
	Hot in Cleveland	Jeff	Episode: "Elka's Wedding"
	Fact Checkers Unit	Mirage	Episode: "Excessive Gass"
	Level Up	Max Ross	Television film
2012–2013	Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	Mark Reynolds	22 episodes
2012–2023	The Eric Andre Show	Himself	Creator, host, writer and executive producer
2013–2014	2 Broke Girls	Deacon "Deke" Bromberg	8 episodes
2014	Lucas Bros. Moving Co.	Various characters (voice)	2 episodes
	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	Episode: "Eric Andre Wears a Cat Collage Shirt & Sneakers"
2015	Robot Chicken	Various characters (voice)	Episode: "Zero Vegetables"
2015	Ridiculousness	Himself	Episode: "Eric Andre"
2015–2017	Man Seeking Woman	Mike[29]	30 episodes
2016	Animals	Alex	Voice, episode: "Cats."
	Traveling the Stars: Action Bronson and Friends Watch Ancient Aliens	Himself	Episode: "Founding Fathers"
	American Dad!	The Drifter	Voice, episode: "Stan Smith Is Keanu Reeves as Stanny Utah in Point Breakers"
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Baby Archer	Variety special
2018	Mostly 4 Millennials		Executive producer[30]
2018–2023	Disenchantment	Luci / Pendergast	Voice, 50 episodes
2020	Legalize Everything	Himself	Stand up special on Netflix
2021	Archer	Colt / The Professor	Voice, 3 episodes
2022	The Righteous Gemstones	Lyle Lisson	Season 2
	Impractical Jokers	Himself	Episode: "Eric Andre"
	Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities	Randall Roth	Episode: "The Viewing", Episode 7
2023	The Prank Panel[31]	Himself	Host; also executive producer
2025	Abbott Elementary	Cedric	Episode: "Testing"

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Laugh Track Mash-Ups	Parker Leon	Episode: "At Your Sir-vice"
2013	Getting Doug with High	Himself	1 episode[32]
	The ArScheerio Paul Show	Flavor Flav	Episode: "Vanilla Ice & Flavor Flav"
2016	Hot Ones	Himself	Episode: "Eric Andre Turns Into Tay Zonday While Eating Spicy Wings"
2020			Episode: "Eric Andre Enters a Fugue State While Eating Spicy Wings"
	Steve-O's Wild Ride!		Podcast 1 episode
2021	Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?		1 episode
2022	Toro y Moi: Goes By So Fast	Panther	Film accompanying Mahal[33]
2023	Steve-O's Wild Ride!	Himself	1 episode
2024	Chicken Shop Date	Himself	1 episode

Discography

Main article: Blarf

Albums

Title	Release date	Record label	Notes
BLARF (EP)	December 25, 2014	Self-released	with The First Seed
Cease & Desist (LP)	June 26, 2019	Stones Throw Records	as Blarf

Guest appearances

Title	Lead artist(s)	Release date	Album
"Eric's Advice (Skit)"[34]	Nocando	March 18, 2014	Jimmy the Burnout
"Intro" and "PSA"[35]	OG Swaggerdick	August 9, 2019	Views from the Dick
"Love Me in My Heart"[36] (as Eric "Scratch" Andre)	Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mr. Green	August 23, 2019	Super Ape vs. 緑: Open Door

Awards

André won a 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for The Eric Andre Show.^[37]

References

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11. The Making of Season Five. Adult Swim (Special from Eric Andre Show). November 13, 2020.
12. The New York Times article: "The Rise of the Anti-Talk Show".
13. Luippold, Ross (May 10, 2012). "Eric Andre Talks His New Adult Swim Show That ABC Isn't 'Thrilled' About". HuffPost. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
14. "Eric André, Britt Lower & Maya Erskine Cast in FX Comedy Pilot 'Man Seeking Woman'". Deadline Hollywood. March 20, 2014. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
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23. Stern, Marlow (March 14, 2023). "Eric André Took a Whole Lot of Whippets During This Interview". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
24. "Comedian Eric Andre: The Gay Interview". Towleroad Gay News. August 11, 2016.
25. "Bernie Sanders on Instagram: "Thanks to Eric Andre for joining our East LA phonebank! Anyone who wants to make calls like Eric can get involved at…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
26. "Comedians Eric André and Clayton English sue over drug search program at Atlanta airport: "Dehumanizing and demoralizing"". CBS News. October 11, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
27. "Comedians searched at Atlanta's airport appeal racial profiling lawsuit dismissal". Fox 5 Atlanta. January 24, 2024. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
28. "Eric Andre and Jeff Tremaine on 'Bad Trip', Storytelling with Pranks, Deleted Scenes, and 'Jackass 4'". The Film Stage. March 31, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
29. "FXX Orders 'Man Seeking Woman' Starring Jay Baruchel". Variety. July 2, 2014.
30. Evans, Greg (May 15, 2017). "Adult Swim Sets Comedy Projects With Jena Friedman, Derrick Beckles & Eric Andre". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
31. Cordero, Rosy (November 1, 2022). "Johnny Knoxville, Eric André & Gabourey Sidibe To Lead Prank Reality Series For ABC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
32. Doug Benson (October 31, 2013). "Eric André – Getting Doug with High". YouTube.
33. Turner-Williams, Jaelani (June 3, 2022). "Watch Toro y Moi & Eric André's Film 'Goes By So Fast'".
34. "Jimmy The Burnout | HELLFYRE CLUB". hellfyreclub.bandcamp.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2014.
35. "Views from the Dick". tidal.com. August 9, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
36. "Super Ape vs. 緑: Open Door".
37. "2024 - 76th Emmy Awards". Retrieved September 9, 2024.

External links

• The Eric Andre Show at Adult Swim
• Eric André at IMDb
• Eric André on Instagram
• Eric André on Twitter
• BLARF Stones Throw Records