Griffin was born on March 12, 1972, in Los Angeles, California. He was raised by his mother, an immigrant from Belize.[1][2] He never met his father.[3]
Career
Griffin started doing stand-up in 2003.[4] Prior to this, he worked at a school coaching basketball and handling office work.[5]
From 2011 to 2017, he portrayed Montez Walker on Comedy Central's Workaholics.[4][6] He recorded a half-hour special for Comedy Central on February 28, 2013. Later that year, he released his first stand-up album, Technical Foul: Volume One, on March 12, 2013.[4][1]
In 2015, he was cast as Ralph Carnegie in the television series I'm Dying Up Here.[7]Erik Griffin: The Ugly Truth premiered on July 7, 2017, on Showtime.[8][9] His next special Amerikan Warrior also premiered on Showtime in June 2018.[10]
Beginning in 2022, Brendan Schaub and Theo Von added Chris D'Elia to their weekly podcast "King and the Sting", renaming it to "King and the Sting and Wing". During this time Griffin became a regular guest-host.[11] On November 4, 2022, "King and the Sting and Wing" was officially renamed "The Golden Hour", with Griffin Replacing Theo Von.[12] He also hosts his own podcast, Riffin' With Griffin.
