Erik Griffin

Acting

Erik Griffin

Born

1976-03-12 (50)

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

51 titles

Erik Griffin is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor best known for playing Montez Walker on Comedy Central's Workaholics. He is also known for such television series and films such as Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, I'm Dying Up Here, and Blunt Talk.

Known for

Bob's Burgers poster
7.8

Bob's Burgers follows a third-generation restaurateur, Bob, as he runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob and his quirky family have big ideas about burgers, but fall short on service and sophistication. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and a dearth of customers, Bob and his family are determined to make Bob's Burgers "grand re-re-re-opening" a success.

Bob's Burgers

2011

Arrested Development poster
7.9

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

Arrested Development

2003

Franklin & Bash poster
7.3

When they're not hanging out at their favorite hot dog stand pontificating on what they'd go through to enjoy a night with their favorite female celebrities, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are chasing down their latest clients...sometimes literally. With business cards in hand, they're ready to nab a client within seconds after a car accident, arrest for solicitation or any other incident where their legal services may be needed. Once in the courtroom, they show their flair for the dramatic and the shocking.

Franklin & Bash

2011

Workaholics poster
7.4

The misadventures of three recent college dropouts, roommates, and co-workers at a telemarketing company and their drug dealer.

Workaholics

2011

Lights Out with David Spade poster
5.8

Specializing in celebrities, entertainment and all things apolitical, comedy legend David Spade and a panel of his comedian friends are at the roundtable and in the field to help break down the biggest headlines of the day.

Lights Out with David Spade

2019

Harvey Beaks poster
6.3

A mild-mannered young bird and his best friends, a pair of rambunctious siblings called Fee and Foo, seek adventure and mischief in the magical forest that they call home.

Harvey Beaks

2015

Film credits

2020s · 12 titles

The Sleepover poster
6.4

Two siblings who discover their seemingly normal mom is a former thief in witness protection. Mom is forced to pull one last job, and the kids team up to rescue her over the course of an action-packed night.

The Sleepover

2020

Behemoth! poster
NR

Gifted cellist Alex Serian returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to carry Alex on an adventure that will change him forever.

Behemoth!

2026

Somewhere in Queens poster
6.3

Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.

Somewhere in Queens

2023

Guest House poster
5.3

A newly engaged couple finds the home of their dreams and it quickly becomes a nightmare when the previous owner's friend continues squatting in their guest house. It leads to a turf war that ultimately ruins their house, their marriage and their lives.

Guest House

2020

Bad Therapy poster
4.2

Married couple Bob and Susan Howard decide to see a marriage counselor named Judy Small, who appears trustworthy but harbors dark and conflicted impulses.

Bad Therapy

2020

Hero Mode poster
5.7

A teenage coding genius has just 30 days to create the world's greatest video game or his family loses everything. No pressure.

Hero Mode

2021

Val poster
5.1

Fin is a criminal on the run, wanted for the murder of his boss and the accidental shooting of an officer. He breaks into the home of a high-class escort, only to discover that you get more than you bargain for with Val, short for "Valefar" – a demon who offers to make all his problems disappear if he agrees to follow her rules. But in Val's world there are no accidents, and as Fin meets her other "customers", he learns that Val was expecting him all along, and it isn’t easy to escape Val's dungeon.

Val

2021

The Everything Pot poster
NR

When married 50-something Rachel RSVPs and sends a gift way too quickly to an acquaintance's wedding, this seemingly insignificant faux pas snowballs into a series of misunderstandings that threaten to destroy two marriages at once.

The Everything Pot

2024

LowKey Comedy Special poster
NR

Follows comedians who perform and participate in improvised, interview-style segments that create unique interactions with the audience.

LowKey Comedy Special

2025

The Private Eye poster
5.5

Private investigator Mort Madison's life begins spiraling downward when a beguiling, slightly familiar woman hires him for his most unusual case.

The Private Eye

2024

Wine Club poster
5.0

A couple elopes to wine country and stumble upon a vineyard where they hope to get some nice wedding photos. But they quickly realize that there's something very different about the vineyard's wine club.

Wine Club

2023

Topper poster
5.3

Struggling to survive in the cutthroat Los Angeles comedy scene after a devastating fall from grace, a washed-up comedian is forced to return to his Detroit hometown and confront the childhood trauma holding him back before he loses his career and himself.

