“When I was in high school, I was doing all the plays. My drama teacher, Melody Duggan, was the one one who first made me do stand-up. She's the origin of the whole thing; it's all her. In high school in Denver, that was kind of the beginning of it all.”

American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

T. J. Miller is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his work in television and film, especially for playing Erlich Bachman on HBO’s Silicon Valley and Weasel in the Deadpool films. He built his reputation across stand-up, acting, producing, and screenwriting. His best-known screen roles include Silicon Valley, which ran from 2014 to 2017, and Deadpool, along with its 2018 sequel, where he played the Marvel Comics character Weasel.