Eric Wareheim

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Eric Roscoe Wareheim
Born	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Occupation	Actor, comedian

Eric Roscoe Wareheim is an American comedian and music video director. He is one half of the comedy team of Tim and Eric.

Wareheim attended Temple University, but he met his comedy partner Tim Heidecker earlier on in high school in Philadelphia.^[1] Wareheim and Heidecker are the creators, writers, and stars of Tom Goes to the Mayor, a limited animation that was on the Adult Swim programming block on Cartoon Network. Wareheim and Heidecker had mailed copies of an early version of the show to comedian Bob Odenkirk, who agreed to take on the project as the executive producer of the series and sold it to Cartoon Network.^[2] Wareheim played "The Mayor", the overbearing but lovable city official who always managed to destroy Tom's well-intentioned plans often along with the entire town as well.

Heidecker and Wareheim's most recent show, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, premiered February 11, 2007 on Adult Swim. The show is a mix of "live action, sketch, animation, emotions, phone calls, love, etc." according to their website.

Wareheim played in several Philadelphia area bands, including the new wave punk band Twelve Tone System, of which Tim Heidecker was also briefly a member. Wareheim was also the principal songwriter for The Science Of and had been a member of Elements of Need, I Am Heaven, and briefly with the Vampire-themed punk band Ink & Dagger.^[3] He currently is involved with the band Sola^{[citation needed]}

Wareheim has directed several music videos, including "Polite Dance Song" by Los Angeles indie pop duo The Bird and the Bee, "The Youth" by MGMT, "She's Got Me Dancing" by Tommy Sparks, a remix of Maroon 5's "If I Never See Your Face Again", as well as a video titled "Dance Floor Dale" for Flying Lotus' "Parisian Goldfish". He and Tim Heidecker also directed and starred in the video for "You Don't Know Me" by Ben Folds (feat. Regina Spektor)

Wareheim and Heidecker (along with comedian and frequent "Awesome Show" guest Zach Galifianakis) created marketing videos for Absolut Vodka^[4][5][6] and have made guest appearances in the movie Let's Go to Prison, as well as the Scottish video game series VideoGaiden and a Version 2 episode of Mega64.^[7] Wareheim also played a recurring role in Michael Cera's and Clark Duke's Internet TV show Clark and Michael as Randy, the neighbor of the titular duo.^[8]

Contents 1 Music Videos 2 Awards 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Music Videos

• "Polite Dance Song" - The Bird and the Bee (2007)^[9]
• "You Don't Know Me" - Ben Folds (feat. Regina Spektor) (co-directed by Tim Heidecker) (2008)^[10]
• "Dance Floor Dale" - a music video for the song "Parisian Goldfish" by Flying Lotus (2008)^[11]
• "The Youth" - MGMT (2008)^[12]
• "If I Never See Your Face Again (Swizz Beatz Remix)" - Maroon 5 (2008)^[13]
• "Dropped" - Phantom Planet (2009)^[14]
• "She's Got Me Dancing" - Tommy Sparks (2009)^[15]

[edit] Awards

• Webby Award for best actor as part of the comedy team of Tim and Eric^[16]

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Eric Wareheim at the Internet Movie Database
• Tim and Eric on Tom Green live
• Tim and Eric official website
• Eric Wareheim at MySpace

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