Background
Mr. Weiner was born and raised in San Francisco.
Mr. Weiner was born and raised in San Francisco.
He graduated from New York University.
In 1999 he co-created and starred in The Bomb-itty of Errors, an adaptation of Shakespeare"s Comedy of Errors, blending hip-hop and Shakespeare. The show has been performed in New York (Office-Broadway), London (West End), Chicago, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Dublin, Florida, Philadelphia, Saint Louis, and continues to play around the world. Mr. Weiner was invited to be a fellow at the Sundance Institute"s Screenwriting Laboratory in 2002.
He made his feature film debut in the 20th Century Fox romantic comedy, Brown Sugar (2002 film).
The film stars Taye Diggs, Mos Def & Queen Latifah. In 2005 Mr. Weiner played Dragon on Home Box Office"s Unscripted, directed and executive produced by George Clooney.
He was awarded a Peabody Award for his writing on Cable News Network Heroes. Mr. Weiner recorded several songs and music videos that are online.
One Lincolnshire on the Sopranos is a tribute to the actual one line he had on The Sopranos, playing a store manager who said, "Leon, take your break at two." I Google Myself details the difficulties of dating online.
RickMill Productions produced the videos. In 2010, Mr. Weiner played Agent Sebso on Home Box Office"s Boardwalk Empire, executive produced by Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese. Winter saw his video, "One Lincolnshire on the Sopranos" (Winter commented that he had written that episode, and thus that one line), and this led to Mr.
Weiner being cast on the series.
In 2012 and 2013, Mr. Weiner played Ian on National Broadcasting Company"s The New Normal.
He was Creative Producer of the 2011 Emmy Awards.