American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1976)
Tim Heidecker
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Heidecker in November 2017
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Born
| Timothy Richard Heidecker
(
1976-02-03
)
February 3, 1976
(age 48)
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Occupations
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- Comedian
- writer
- director
- actor
- musician
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Years active
| 1996?present
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Spouse
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Marilyn Porayko
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m.
2007)
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Children
| 2
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Website
| timheidecker
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Timothy Richard Heidecker
(
; born February 3, 1976) is an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician. Along with
Eric Wareheim
, he is a member of the comedy duo
Tim & Eric
.
He has also appeared in films, including
Bridesmaids
(2011),
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
(2012),
The Comedy
(2012),
Ant-Man and the Wasp
(2018), and
Us
(2019). He currently co-hosts the parodic film review web series
On Cinema
and stars in the comedy series
Decker
alongside
Gregg Turkington
and hosts a weekly call-in show,
Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker
,
[1]
with
DJ Douggpound
and
Vic Berger
.
Early life and education
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Timothy Richard Heidecker was born in
Allentown, Pennsylvania
, on February 3, 1976.
[2]
He attended and graduated from
Allentown Central Catholic High School
in Allentown, and then attended
Temple University
in
Philadelphia
, where he met his comedy partner
Eric Wareheim
.
[3]
Career
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Television
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Heidecker and Wareheim created, wrote, and starred in
Tom Goes to the Mayor
, a
limited animation
series that aired from November 2004 to September 2006 on
Adult Swim
. Heidecker plays Tom, the protagonist of the show who continually brings his ideas to the Mayor (played by Wareheim) only to have them thwarted in most cases, 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.
[4]
The duo's second show,
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
, premiered in 2007, on
Adult Swim
. They also created and starred in
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
, and appeared together as
debt collectors
on the Adult Swim special
Young Person's 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
.
[5]
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 2012, he guest starred in
Dinosaur Jr.
's music video "Watch the Corners."
[6]
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 repairman named "Tim". Shortly after his introduction into the scene, he flies through the ceiling and makes his exit from the skit.
[7]
Heidecker starred in a series of films for
Absolut Vodka's
website with Wareheim and
Zach Galifianakis
. In 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 Productions
company) created an online-only show called "
Tim and Eric Nite Live!
," originally broadcast on the website
SuperDeluxe
.
Since 2012, Heidecker has hosted 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
.
Since 2016, Heidecker has hosted the podcast and web series
Office Hours Live
along with
Vic Berger
and
Doug Lussenhop
. It features phone and video calls with fans, comedians, musicians, and political commentators.
[8]
The duo's anthology horror series,
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
, aired on Adult Swim from 2014 to 2017. A sitcom starring the duo,
Beef House
, premiered in March 2020.
On October 23, 2020, Heidecker released his first stand-up comedy special,
An Evening With Tim Heidecker
, on YouTube. Filmed in the style of a typical standup special, Heidecker's special is a parody of the format in which he deliberately plays a
hack
stand-up comic.
[9]
Music
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Heidecker played in various
indie rock
bands while in
Philadelphia
. He made an appearance in the 2008
Ben Folds
and
Regina Spektor
music video titled "
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.
[10]
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
.
[11]
In 2012, Heidecker contributed a
parody
campaign jingle for
Herman Cain
's presidential bid titled "Cain Train".
[12]
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.
[13]
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
.
Before the release of
Bob Dylan
's album
Tempest
in September 2012, Heidecker released a Dylan pastiche called "Titanic", spoofing the news that the album would feature a 14-minute track about the
RMS
Titanic
.
[14]
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 2013, Heidecker released the album
Urinal St. Station
under the Drag City label with his band, The Yellow River Boys.
[15]
The lead single, "Hot Piss", was released in June 2013.
[16]
Vice Magazine
named
Urinal St. Station
as the best album of 2013.
[17]
Heidecker and Davin Wood composed and performed the song "Weatherman" which was used in the 2014 film
The Age of Reason
.
In June 2014, Heidecker and Wareheim released a 12" single, "Jambalaya", as Pusswhip Banggang.
[18]
Heidecker's solo album
In Glendale
was released in May 20, 2016, on Rado Records.
He released
Too Dumb for Suicide: Tim Heidecker's Trump Songs
via
Jagjaguwar
on November 8, 2017, a year to the date since
Trump's presidential victory
.
[19]
In August 2020, Heidecker announced
Fear of Death
, a concept album featuring members of
Foxygen
,
The Lemon Twigs
, and
Weyes Blood
, slated for release on September
25 from
Spacebomb Records
.
[20]
Heidecker's sixth album,
High School
, was released June 24, 2022, on Spacebomb Records
[21]
followed by a supporting North American tour.
[22]
Personal life
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Heidecker is married to actress Marilyn Porayko.
[23]
[24]
[25]
[26]
They have a daughter born in 2013
[27]
and a son born in 2016.
[28]
Heidecker joined the
Democratic Socialists of America
in June 2018.
[29]
He has described himself as both an
atheist
and an
agnostic
.
[30]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Web series
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Podcasts
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Applications
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Year
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Title
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Role
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Notes
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2015
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On Cinema Film Guide
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Tim Heidecker
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Discography
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Solo
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- Studio albums
- Compilation albums
- 2018:
Another Year In Hell: Collected Songs from 2018
The Tim Heidecker Masterpiece
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- 2000:
Working Vacation
(EP)
- 2002:
Theatre of Magic
(
rock opera
)
Tim & Eric
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Heidecker & Wood
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- 2011:
Starting From Nowhere
- 2013:
Some Things Never Stay the Same
The Yellow River Boys
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- 2013:
Urinal St. Station
- 2021:
Greatest Hits
Bibliography
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Stand-up special
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Awards and honors
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References
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- ^
"Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker"
.
Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker
. Retrieved
January 14,
2022
.
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Tim Heidecker [@timheidecker] (December 23, 2013).
"Great to be back home in Allentown, PA!!"
(
Tweet
) – via
Twitter
.
- ^
Longsdork, Amy (October 2, 2014).
"Creepy Crawly Comedy: Allentown's Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim serve up haunting humorous drama in 'Bedtime Stories'
"
.
The Morning Call
. Retrieved
May 28,
2019
.
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Brown, Janelle (July 17, 2006).
"10 Comics to Watch: Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
February 16,
2007
.
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"
"Mega64": Stranger"
.
IMDb
. Retrieved
February 23,
2009
.
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"Dinosaur Jr. - "Watch the Corners" Official Video"
.
Vimeo.com
. Retrieved
June 24,
2013
.
- ^
"Red Letter Media Half in the Bag: Step Up Revolution"
.
Redlettermedia.com
. August 7, 2012
. Retrieved
March 10,
2015
.
[
permanent dead link
]
- ^
Tim Heidecker's channel
on
YouTube
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"
'An Evening With Tim Heidecker' Is a Parody of a Standup Special"
.
Vice.com
. October 23, 2020.
- ^
Hudson, Alex. (December 13, 2010)
Tim and Eric's Tim Heidecker to Release Album as Heidecker & Wood ? News ?
. Exclaim.ca. Retrieved on 2012-09-04.
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"Heidecker & Wood"
.
Heideckerandwood.com
. Retrieved
August 6,
2019
.
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cain train: Herman Cain Campaign Video
. YouTube. Retrieved on September 4, 2012.
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Cainthology: Songs In The Key Of Cain, by Tim Heidecker
. Boing Boing. Retrieved on September 4, 2012.
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"Listen: Tim Heidecker Spoofs Bob Dylan With 14-Minute Song About the Titanic"
.
Rolling Stone
. July 24, 2012
. Retrieved
April 5,
2019
.
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Urinal St. Station, by the Yellow River Boys
. Drag City. Retrieved on January 3, 2014.
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The Yellow River Boys - "Hot Piss"
. YouTube. Retrieved on January 3, 2013.
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VICE's Top 50 Albums of 2013
. Vice Magazine. Retrieved on January 3, 2014.
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Pusswhip Banggang "Jambalaya"
. Drag City. Retrieved on July 1, 2014.
- ^
"Tim Heidecker Announces New Album of Trump Songs: Too Dumb for Suicide | Pitchfork"
.
pitchfork.com
. November 2017
. Retrieved
November 14,
2017
.
- ^
Colburn, Randall (August 5, 2020).
"Tim Heidecker Made a Record About Death with Weyes Blood and The Lemon Twigs"
.
The A.V. Club
. Retrieved
August 5,
2020
.
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"Tim Heidecker Announces New Album and Tour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch"
.
Pitchfork
. April 12, 2022
. Retrieved
August 9,
2022
.
- ^
Alter, Rebecca (April 12, 2022).
"Tim Heidecker Is Going on Two Tours at Once"
.
Vulture
. Retrieved
August 9,
2022
.
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Tim Heidecker's Myspace page, retrieved February 9, 2009
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Marilyn's Myspace id 3nine78, retrieved February 9, 2009
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Tim Heidecker's Myspace blog, entries "Talking to Your Parents" and "Full Story (Reposted), retrieved February 9, 2009
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"Tim and Eric Junior Teaching Bible Lesson"
. Youtube.com. Retrieved on September 4, 2012.
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Sundermann, Eric (November 7, 2013).
"Tim Heidecker: The Coolest Dad Ever | NOISEY"
. Noisey.vice.com
. Retrieved
March 10,
2015
.
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"Instagram"
. Instagram. October 8, 2016. Archived from
the original
on December 23, 2021
. Retrieved
October 12,
2016
.
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Heidecker, Tim (June 19, 2018).
"I just joined the @DemSocialists / That stunt in DC today convinced me. I encourage all to take a look and considering joining as well"
.
@timheidecker
. Retrieved
March 30,
2019
.
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"Awesome Show, Great Job! w/ Tim Heidecker"
.
Mythinformed.org
. Retrieved
August 6,
2019
.
- ^
"On Cinema Fans Will Get a Movie of Their Own This Fall"
. July 2019. Archived from
the original
on July 1, 2019.
- ^
"Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington Set to Star in On Cinema Movie, Mister America"
.
Pastemagazine.com
. July 2019
. Retrieved
July 3,
2019
.
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"Tim Heidecker and Greg Turkington to Star in New Film Mister America"
.
Pitchfork
. July 2019
. Retrieved
July 3,
2019
.
- ^
"Ken Marino And Tim Heidecker Join Season 4 Of Eastbound & Down"
. June 27, 2013
. Retrieved
September 30,
2013
.
- ^
"AMC Animated Series 'Ultra City Smiths' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive)"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. April 1, 2021
. Retrieved
April 1,
2021
.
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"Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker"
.
Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker
. Retrieved
August 15,
2020
.
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"TIM HEIDECKER GIVES ADVICE AS a GECKO- Therapy Gecko"
.
YouTube
.
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"Ep 359: Stars Over 45"
.
CheapShow
. Retrieved
November 23,
2023
.
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Webby Award winners listed at Internet Video Mag, Tim and Eric listed in paragraph 5
Archived
August 4, 2008, at the
Wayback Machine
. Internetvideomag.com (May 6, 2008). Retrieved on 2012-09-04.
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