Tim Heidecker Biography

Timothy Richard Heidecker (born February 3, 1976) is an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician. He is one half of the comedy team of Tim & Eric, along with Eric Wareheim. Heidecker and Wareheim are noted for creating the television shows Tom Goes to the Mayor, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories.

Heidecker has also acted in several films, including Bridesmaids (2011), Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, and The Comedy (both 2012); he received critical acclaim for the latter. He currently co-hosts the parodic film review web series On Cinema and stars in the comedy series Decker, both alongside Gregg Turkington.

Early life and career

Heidecker was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He attended Allentown Central Catholic High School and Temple University.

Heidecker and Wareheim first became known as the creators, writers, and stars of Tom Goes to the Mayor, a limited animation series that originally aired from November 2004 to September 2006 on the Adult Swim channel. Tim plays "Tom," the protagonist of the show. He continually brings his ideas to the Mayor (played by Wareheim), who ends up thwarting them in most cases and leaving Tom worse off than when he started. According to their website Wareheim and Heidecker had mailed copies of an early version of the show to comedian Bob Odenkirk, who agreed to take on the project as the executive producer of the series and sold it to Adult Swim.

The duo's next show, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, premiered on February 11, 2007 on Adult Swim. The eleven-minute show features "live action, sketch, animation, emotions, phone calls, love, etc."

Heidecker starred in Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie. Wareheim and Heidecker appeared together as Debt Collectors on the Adult Swim special, The Young Persons Guide to History and have made guest appearances in the movie Let's Go to Prison, as well as the Scottish video game series VideoGaiden and a Version 2 episode of Mega64. Heidecker also had a small role in the 2011 film Bridesmaids, and a leading role in the 2012 independent drama The Comedy, directed by Rick Alverson and also starring Wareheim. In July 2012, Heidecker starred in an episode of Workaholics. In August 2012, he guest starred in Dinosaur Jr.'s music video "Watch the Corners." In the same year, Heidecker made a cameo appearance on the independent movie reviewing site, Red Letter Media. Heidecker appeared in an episode of the RedLetterMedia series, "Half in The Bag." The episode is titled, "Season Finale: Step Up Revolution." Within the short sketch comedy, Heidecker plays a VCR repair man named "Tim". Shortly after his introduction into the scene, he flies through the ceiling and makes his exit from the skit.

Heidecker starred in a series of films for Absolut Vodka's website with Wareheim and Zach Galifianakis. In March 2010, Heidecker and Wareheim directed a series of Old Spice commercials starring actor Terry Crews. Using characters and skits from Awesome Show, Heidecker and Wareheim (via their Abso Lutely production company) created an online-only show called "Tim and Eric Nite Live!," originally broadcast on the website SuperDeluxe.

Since 2012 Heidecker has been hosting a parodic web series and podcast called On Cinema, where he and special guest (Gregg Turkington) discuss films from past and present. In 2013 an On Cinema Film Guide app was released, featuring the voices of Heidecker and Turkington reviewing over 17,000 films.

Heidecker, Wareheim, Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, and Reggie Watts announced on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! that they were starting a comedy YouTube channel called Jash.

The duo's most recent show, Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories premiered on Adult Swim on September 18, 2014.

Music

Heidecker played in various indie rock bands while in Philadelphia. He made an appearance in the 2008 Ben Folds and Regina Spektor music video entitled "You Don't Know Me".

Although Davin Wood composed the music for Awesome Show, Heidecker would sometimes sing and write lyrics. Williams Street Records released both Awesome Record, Great Songs! and Uncle Muscles Presents Casey And His Brother in 2008, featuring music from the first two seasons. Wood previously composed the music for Tom Goes To The Mayor, and he and Heidecker form the duo Heidecker & Wood. Inspired by 1970s soft rock, they released their first album, Starting From Nowhere, on March 15, 2011. The duo released a second album in the same style on November 12, 2013, Some Things Never Stay the Same. They cite the influence of Randy Newman, Warren Zevon, Harry Nilsson, and Boz Scaggs. The duo will perform in October at Festival Supreme.

In October 2012, Heidecker contributed a parody campaign jingle for Herman Cain's presidential bid titled "Cain Train". This was the first of nine songs which would eventually become a full album, titled Cainthology: Songs in the Key of Cain. All of the proceeds from the album's sales go to benefit the Violence Intervention Program. The number nine was chosen as the number of songs, and $9.99 the original price, in reference to Herman Cain's 9-9-9 financial plan.

