Armen Weitzman (born December 19, 1983) is an American actor and comedian best known for playing Garfield in the

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series ''

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''.

Early life

Weitzman was born and raised in

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, the son of lawyer Howard Weitzman and Margaret Weitzman. He is of Armenian and European Jewish descent. He attended

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, where he met best friend and collaborator

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, 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,

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, Childrens Hospital,

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, School for Scoundrels,

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''. 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 (Girlfriend)". 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 ''

'', and appeared as Jeff in ''Silicon Valley'', as Ruby in

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's ''Love'', and as

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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. On July 23, 2019, multiple news outlets picked up the story of a seemingly pristine Double-Double from In-N-Out Burger found on the streets of

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, over 1,500 miles from the nearest In-N-Out. Several NBC affiliates specified that the burger was "not Armen style", referring to Weitzman's topping order of half grilled onions, half raw onions, which was popularized through ''Doughboys''. Weitzman's philosophy and catchphrase is the Weitzman-invented word "karf", for which he formerly held the trademark.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

References

External links

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