Paul Christian Scheer was born in Huntington New York on January 31 1976 He attended St Anthonys High School in Huntington and then went on to study communication and education at New York University After graduating from NYU Scheer began his comedy career with the Upright Citizens Brigade a sketch comedy troupe based in New York City He also began appearing in television and film roles including a recurring role on the MTV sketch comedy series Human Giant In 2009 Scheer cocreated and starred in the Adult Swim comedy series NTSFSDSUV The show ran for three seasons and was a critical and commercial success Scheer also cocreated and starred in the FXFXX comedy series The League which ran for seven seasons In addition to his television work Scheer has also had a successful film career He has appeared in films such as The Hangover The Disaster Artist and The Lego Movie 2 He is also a cohost of the popular podcast How Did This Get Made which discusses bad movies Scheer is married to actress June Diane Raphael and they have two sons He is a frequent collaborator with his wife and longtime friend Jason Mantzoukas Scheer is 5 feet 10 inches 178 meters tall