Eric Andre

Biography

Eric Andre is an American Actor, Comedian, TV show host, writer and producer. Eric is a comedian specializing in improvisational dark-cringe comedy. Eric is well known for his show 'The Eric Andre Show' on adult swim & for the roles of Mark Reynolds (in Don't Trust the B- in Apartment 23), Deke(in 2 Broke Girls), Wes Borland (in Lucas Bros Moving Co), Mike (in Man Seeking Woman)

Childhood- Family

Eric Samuel André was born on 4th April 1983 in Boca Raton, Florida, United States to Pierre Andre, a Black Haitian father- a psychiatrist by profession & Lydia Andre, an American Jewish(Ashkenazi Jew) mother- a teacher from New York's Upper West Side. He did his schooling in Boca Raton, Florida.

His father when came to America wasn't fluent in English, he wanted a tutor and that is how Eric's parents met.

[Eric Andre with father Pierre Andre]

Education

• Dreyfoos School of the Arts: He attended DSOA, a public high school in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is ranked as one of the top public arts and academics schools in the country. When Eric was in high school he made homemade rap records.
• Berklee College of Music: He studied at a private music college, the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world situated in Boston, Massachusetts. He learned playing double bass there, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in 2005.

High School life: He dyed his hair green in High school with locks, he got suspended for mooning his friends, he got suspended for not wearing shoes. He got suspended for taking Meth.

Relationships

Rosario Dawson

Eric dated the gorgeous actress Rosario Dawson from 2016 until late 2017. The two met at the Democratic National Convention in July 2016. 

Chance the Rapper, who knows them both personally, thought they can't be together, it must be an elaborate prank by Eric. and expressed the same on Twitter. Chance texted Rosario to ask if they were seriously a couple, Eric posted more intimate pictures of the two in response.

When Rosario appeared on Stephen Colbert's The Late Show, she confirmed that the relationshipwas in deed serious.

She underwent an emergency surgery on the Labor Day of 2016 to stop bleeding from a ruptured  Ovarian Cyst. He took care of her during the difficult times, supported her during surgery and recovery. [2]

In March 2021, on the Howerd Stern radio, he revealed that he met his then girlfriend at the farmer's market. They saw each other a lot at the place, they talked often, he tried to be charming (and it worked) and they went on a few dates. When they were dating, some times a few guys would come and ask him for a selfie, she apparently didn't know he was popular.

Acting Career

Eric's interest in acting started at the age of 6 after watching 'Enter the 36 Chambers'. He acted in the Geico commercial as the caveman. 

He was a music enthusiast, when it came to choosing between music and acting at the age of 22, he chose acting & gave up music career.

The Eric Andre Show

An adult swim surreal comedy cocktail talk show series starring Eric Andre & Hannibal Buress. The show is a mock Night show created by Eric Andre. It was a free & fun show with impersonations and imposters of famous comedians as guests, as well as real guests on the show. New York Times called it 'one of the darkest comedy shows on TV'.

The show was aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim (late night) block. It featured pranks, sketches, shocks, mock interviews and everything dark in between.

Music Career

Blarf

After joining Berklee School of Music, Eric started a band named 'Blarf' with a bunch of guys. He intended to mimick 'Frank Zappa' and the 'Beastie Boys' styles. The band disbanded very soon. When asked about it, Eric joked that "the band's lead drummer got married at 18 to a pro-life woman" and they had a song called 'I Love Abortions', so he had to go, and that was that for the band. But Eric wasn't going to accept that, he continued to be the band all by himself.

BLARF: Eric released the EP 'BLARF' in December 2014 with the Canadian producer 'The First Seed'. It was uploaded on Bandcamp on December 25, 2014. It had four songs totalling a length of 6 minutes 20 seconds.

Cease & Desist: Eric released the album Cease & Desist on June 26th 2019 through the 'Stones Throw Records'. It was released on June 26, 2019, it had 9 tracks, totalling 27 minutes and 48 seconds

Live show: Eric/Blarf performed live for the first time in L.A on 6th July 2019. Experimental musicians such as Thundercat, Domi and JD Beck were also part of the live show. He wore the same Ronald McDonald costume seen on Cease and Desist cover art.

Filmography

Movies

Series

Discography

Facts & Trivia

• Eric Andre considers himself as both Black & Jewish. He is an atheist Black Jew.
• Crashing Civil war enactments: Andre saw one of the ads of Civil war enactments and on seeing no black person on the sets he realized black people were not having good times in that era, he thought of crashing the sets as handcuffed slaves with his friends.
• People he wants to date- Sofia Rodriguez (he likes Latin women), Maya Angelou, Jerry Sandusky
• Transcendental Meditation has helped Eric to cope with the stress.
• Best piece of advice he received- 'Don't listen to anybody'
• He is a big history nerd.
• His co-star Jay Baruchel called him- 'inwardly very moral man'
• He was once sent to jail for crashing an event in real life.
• He has been a supporter of Net Neutrality
• He put on a Cardi B costume for Halloween.
• He got on Donald Trump's rally and disrupted the stage in 2016

The Lawsuit

Eric and comedian Clayton English filed a law suit against the Clayton County, Georgia in October 2022, They claimed that the police profiled them racially. They questioned the consitutionality of the police program which profiles people on race, conducts illegal searches.

Activism

• Democratic Party supporter: He is a Democratic party supporter, he supported Hillary Clinton for presidency in 2016, supported Bernie Sanders for Democratic nomination in 2020. 
• He opposed the Israelis bombing of Gaza in retalian to the October 7 Hamas attack on Israeli people, and demanded a permanent ceasefire.

Quotes

• My Dad looks like Arthur Ashe, my mom looks like Howard Stern.
• I'm Bluish, Black & Jewish.
• I got beat up at a Mensa convention, that was kind of cool
• Everyone in rap talks about money. I don't even believe in money. I'm a communist, I did this whole communist rap. It's so embarrassing. I'd never show anyone.
• I set out to make the worst talk-show on the planet ever and I succeeded
• Work really hard and treat people with kindness.
• It's not easy being a black woman. It looks like shit every morning
• I was crazy in High School, I was a class clown, everybody hated me, I was a real nerd.
• I grew up in Boca Raton, Florida -a place old people go to die, it's God's waiting room.
• My mom's aunts and uncles died in the holocaust.
• I come from a family of 4 generations of atheists.
• The existence is meaningless, Are we all really here? who is Donald Trump? is he Barbara Bush in mask?
• I felt like If I get into music it does no good to life.
• The South lost the Civil War and we’ve never recovered as a nation from that. There's this angry white guy mentality that's never gone away.
• I voted for Obama twice. I just think at the end of the day he’s a politician and he’s murdering innocent people.
• 'stick to comedy' is code for 'stick to apathy.' Also my twitter sucks.
• I don’t believe that the position of burning balls of hydrogen millions of light years away have anything to do with my personality.
• How do we get rid of the electoral college? Also who the fuck is in the electoral college?
• I feel like The Civil War AND The Crusades never officially ended. I also feel like Eddie Murphy doesn't age.
• I was Rastafarian for 4 months in the 9th grade
• I'm at the age where I still pick my nose but I throw my boogers in the garbage like a gentleman.
• I'm a Jew. Which is Hebrew for atheist.
• My porn name is Sasha SW 13th Avenue.
• I have a karaoke punk band called The Ungrateful Dead, but we don't exist yet.
• I was born a woman
• [Gender/ Sexuality/ Race] There's no such thing as sexual orientation, or race, or gender. Those are all obsolete man-made concepts [3]

Sources

1. Eric Andre on wikipedia
2. W Magazine covers the breakup
3. Eric Andre on TowleRoad
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