| Ethan T. Berlin | |
| Occupation: | Writer, producer, comedian, actor, cartoonist |
| Television: | Bunk |
Ethan T. Berlin is a writer, television producer, comedian, actor, and cartoonist in the United States. He is a co-creator of IFC's comedy game show Bunk and the creator of the web comic Murray the Nut. Berlin's first book, The Hugely-Wugely Spider was published in 2018. He co-wrote on the comedy television special Night of Too Many Stars which was nominated for an Emmy award in 2013.[1]
Berlin is from Reston, Virginia. He attended South Lakes High School[2] and the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughn, County Clare, Ireland.
Berlin's first major writing job was on the Comedy Central puppet prank show, Crank Yankers in 2004.[3] Subsequent writing credits included TBS’s “Lopez Tonight,” HBO’s “Da Ali G Show,” FOX’s "Talkshow with Spike Feresten,” and HBO’s "Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs."
He has executive produced various series, including, FX’s "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell,”[4] CNBC’s "The Filthy Rich Guide,” and TruTV’s “Paid off with Michael Torpey".[5] In 2006, Berlin created and executive produced the animated MTV pilot, All-Star American Destiny Trek, a parody of the competition television series genre, which starred Will Arnett and Tom Kenney. In 2012, Berlin co-created, executive produced and starred in the parody game show Bunk[6] [7] on the IFC network.
Berlin created the daily web comic series Murray the Nut which ran from 2008 to 2017. In 2018 he wrote The Hugely-Wugely Spider,[8] a children's book. His next book I’m Not A Dog Toy was published in March 2021,.[9] He currently stars as the robot L.I.S.A. on the podcast The Big Fib.[10] Berlin teaches classes in comedy writing at various institutions including New York University and SUNY Stonybrook.