Erik Martin started performing improv at Chapel Hill High School's The Improv Company in 1995. He has studied under Armando Diaz, Ross White, Porter Mason, Zach Ward, Scott Jennings and Greg Hohn. He was a member of DSI House Teams KEVLAR and Community Bike, as well as Senor Bueno and Four String Samurai. He currently performs with Moxie at the Magnet Theater in NYC.

Erik has produced and directed several experimental and documentary films, including a entirely improvised feature length film. In 2004, he launched DSI's digital playground BeDirty.com, and in 2005 he co-directed PIEHOLE. Erik started making comedy "movies" as a teenager, including Lance Ito & The Battle Axe of Justice, No More 'Taters, and Anuj im Ruhrgebeit.

Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC