Erik Potempa was born & raised in Chicago.  After getting bullied during the first round of his USA Baseball tryouts, his Grandfather (and best friend) wiped his tears and asked him “Are ya gonna let those fuckin’ pricks steal ya dream?” Erik went on to become a goddamned child baseball prodigy.

While he was in college at Oregon State, Erik fell in love with storytelling and decided to follow his new dream to NYC where he attended The Neighborhood Playhouse 2-year Acting Conservatory, studied screenwriting at Jacob Krueger Studio, and got a job working as a personal trainer at Equinox.

During his time waking up at 4 AM to train a gauntlet of toxic rich pricks for pennies on the dollar, Erik was famous for retreating to the staff lounge to improvise loopy, uncensored sketches about all the things he’d like to say and do to his elitist asshole clients.

His revenge comedy web series, KILLER WORKOUT, is being licensed by Revry.TV and was a finalist for Sundance Episodic Lab. His pilot script for his irreverent comedy, PITITSKI’S GYM, was named top 5 TV Pilots of 2022 by Save The Cat!, and his pitch for his half-hour irreverent comedy, OLD FARTS, was a finalist in the Austin Film Festival pitch competition. He loves writing about the struggles of common people to live out their dreams… and eviscerate entitled fucks. Erik’s favorite pastime is chewing on edibles with his wife, and dancing until his knees give out.

You can also catch him on recent episodes of THE GILDED AGE, FBI: MOST WANTED, and THE EQUALIZER.

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