The day after the release of Bob Dylan's album Tempest in September 2012, Heidecker released a song called "Titanic", which is a 15-minute-long spoof of the track on the album. In 2013, he released two more Dylan parodies"?"Running Out the Clock", inspired by Dylan's 1983 album Infidels, and "Long Black Dress", a song in the actual style of Dylan's album Tempest"?and collaborated with the indie band The Earth is a Man on a cover of Dylan's "All the Tired Horses."

In December 2013, Heidecker released the album Urinal St. Station under the Drag City label with his band, The Yellow River Boys. The lead single, "Hot Piss," was released in June 2013. Vice Magazine named Urinal St. Station as the best album of 2013.

Heidecker and Davin Wood composed and performed the song "Weatherman" which was used in the 2014 film The Age of Reason.

On June 24, 2014, Heidecker and Wareheim released a 12" single, "Jambalaya", as Pusswhip Banggang.

Heidecker's solo album In Glendale was released May 20, 2016 on Rado Records.

Personal life

Heidecker is married to Marilyn Porayko. She has appeared on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Porayko gave birth to a girl, Amelia, in November 2013 and a boy, Charlie, in October 2016.

In March 2006, Tim Heidecker was stabbed twice in the upper back while attempting to assist a neighbor who he was told had overdosed. The wounds were not life-threatening.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	'	Mr. Poogy
2001	'	Orderly	Film debut
2006	Let's Go To Prison	Wine Taster	With Eric Warheim
2011	Terri	Mr. Flemisch
	Bridesmaids	Dougie
2012	'	Swanson
	'	Chef
	Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Tim	Writer Director Producer
2014	A Merry Friggin' Christmas	Dave
2015	Vacation	Utah Cop
	Fantastic Four	Mr. Richards
	Entertainment	The Celebrity	Co-writer
2016	First Girl I Loved	Mr. Q
2017	Kuso
2017	Sundowner	Tom	Post-production

Podcasts

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011-2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself, Elton John, George Burns, Nick Nolte	14 episodes
2011-2013	On Cinema	Himself	Writer Producer
2013	How Did This Get Made?	Himself	Guest commenter for The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012-Present	On Cinema at the Cinema	Himself	Writer Director Producer
2012	Half in the Bag	Himself
2013	Tim & Eric's Go Pro Show	Himself	Writer Director
2013	Tim's Kitchen Tips	Himself
2013	Dr. Wareheim	Himself	Writer Director
2014-2015	Decker	Agent Jack Decker

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Basketball	Episode: "Hypno-Germ"
2004-2006	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Tom Peters	Writer Director Producer
2006	Mega64	Mega64 Ragtime Jug Brother	Episode: "Stranger"
2007-2010	Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Various	Writer Director Producer
2007	Acceptable TV	Mood Swing Cosby
	Clark and Michael	Self-Defense Instructor
2008	Young Person's Guide to History	Debt Collector
2008-2010	'	Frances	Episodes: "I Thought My Dad Was Dead, But It Turns Out He's Not" "A Slip Slope"
2010-	Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule	Jan Skylar	Writer Director Producer
2010-2011	Funny or Die Presents	Various	Writer
2011	Jon Benjamin Has a Van	Mosham the Alien Lawyer	Episode: "Stardoor"
	'	Amus Bruse	Episode: "The Food Wife"
2011-2013	Bob's Burgers	Burt Dellalucci
2012	Workaholics	Reverend	Episode: "The Lord's Force"
2012-2016	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Phil Gorsley	2 episodes
2013	Kroll Show	Jason
	Eastbound & Down	Gene	8 episodes
2013-	Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories	Various	Writer Director Producer
2014	Drunk History	Max Schmeling	Season 2, Episode 1
2015	Man Seeking Woman	Unnamed bartender	Episode: "Pitbull"
	Another Period	Hal Carnegie	Episode: "Funeral"
	W/ Bob and David		Executive Producer
2016	Decker: Unclassified	Jack Decker	Writer Producer

Discography

• 2002: Theatre of Magic (rock opera by The Tim Heidecker Masterpiece)
• 2008: Awesome Record, Great Songs! (by Tim and Eric)
• 2008: Uncle Muscles Presents Casey And His Brother
• 2011: Starting From Nowhere (by Heidecker & Wood)
• 2011: Cainthology: Songs in the Key of Cain
• 2013: Some Things Never Stay the Same (by Heidecker & Wood)
• 2013: Urinal St. Station (by The Yellow River Boys)
• 2014: Jambalaya 12" single (by Pusswhip Banggang)
• 2016: In Glendale

Bibliography

• (2010) Bicycle Built For Two (with Gregg Turkington)
• (2015) Tim and Eric's Zone Theory (with Eric Wareheim)

Awards and honors

• Webby Award for best actor as part of the comedy team of Tim and Eric