Emerging from Boca Raton, Florida, André grew up with a Haitian psychiatrist father and a mother of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, later honing his musical skills on double bass at Berklee College of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in 2005. He broke into comedy in 2003 and became the architect and host of the surreal Adult Swim series The Eric Andre Show, a run that earned him a 2024 Emmy fo…
