Eric Andre (born April 4, 1983) is an American character actor,
comedian, television host, writer and producer. He is best known as
the creator, host, and co-writer of the Adult Swim comedy series The
Eric Andre Show (2012â€"present). He also played Mike on the FXX
series Man Seeking Woman (2015â€"2017) and voiced Azizi in the
live-action remake of The Lion King (2019). He performs music under
the name Blarf. In 2020, Netflix released Andre's debut standup comedy
special Legalize Everything.Andre was born in Boca Raton, Florida, on
April 4, 1983, the son of an American Ashkenazi Jewish mother from the
Upper West Side of New York City's Manhattan borough and an
Afro-Haitian immigrant father 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, Andre studied
at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he played the double bass
and graduated in 2005 with a BFA.Andre 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 short-lived 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. He
voices Luci in the Netflix animated show Disenchantment. In May 2020,
Andre announced his first standup special on Netflix, Legalize
Everything, which was released on June 23, 2020.
comedian, television host, writer and producer. He is best known as
the creator, host, and co-writer of the Adult Swim comedy series The
Eric Andre Show (2012â€"present). He also played Mike on the FXX
series Man Seeking Woman (2015â€"2017) and voiced Azizi in the
live-action remake of The Lion King (2019). He performs music under
the name Blarf. In 2020, Netflix released Andre's debut standup comedy
special Legalize Everything.Andre was born in Boca Raton, Florida, on
April 4, 1983, the son of an American Ashkenazi Jewish mother from the
Upper West Side of New York City's Manhattan borough and an
Afro-Haitian immigrant father 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, Andre studied
at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he played the double bass
and graduated in 2005 with a BFA.Andre 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 short-lived 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. He
voices Luci in the Netflix animated show Disenchantment. In May 2020,
Andre announced his first standup special on Netflix, Legalize
Everything, which was released on June 23, 2020.
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