Topper

2025

2010s · 11 titles

Murder Mystery poster
6.2

On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.

Murder Mystery

2019

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates poster
6.0

Mike and Dave are young, adventurous, fun-loving brothers who tend to get out of control at family gatherings. When their sister Jeanie reveals her Hawaiian wedding plans, the rest of the Stangles insist that the brothers bring respectable dates. After placing an ad on Craigslist, the siblings decide to pick Tatiana and Alice, two charming and seemingly normal women. Once they arrive on the island, however, Mike and Dave realize that their companions are ready to get wild and party.

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

2016

Airplane Mode poster
2.6

En route to the world's largest social media convention in Australia, Logan Paul is scared to death; today is his first time flying. All of his worst nightmares come true when the passengers refuse to switch their phones to airplane mode, causing the plane's controls to go haywire and electrocuting the pilots.

Airplane Mode

2019

First Girl I Loved poster
6.3

Seventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her L.A. public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend, Clifton—who has always harbored a secret crush on her—he does his best to get in the way.

First Girl I Loved

2016

Alone Up There poster
7.0

The stand-up comedian is a special breed, both an artist and an artisan. They work by painstakingly developing a persona, scripting and editing an act, and revising it on the spot to suit the energy of a given audience. If the audience does not grasp the countless hours crafting the routine, and the empathic micro-calculations, then the act was a success... well, as long as it was funny.

Alone Up There

2012

Furlough poster
5.7

In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with accompanying a hell-raising inmate on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But things soon spiral out of control, sending the pair on a hilarious, surprising, and ultimately touching road trip.

Furlough

2018

International Falls poster
6.2

A wife and mom with secret dreams of being a stand-up comic uses a one night stand with a burned-out touring comedian to face the harsh but funny truths of her failing marriage, neglected aspirations, and individual identity.

International Falls

2019

Electric Love poster
4.5

Electric Love follows a group of 20-somethings as they navigate the dating landscape of modern day L.A. These interconnected stories feature young single people in various states of courtship whether it’s a blind-date, hook-up or a long-term relationship. The film explores straight, bisexual and gay relationships as well as polyamory and monogamy. In an increasingly technological world, our smartphones have become an integral part of not only how we approach dating but how we connect with others.

Electric Love

2018

Erik Griffin: The Ugly Truth poster
7.0

With a sharp wit and even sharper tongue, Griffin deconstructs everything from modern romance and profile pictures to calorie counting and Fatburger in this raucous hour of standup.

Erik Griffin: The Ugly Truth

2017

No artwork available
NR

A couple faces unexpected parenting challenges when the father becomes a stay-at-home dad decides to home school their kids.

Nerd Herd

2015

Erik Griffin: AmERIKan Warrior poster
7.7

The comedian returns for his second Showtime special. While tackling subjects like white guilt, the national anthem and the righteously religious, he simultaneously skewers his own sense of male entitlement. Recorded in Portland, OR, Erik holds a mirror up to his audience's hypocrisies and nudges them into laughter while doing some corrective rejiggering on recently accepted societal norms.

Erik Griffin: AmERIKan Warrior

2018

Series credits

Bob's Burgers poster
7.8

Bob's Burgers follows a third-generation restaurateur, Bob, as he runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob and his quirky family have big ideas about burgers, but fall short on service and sophistication. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and a dearth of customers, Bob and his family are determined to make Bob's Burgers "grand re-re-re-opening" a success.

Bob's Burgers

2011

Arrested Development poster
7.9

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

Arrested Development

2003

Franklin & Bash poster
7.3

When they're not hanging out at their favorite hot dog stand pontificating on what they'd go through to enjoy a night with their favorite female celebrities, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are chasing down their latest clients...sometimes literally. With business cards in hand, they're ready to nab a client within seconds after a car accident, arrest for solicitation or any other incident where their legal services may be needed. Once in the courtroom, they show their flair for the dramatic and the shocking.

Franklin & Bash

2011

Workaholics poster
7.4

The misadventures of three recent college dropouts, roommates, and co-workers at a telemarketing company and their drug dealer.

Workaholics

2011

Lights Out with David Spade poster
5.8

Specializing in celebrities, entertainment and all things apolitical, comedy legend David Spade and a panel of his comedian friends are at the roundtable and in the field to help break down the biggest headlines of the day.

