Erik is a two-time New England Emmy® Award winner, eight-time nominee, and former Top 200 Director on HBO's Project Greenlight. His nationally syndicated television series, The Cobblestone Corridor (for which Erik serves as showrunner and lead actor) is the winner of three New England Emmy® Awards and recipient of nine nominations.

Erik's debut feature Long Lost​ is now in post production while his new short She Came from the Woods​ plays festivals worldwide. Film and television acting includes The Cobblestone Corridor, The Mystery of Matter (PBS) and Sorority Nightmare (Lifetime). Theatre acting includes the U.S. premiere of Calendar Girls and the world premiere of Rear Window (starring Kevin Bacon and directed by Tony-winner Darko Tresnjak). Erik has also directed at prominent regional theaters including Ivoryton Playhouse, Ozark Actors Theatre, Priscilla Beach Theatre, and Union County Performing Arts Center.

Erik has served as adjunct faculty, Artist-in-Residence, or Visiting Artist at Trinity College, Clark University, Avon Old Farms, Miss Porter's School and Saint Andrews School (where he delivered his TEDx talk). He graduated cum laude from Trinity and is an alumnus of the London Dramatic Academy.