Eric Wareheim
Biography
Eric Wareheim is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and musician who grew up in Audubon, Pennsylvania. He met Tim Heidecker while attending Temple University, where he also made his first film. The pair created and starred in Tom Goes to the Mayor, an Adult Swim limited animation that Bob Odenkirk executive produced. They reached a wider audience with Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, which premiered in 2007. Wareheim and Heidecker wrote, directed, and appeared in Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012). He had a recurring role as Arnold Baumheiser on Master of None and directed episodes of that series. He helped produce the Awesome Show spin-off Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule. In music he played in Philadelphia area bands and was principal songwriter for The Science Of. A Webby Award for best actor went to the Tim and Eric team, and Wareheim shared a Directors Guild of America nomination for commercial directing.
50years old
Turns 51 on April 7in 148 days
- Born Audubon
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Eric Alexander Wareheim
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 16 years2010 to 2026
Every film, newest first
- 2026OnslaughtIMDb rating 6.2
- 2013Wrong CopsIMDb rating 6.0
- 2012The ComedyIMDb rating 6.3
- 2012Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar MovieIMDb rating 5.4
- 2010Blood Into WineIMDb rating 7.0
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Big break
Wareheim and Heidecker mailed an early version of Tom Goes to the Mayor to Bob Odenkirk, who came aboard as executive producer and sold the series to Cartoon Network.
Early training
Wareheim attended Temple University, where he met Tim Heidecker, his future comedy partner, and made his first film, which was shot on the Jersey Shore.
Beyond film
Wareheim wrote most of the songs for The Science Of. He also played in Elements of Need and I Am Heaven, and spent a short time with the punk band Ink & Dagger.
Behind the camera
Wareheim and Tim Heidecker directed The Shuffle, a 2010 Super Bowl commercial for Boost Mobile. The pair also directed several Old Spice commercials featuring actor Terry Crews.
Beyond film
Wareheim was in several bands around Philadelphia, one of them the new wave punk group Twelve Tone System. In the 1990s he also spent a short time as rhythm guitarist for the duo Adam and Justine.
A change of course
Wareheim turned a longtime hobby into the 2021 cookbook Foodheim: A Culinary Adventure, promoted with a webseries called Heimy's House in which he prepares recipes from the book.
Eric Wareheim movies on Netflix
Most often with
Tim Heidecker appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Tim Heidecker's page
Ray Wise's page
Bob Odenkirk's page
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.