Erik Tanouye currently improvises at the UCBT as a member of the group The Scam. He has previously been seen with 1985, Dillinger, The Shoves, The Mosaic NYC, Orchestra Pit, Stomping Ground, Corpa, and Asia-town, an Asian-American improv troupe he co-founded. He was a contributing writer for Comedy Central's unaired "Sports Central" pilot. He has directed acclaimed improv shows by I Eat Pandas and T.J. Monkeys , and co-wrote and performed in the sketch shows "Proceed With Honor" and "Red Christmas" at the UCB Theatre. Erik has also performed stand-up comedy at alternative venues throughout New York. He has an English degree from Dartmouth College, plays guitar, and enjoys photography.

Credits

• Prison Break: Final Episode Prison Break star Wentworth Miller goes door-to-door to explain the final episode.
• Kindle Boner Explore the Amazon Kindle's additional uses.
• Wilford Brimleys Prospect Park A short film by Wilford Brimley about his beloved Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
• Two Reasonable Guys Two reasonable guys disarm farcical situations.
• The First Steps Charlie is having a nervous breakdown.
• DCM 5 on NY 1 Bessser, Walsh and Roberts interviewed by local cable station NY 1 on DCM 5
• Give Me Back My Son! A bunch of UCB folks doing Mel's line from RANSOM.