Erik Frandsen is an American singer-songwriter, associated with the Greenwich Village folk scene. He frequently shared the stage with Dave Van Ronk, and collaborated with the Coen Brothers in the filming of Inside Llewyn Davis, based on Van Ronk.Later in life Frandsen picked up acting and played in many Law and Order episodes, and also played a regular character at the Colbert report, the fictional German ambassador to the UN Hans Beinholtz.