Erik Weiner was born and raised in San Francisco and graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He co-created and starred in The Bomb-itty of Errors, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, blending hip-hop and Shakespeare. The show has been performed in New York (Off-Broadway), London (West End), Chicago, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Dublin, Florida, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and continues to play around the world. Bomb-itty won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Show at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival as well as the Jeff Award in Chicago. Erik co-created and starred in the MTV sketch comedy series, "Scratch & Burn". He made his feature film debut in the 20th Century Fox romantic comedy, "Brown Sugar", alongside Taye Diggs, Mos Def & Queen Latifah. Erik was a series regular on HBO's "Unscripted", directed and executive produced by George Clooney. His new musical comedy, Nerds, written with collaborator Jordan Allen-Dutton and music composed by Hal Goldberg, won Barrymore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Original Music. Erik was nominated for a 2007 and 2008 Emmy Award for writing on "Robot Chicken". He plays Agent Sebso on HBO's series "Boardwalk Empire", executive produced by Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese. He lives in Los Angeles with his fiancé, Kerry. Show less «