Andy Berman is an American actor, director, producer and writer. His first film role was in 1991 as a student in the film Shadows and Fog. He got his big break voicing Dib (son of Membrane) on the cult classic cartoon Invader Zim. While known for Psych, his infamous fanbase is filled with mostly Invader Zim fans.
In 2006, Berman joined the crew of Psych as a writer and producer, as well as an occasional actor. He wrote or co-wrote a total of 25 episodes (the most of anyone after series creator Steve Franks) and also had a part in writing Psych 2: Lassie Come Home. He also directed 4 episodes and was the supervising producer for Psych: Flashback to the Teen Years.
He appeared in S1E11 "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead!" as Guy, then in S6E14 "Autopsy Turvy" as Singh, and finally as two uncredited extras in Season Eight: a member of the courtroom audience in S8E3 "Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement" and a Zombie in S8E9 "A Nightmare on State Street".
The Psychverse also contains some references to him:
- During James Roday Rodriguez's audition, the script included the line "You kissed Erin Berman's mom?"
- In S2E8 "Rob-a-Bye Baby", Ada tells Jaynie that someone called Annie used to nanny for the Bermans.
- In S2E14 "Dis-Lodged", Shawn points at a portrait of Berman on the Lodge wall and refers to one of his TV roles by saying "I'm pretty sure that's Chuck from The Wonder Years."
- In S3E7 "Talk Derby to Me", the rolling derby takes place inside the Berman Auditorium.
- In S3E13 "Any Given Friday Night at 10pm, 9pm Central", Berman's headshot can be seen at the laundromat.
- In S4E10 "You Can't Handle This Episode", Gus is confronted by a soldier called Berman.
- In S4E11 "Thrill Seekers and Hell Raisers", the adrenaline junkies meet at a place called Berman's Bend to go river rafting.
- In S5E3 "Not Even Close... Encounters", there's an Andy Berman on Lassiter's crap list.
- In Psych 3: This Is Gus, the gang dine at a restaurant called Berman's.
Expandable list of episodes Berman has written and directed
The Psych episodes Berman has written and directed are:
- S1E5 "9 Lives" (written)
- S1E11 "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead!" (written)
- S1E12 "Cloudy... With a Chance of Murder" (written)
- S2E3 "Psy vs. Psy" (written)
- S2E9 "Bounty Hunters!" (written)
- S2E13 "Lights, Camera... Homicidio" (written)
- S3E2 "Murder? ... Anyone? ... Anyone? ... Bueller?" (written)
- S3E8 "Gus Walks into a Bank" (written)
- S3E16 "An Evening with Mr. Yang" (written with James Roday Rodriguez)
- S4E1 "Extradition: British Columbia" (written with Steve Franks)
- S4E9 "Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark" (written)
- S4E10 "You Can't Handle This Episode" (written)
- S4E14 "Think Tank" (written with Franks)
- S4E16 "Mr. Yin Presents..." (written with Rodriguez)
- S5E4 "Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is" (written)
- S5E9 "One, Maybe Two, Ways Out" (written with Todd Harthan)
- S5E15 "Dead Bear Walking" (written and directed)
- S5E16 "Yang 3 in 2D" (written with Rodriguez)
- S6E2 "Last Night Gus" (written and directed)
- S6E12 "Shawn and the Real Girl" (written)
- S6E14 "Autopsy Turvy" (written with Rodriguez)
- S7E2 "Juliet Takes a Luvvah" (written and directed)
- S7E11 "Office Space" (written with Harthan)
- S8E3 "Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement" (written with Harthan and directed)
- S8E4 "Someone's Got a Woody" (written with Saladin K. Patterson)
Berman also co-wrote Psych 2: Lassie Come Home with Franks and Rodriguez.