Erik Weiner was born and raised in San Francisco. He co-created and starred in The Bomb-itty of Errors a slammin' add-rap-tation 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 series, "Scratch & Burn", a hip-hop sketch comedy show. Erik made his feature film debut in the 20th Century Fox romantic comedy, "Brown Sugar". The film stars 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 for writing on "Robot Chicken". Erik is currently acting on HBO's new series "Boardwalk Empire", executive produced by Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese. He lives in Los Angeles with his fiance, Kerry.