What to Know About "Bob&x27;s Burgers" Star Eugene Mirman&x27;s Family Christopher RudolphThu, April 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM UTC 0 Katie WestfallTharp and Eugene Mirman; Eugene Mirman's wife Therese Plaehn and son OllieCredit: Nicholas Hunt/Getty; Eugene Mirman/Instagram Eugene Mirman has been voicing Gene Belcher on Bob's Burgers since 2011 The actorcomedian is married to actress Therese Plaehn, and he has a son, Ollie Mirman first wed TV set decorator Katie WestfallTharp in 2015, before her death in 2020 Eugene Mirman has been voicing Gene Belcher on Bob's Burger since the series premiered in 201...
What to Know About "Bob's Burgers" Star Eugene Mirman's Family
Christopher RudolphThu, April 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM UTC
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Katie Westfall-Tharp and Eugene Mirman; Eugene Mirman's wife Therese Plaehn and son OllieCredit: Nicholas Hunt/Getty; Eugene Mirman/Instagram -
Eugene Mirman has been voicing Gene Belcher on Bob's Burgers since 2011
The actor-comedian is married to actress Therese Plaehn, and he has a son, Ollie
Mirman first wed TV set decorator Katie Westfall-Tharp in 2015, before her death in 2020
Eugene Mirman has been voicing Gene Belcher on Bob's Burger since the series premiered in 2011.
Mirman (who was born Yevgeny Mirman) is part of an animated family, and he has his own family off-screen — one that is helping him recover from a recent car crash.
On March 31, the actor-comedian was rescued from a motor vehicle incident at a New Hampshire toll plaza. According to a press release from the New Hampshire State Police, he was transported to the hospital shortly afterward.
"Eugene was in a very scary car accident. He wants to thank the bystanders, state police, first responders and hospital staff who saved him," Mirman's rep told PEOPLE. "He is grateful to be on the mend. At this time, we kindly ask for privacy for Eugene and his family as he focuses on recovering from his injuries."
Mirman is a father to a son named Ollie, whom he welcomed with his late wife, Katie Westfall-Tharp. Mirman went on to marry his second wife, Therese Plaehn, in 2023.
Here's everything to know about Eugene Mirman's family.
Westfall-Tharp was a TV set decorator
Eugene Mirman and Katie Westfall-TharpCredit: Eugene Mirman/Instagram
Mirman was in a long-term relationship with set decorator Katie Westfall-Tharp.
It isn't publicly known when they started dating, but according to a 2020 episode of The Sporkful podcast, they were together in 2011 when Westfall-Tharp was first diagnosed with breast cancer.
Westfall-Tharp worked as a set decorator on TV series such as The Electric Company and Inside Amy Schumer. She also collaborated with Pretty Good Friends, the comedy company co-founded by Mirman and Julie Smith Clem.
"She contributed creatively to almost every project Pretty Good Friends has ever done, even when our projects were silly and she was working as a set decorator on big TV shows," the Pretty Good Friends Instagram account posted in a February 2020 tribute to Westfall-Tharp.
Mirman and Westfall-Tharp married in 2015
Eugene Mirman and Katie Westfall-Tharp on March 10, 2019 in Austin, TexasCredit: Michael Loccisano/Getty for SXSW
Westfall-Tharp was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011.
Although she eventually went into remission, her cancer returned in 2014, per The Sporkful.
Mirman and Westfall-Tharp wed the following year in 2015, The Boston Globe reported.
They welcomed a son in 2016
Eugene Mirman with his late wife Katie Westfall-Tharp and son OllieCredit: Eugene Mirman/Instagram
In 2016, Mirman and Westfall-Tharp welcomed a son, Ollie, via surrogate.
Mirman has spoken about the decision to have a child via surrogate, including in a November 2022 episode of the Parenting Is a Joke podcast and mentioned it in his 2026 comedy special and album, Here Comes the Whimsy.
Over the years, the voice actor has shared glimpses of his son growing up on social media.
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In 2020, Westfall-Tharp died from breast cancer
Katie Westfall-Tharp and Eugene Mirman on November 11, 2017 in New YorkCredit: Nicholas Hunt/Getty
Westfall-Tharp died from breast cancer in January 2020.
Her cancer diagnosis was chronicled in the 2019 documentary, It Started as a Joke, which followed the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival through its final year.
It Started as a Joke premiered at the 2019 SXSW and was released on demand in April 2020, shortly after Westfall-Tharp's death.
"I think I can say that Katie and I were excited to make it partially as a document to an era and also as a document of us and her in a way to remember her," Mirman told The A.V. Club in April 2020. "I have boxes of stuff of Katie's from throughout her life, and memories and photographs, and all these things were really important to her, and I have a lot of those things."
"And I think this movie will be one of those components which is a really important memory and a really important document of a time that I think she was very excited for Ollie to have," he continued.
In April 2020, he spoke about how it was "so strange going through" the COVID-19 pandemic without Westfall-Tharp.
"But all you can do is go on to the best of your ability at any given moment, so I guess that's what I'm trying to do," he told The Daily Beast.
Mirman married his second wife, actress Plaehn, in 2023
Eugene Mirman and Therese PlaehnCredit: Eugene Mirman/Instagram
In 2023, Mirman married Plaehn in Provincetown, Mass.
"This past weekend I got married to @tplaehn and it was joyous. You are the best," he wrote in the caption of an Instagram post sharing the news of the wedding.
He continued, "Such a happy time to be surrounded by so many friends and family, with so much love. So heartening spending days and nights laughing in one of our favorite places in the world."
Plaehn is an actress who has appeared in TV series like Your Friends & Neighbors, FBI, Defending Jacob, New Amsterdam and the movies Don't Look Up and Boston Strangler.
Mirman and Plaehn have maintained a private relationship.
Mirman continues to remember Westfall-Tharp
It has been more than six years since Westfall-Tharp died, and Mirman continues to keep her memory alive.
He has shared images of her on Instagram on the anniversary of her death, and has also honored her on her birthday.
"Today would have been Katie's 40th birthday and tomorrow is four months since she passed away," Mirman posted on Instagram in May 2020. "She was the strongest, most graceful person, with a wicked sense of humor, I've known. I miss you and think about you every day, even on weekends."
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