Eric Wareheim

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Eric Wareheim (born April 7 1976) is an American comedian and actor. He is one half of the comedy team of "Tim and Eric".

Wareheim was born in Audubon, Pennsylvania. He attended Temple University, where he met comedy partner Tim Heidecker. [cite web | url = http://usedwigs.com/interview_timanderic.html | title = Nagging Questions for... Tim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim | year = 2004 | work = UsedWigs | accessdate = 2007-02-16 ] Wareheim and Heidecker were the creators, writers, and stars of "Tom Goes to the Mayor", a limited animation that airs 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. [cite news | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117946848.html?categoryid=2242&cs=1 | title = 10 Comics to Watch: Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim | first = Janelle | last = Brown | work = Variety | date = 2006-07-17 | accessdate = 2007-02-16 ] 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 latest 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, which released one cassette tape and one 7". Tim Heidecker was also briefly a member of this band. Wareheim was also the principal songwriter for the band The Science Of. His other bands included Elements of Need, I Am Heaven, and briefly Ink and Dagger.

Wareheim has directed several music videos, including the video for "Polite Dance Song" by Los Angeles indie pop duo "The Bird and the Bee", which can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI3g9RaVkdY here] . He and comedy partner Tim Heidecker direct and star in the video for "You Don't Know Me" by "Ben Folds (feat. Regina Spektor)". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP9csWhlHWM] More recently, Wareheim directed the video for "The Youth" by "MGMT". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EURZuzHyWb0]

He and Tim also made guest appearances in "Comedy", the fourth episode of the third season of Scottish video game series "VideoGaiden" and a Version 2 episode of "Mega64". He also plays a recurring role in Michael Cera and Clark Duke's internet TV show "Clark and Michael" as Randy, the neighbor of the titular duo.

In a film for Absolut's website, Eric Wareheim accepted a toast to cooling off but Zach Galifianakis didn't think it was funny. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p0QtJMKt1s YouTube - A Vodka Movie by Zach Galifianakis, Tim and Eric ] ]

Eric and his partner Tim also made a guest appearance at the end of the movie Let's Go to Prison.

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* [http://tomgreen.com/ondemand/player.php?video=194 Tim and Eric on Tom Green live]
* [http://www.timanderic.com/ Tim and Eric official website]
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* [http://www.hulu.com/watch/9587/talkshow-with-spike-feresten-guests-tim-and-eric#x-0,vepisode,1 Tim and Eric on Talk Show with Spike Feresten]