Biff Wiff, the character actor who was greatest identified for his roles on the Netflix sketch comedy collection “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” and the Academy Award-winning film “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” has died.
Wiff’s demise was confirmed by his administration firm Leisure Lab in a publish that was shared to Instagram Friday.
“It is with heavy hearts that we inform you of the passing of our beloved client and actor, Biff Wiff. Biff was an amazing person inside and out, and his loving energy could be felt by all. We are sending our heartfelt sympathies to his family & loved ones at this time. @biffwiff,” the caption learn.
The publish featured images of Wiff together with a snap of him together with his “Self-Reliance” co-star Jake Johnson and a picture wherein he was pictured with Robinson that was taken whereas they had been filming their fan-loved “Shirt Brothers” sketch.
Within the skit, the 2 each present up sporting an identical shirts at a youngsters’s fall live performance with Wiff deeming Robinson his “shirt brother.”
Robinson paid tribute to Wiff on his Instagram Story, re-posting Leisure Lab’s publish together with a string of damaged coronary heart emojis.
He additionally shared a clip from the “Shirt Brothers” sketch, which aired in season three of “I Think You Should Leave.”
Wiff performed the roles of Santa Claus and Detective Crashmore in earlier seasons of the present.
Forward of the collection’ season three premiere in, buddies of Wiff revealed that he was hospitalized as he battled a recurring most cancers and began a GoFundMe web page to lift cash for the actor’s remedy.
On the web page, Wiff was quoted as saying, “I’m not sure how to respond. I’m back in the hospital again dealing with side effects of the cancer I was diagnosed with late last year and have no idea when or if I will recover.”
On his personal Instagram web page, Wiff shared updates on his most cancers journey and in addition regularly posted about his appearing work.
In his last publish, which was shared on Monday, Wiff uploaded clips of commentary and behind the scenes footage from “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” wherein he had a supporting position.
Within the caption, he expressed his gratitude to the movie’s administrators and writers Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan for casting him and thanked the film’s manufacturing firm A24 for sending him the clips.
Wiff additionally wrote that the film’s stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis had been “so nice,” including “everyone was great.”
“Thanks again Daniels. Thanks for letting me be a part of your beautiful vision,” he concluded. “Love all my fans, friends, and family. You guys are the absolute best. Take care everyone.”
Wiff made his appearing debut in 1986 with a visitor position in a 1986 episode of the “Gidget” sequel collection “The New Gidget.”
He went on to seem in dozens of TV exhibits together with “Moonlighting,” “L.A. Law,” “Roseanne,” “Roswell,” “Crossing Jordan,” “Dragnet” “Reba,” “True Jackson VP,” “iCarly,” “The Mentalist,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Pretty Little Liars,” “Silicon Valley,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “NCIS,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Westworld,” “Speechless,” “Fresh off the Boat,” “Grace & Frankie,” “Goliath,” “9-1-1” and “Jury Duty.”
The actor had a visitor position in a 1989 episode of the unique “Night Court” TV collection after which appeared in 4 episodes of the “Night Court” revival present from 2023 to 2024.
His last on-screen look was within the upcoming film “Hot Cheetos for Layla.” Final week, Wiff shared a clip from the movie on his Instagram web page, writing, “Hi friends. I hope everyone is recovering from the fires and everything else in this crazy world.”
“I’m still on my trip down memory lane. Life has been good to me,” he continued. “This is a small movie I worked on called Hot Cheetos for Layla. I want to thank the brother directors Danny and Ismael Castro for thinking of me. Big fans of I Think You Should Leave!
“Danny @flemingfinn and I have become friends over the years. Thanks for everything Danny, you’re a good kid, and Taylor says you really are a gem. Best of luck with #hotcheetosforlayla.”
“Enjoy a scene from the movie! It was a crazy one as usual,” he added.
