Blake Anderson is a comedian and one of the stars and creators of the Comedy Central show Workaholics. Originally from Concord, California, Anderson studied with The Groundlings and with Upright Citizens Brigade. He formed the sketch-comedy group Mail Order Comedy along with Workaholics costars and co-creators Anders Holm, Adam DeVine and Kyle Newacheck. Anderson appeared on several episodes of the Fox show Traffic Light and has had small cameos in an episode of HBO's Entourage and an episode of the Fox show House. Anderson is also a big supporter of the Hyphy hip-hop music scene in the East Bay, California area, noting Lil B as one of his favorite performers. Anderson says he is "Based 4 Life" and "Lil B is the true based God." On December 17, 2011, Anderson required surgery after fracturing his spine during a house party by jumping from his roof onto a beer pong table. Blake also recently played an extra in the music video "We are young" by FUN. In 2011, Blake had a cameo in One Direction's "One Thing" music video.