Lights Out with David Spade

2019

Harvey Beaks poster
6.3

A mild-mannered young bird and his best friends, a pair of rambunctious siblings called Fee and Foo, seek adventure and mischief in the magical forest that they call home.

Harvey Beaks

2015

Minx poster
6.9

An earnest young feminist joins forces with a low-rent publisher to make the world's first erotic magazine for women.

Minx

2022

One Day at a Time poster
7.7

In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.

One Day at a Time

2017

The Paper poster
7.1

The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Toledo newspaper, The Truth Teller, and the eager publisher trying to revive it.

The Paper

2025

Universal Basic Guys poster
5.8

Two brothers lose their jobs to automation and are given $3,000 a month in a new basic income program, allowing them to use their free time and free money to find purpose in a world where they're no longer needed.

Universal Basic Guys

2024

Ghosted poster
6.4

A skeptic is forced to work with a firm believer of the paranormal on unexplained occurrences in Los Angeles.

Ghosted

2017

I'm Dying Up Here poster
6.5

Set in LA’s celebrated, infamous stand-up comedy scene of the 1970s, this series delves into the inspired and damaged psyches that inhabit the hilarious, but complex business of making an audience laugh.

I'm Dying Up Here

2017

Ten Year Old Tom poster
6.9

The misadventures of an average kid as he contends with questionable guidance from the well-meaning grownups around him.

Ten Year Old Tom

2021

No artwork available
9.0

Some say laughter is the best medicine. It’s true. Standup comedy has been known to cure everything from bad moods and frowns to fits of pouting. So for those who need a heavy dose of hilarity, try a spoonful of “Comedy.TV.” With no traffic jams, parking debacles, or two-drink minimums of the local comedy clubs, the most clever comedians jump onstage for a full-fledged funny fest.

Comedy.tv

2009

Lucas Bros. Moving Co. poster
6.0

After their uncle dies and leaves them his old van, the twins start a moving company called Va¢ation Boy$. Their customers are often apprehensive to hire such a scrawny duo, but the brothers like to remind them that that’s why God made two of them. A day that begins simply by moving a bed down the street may lead to the threat of city-wide catastrophe, resolved only with the help of a once-famous ’90s wrestler. No matter what happens around them, Kenny and Keith always remain totally, bizarrely unfazed.

Lucas Bros. Moving Co.

2013

Lucas Bros. Moving Co. poster
6.0

After their uncle dies and leaves them his old van, the twins start a moving company called Va¢ation Boy$. Their customers are often apprehensive to hire such a scrawny duo, but the brothers like to remind them that that’s why God made two of them. A day that begins simply by moving a bed down the street may lead to the threat of city-wide catastrophe, resolved only with the help of a once-famous ’90s wrestler. No matter what happens around them, Kenny and Keith always remain totally, bizarrely unfazed.

Lucas Bros. Moving Co.

2013

World's Funniest Fails poster
5.7

Hosted by Terry Crews, WORLD'S FUNNIEST is inspired by the hit YouTube channel, FailArmy, and showcases the best in viral and soon-to-be-viral videos, featuring funny and adorable animals and kids, as well as amazing human triumphs and fails.

World's Funniest Fails

2015

Laugh Factory poster
NR

The Laugh Factory is a premier stand-up showcase featuring legendary icons and comedy’s brightest rising stars. Originally hosted by its founder, Jamie Masada, and rotating guest hosts and stand-up comic sets.

Laugh Factory

1979

No artwork available
2.5

Aspiring cowboy Morris and his best pal (and talking cow) Florence visit the rodeo to see their hero Jimmy Ray Royce. During their adventure, the duo encounters a wise goth, a down-on-his-luck bull, and a troupe of well-meaning clowns. Featuring voice work from Michael Peña (Ant Man, The Martian), Zoë Kravitz (Divergent, Mad Max), and more.

Morris and the Cow

2016

Workaholics: The Other Cubicle poster
9.0

Based on comedy series Workaholics, this series puts the spotlight on the recurring cast from the original show. Keep up with Montez, Jet Set and Waymond in The Other Cubicle.

Workaholics: The Other Cubicle

2012

Behind the camera