Life and career

Heffernan was born in West Haven, Connecticut. His mother, Cathe Jane (née Eibey), is the West Haven treasurer, and his father, Eugene Michael Heffernan, worked as a probate judge. His paternal grandfather, William J. Heffernan, was mayor of West Haven.

Heffernan is a graduate of Fairfield College Preparatory School and later Colgate University, the latter where he was a part of comedy group Charred Goosebeak with the other Lizards, and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Heffernan is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School. He is best known for his role of Vermont State Trooper Rod Farva in Super Troopers, as Landfill and Gil in Beerfest, and co-starring in the Dukes of Hazzard movie as "Sheev".

He has also appeared on How I Met Your Mother (ep. "I'm Not That Guy"), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, Arrested Development, and Agent Carter.

Filmography

• No Looking Back (1998) - Guy In Diner #1
• Big Helium Dog (1999) - Phil
• Super Troopers (2001) - Rod Farva (with Broken Lizard)
• Reel Comedy: Super Troopers (2002) - Rod Farva (with Broken Lizard)
• Club Dread (2004) - Lars (with Broken Lizard)
• The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) - Sheev
• Sky High (2005) - Ron Wilson
• On the One (2005) - Amish Man
• Beerfest (2006) - Landfill/Gil/Sausage Lady (with Broken Lizard)
• Strange Wilderness (2008) - Whitaker
• The RJ Danko Story (2008) - Weber
• The Slammin' Salmon (2009) - Rich Ferente; also his debut as director (with Broken Lizard)
• The Babymakers (2012) - Wade
• Super Troopers 2 (TBA) - Rod Farva (with Broken Lizard)

Television

• 2007: Curb Your Enthusiasm - Episode: The TiVo Guy
• 2007: How I Met Your Mother - Episode: I'm Not That Guy
• 2014: Workaholics - Episode: DeputyDong
• 2015: Agent Carter - Episode: "Now is Not the End"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]