Trevor Paul Moore[3] (April 4, 1980 – August 7, 2021) was an American comedian, actor, writer, filmmaker, and solo comedy musician.

[5][6] His parents are former Christian folk-rock singers Mickey and Becki Moore who were successful in the 1980s, their single "Love Song for Number Two" having reached No.

[10] Moore started out as a broadcasting major at Virginia Commonwealth University, and while he originally wanted to study journalism and political science, he chose film in the end.

[13] Moore, like his future Whitest Kids U' Know companions Sam Brown and Zach Cregger, studied at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, where he majored in film with a BFA and graduated cum laude.

(a parody newscast from the local senior citizens' home) and the "Walking-Talking Box", but was cancelled due to what was deemed offensive material and a mistake regarding the programming of the show, namely being broadcast too early for its rating.

[10] Later, Moore went on to work at the cable TV startup company ImaginAsianTV as a producer and writer for Jimbo Matison's Uncle Morty's Dub Shack, a comedy show that involved comedians performing sketches and re-voicing and parodying old Asian movies.

[7] He credits Saturday Night Live creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels as part of his comedic education.

[10][14] In 2004, Moore's comedy troupe, the Whitest Kids U' Know, started a regular engagement at the Lower East Side bar called Pianos.

After consideration, they accepted, rewrote the original script and adapted it to their comedy style, and after completing filming of the second season of The Whitest Kids U' Know, they directed and starred in Miss March.

[23] Since the foundation of the WKUK comedy troupe, Moore and the other members have constantly participated in on-stage presentations, either individually or as a group in different projects.

[26] Drunk Texts to Myself represented contradiction in society using a variety of musical forms, going from rap and metal to country and pop.

[33] On August 7, 2021, at the age of 41, Moore died after an accident at his residence in Franklin Hills, Los Angeles resulting in blunt force head trauma.

[41] Approximately one month prior to the accident, Moore had posted on Twitter that, upon his death, he wished to be referred to as "local sexpot", which was referenced in his Vulture obituary.