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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 ''
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. He attended
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and the
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in Ballyvaughn,
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, Ireland.


Career


Television

Berlin's first major writing job was on the
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puppet prank show, ''
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'' in 2004. Subsequent writing credits included TBS’s “
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’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,”
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’s "The Filthy Rich Guide,” and
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’s “Paid off with Michael Torpey". In 2006, Berlin created and executive produced the animated
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pilot, All-Star American Destiny Trek, a parody of the competition television series genre, which starred
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and Tom Kenney. In 2012, Berlin co-created, executive produced and starred in the parody game show Bunk on the IFC network.


Other media

Berlin created the daily web comic series ''Murray the Nut'' which ran from 2008 to 2017. In 2018 he wrote ''The Hugely-Wugely Spider'', a children's book. His next book ''I’m Not A Dog Toy'' was published in March 2021,. He currently stars as the robot L.I.S.A. on the podcast ''The Big Fib''. Berlin teaches classes in comedy writing at various institutions including
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IMDB profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berlin, Ethan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male screenwriters