Armen Weitzman


Armen Weitzman is an American actor and comedian best known for playing Garfield in the Comedy Central series Another Period as well as Miles Jr. in the franchise spoof The Napa Boys.

Early life

Weitzman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the son of lawyer Howard Weitzman and Margaret. He is of Armenian and European Jewish descent. He attended Emerson College, where he met best friend and collaborator Harris Wittels, but did not graduate.

Career

Weitzman is a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. He has appeared in television and film projects such as Burning Love, The Sarah Silverman Program, Childrens Hospital, Role Models, School for Scoundrels, Love, and Ocean's Thirteen. He was also on the short-lived MTV show Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous as the title character's best friend, Greg LeBlanc. In 2009, he starred in the Say Anything music video for "Shiksa ". Alongside Wittels, Weitzman made his directorial debut in 2014 with the short film The Badger's Promise, which the pair also co-starred in as fictionalized versions of themselves. He co-starred as the servant Garfield in the Comedy Central show Another Period, and appeared as Jeff in Silicon Valley, as Ruby in Netflix's Love, and as Lorne Michaels in A Futile and Stupid Gesture.
Weitzman was awarded the Heart of a Chompian Award on the March 30, 2017 episode of the Doughboys podcast. Despite this, on the August 1, 2019 episode of Doughboys, Weitzman was formally banned from returning by hosts Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell and guest R.J. Fried.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos