Andy Breckman

Writer, Actor, Producer, Director

March 3, 1955 (71 years)
Andrew Ross Breckman is an American television and film writer and a radio personality on WFMU. He is the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning television series Monk on the USA Network, and is co-host of WFMU radio's long-running conceptual comedy program Seven Second Delay. He has written screenplays for a number of comedy films including Sgt. