Eric Andre

Eric Andre (born April 4, 1983), also known as Blarf, is an American actor, comedian, musician and television host. He is the creator, host, and co-writer of The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim, played Mike on the FXX series Man Seeking Woman, and voiced Azizi in the 2019 live action remake of The Lion King.

Early life
Eric Andre was born in Boca Raton, Florida, the son of an Afro-Haitian immigrant father, a psychiatrist, and an Ashkenazi Jewish mother from the Upper West Side of New York City. He identifies as both Black and Jewish. After graduating from Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida in 2001, Andre studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he played the double bass and he graduated in 2005 with a BFA.

Career
Andre is the creator and host of The Eric Andre Show, a parody of public access talk shows, on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. The show features pranks, shock humor, sketches, and celebrity interviews.

Andre co-starred as Mark on the short-lived ABC comedy series Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23, and guest-starred on 2 Broke Girls as Deke, Max's love interest and fellow pastry student.

Andre played Mike in the FXX comedy series Man Seeking Woman, which premiered in 2015. The show's third and final season, consisting of ten episodes, ran in early 2017. He voices Luci in the Netflix animated show Disenchantment.

Personal life
Andre is an atheist   and a practitioner of transcendental meditation.