Eric Sharp

Birth Name: Eric Howell Swirsky

Eric is an actor, writer and producer. He has played Scoundrels, Priests, Cops, Convicts, Nerds and Aliens. His performances have been called dynamic and compelling. Eric has Co-Starred on such Prime- ...Show More

Eric is an actor, writer and producer. He has played Scoundrels, Priests, Cops, Convicts, Nerds and Aliens. His performances have been called dynamic and compelling. Eric has Co-Starred on such Prime-time Network Television programs including "Star Trek Voyager", "Wings", and a recurring role as "Benny" on UPN's "In The House" with LL Cool J, Debbie Allen, and Kim Wayans. Eric recently had an outrageously funny scene in Comedy Central's "Broad City" and Co-Stars in an upcoming episode of "I Love Dick" for Amazon Prime.Eric wrote the "Happy Song" and sings it as his comic creation, "Sharpo" in the the hit movie, "Liar Liar", with Jim Carrey. Other featured spots include a very cool pratfall on "Abbott & Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld" for NBC. Eric was interviewed and featured in his famous mystery Detective role on KTLA Morning News with Allie MacKay. Eric owns the entertainment production company, Sharpo Entertainment Productions. This Los Angeles based proprietorship specializes in interactive mystery and magic for events and streaming media.Eric has interviewed many exciting Hollywood guests on his Blog Talk Radio Show, "Sharpo Says".As a teenager, Eric's band "Eric & The Enterprise" performed locally in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Eric was vocalist and keyboardist. Eric and his younger brother, Douglas, were part of the band, Bandaido and the Any Surface Band, who played the legendary CBGB's in New York City. At Brookdale Community College, Eric performed in the musicals, "Oklahoma!", "Sweet Charity", "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum". Eric did many plays, including "Play It Again, Sam" at the Kobe Dinner Theatre in Lakewood, NJ ,which earned rave reviews from the Asbury Park Press, saying Woody Allen couldn't have done better than Eric in the lead role. Eric revived his role as Alan Felix again in 2009 at the Mirage Club at ElCentro Naval Air Facility.Eric's studied with Drama Professor, J. Lawrence Lowenstein who encouraged Eric to move to New York and study. There he studied with Neighborhood Playhouse Alumnus, and accomplished TV director, Norman Hall. Eric then wrote wrote and played the lead role in the play, "Invasion Of The Oooogs" for Theater Excalibur in Tribecca and again at the Courtyard Playhouse in Greenwich Village. Eric got his SAG Card when Director, Spike Lee gave him a line in the film, Malcolm X.Eric moved to L.A. in 1992. He then wrote and starred in the Sit-com pilot, "Lenny Frick", produced by Alphy Hoffman and directed by Emmy Award Winning Actor, Scott Jacoby. Eric now lives in Southern California's enchanting San Fernando Valley with his wife, Nora, and their children, Joseph, Benjamin, Naomi, and their little dog, Isabel. Hide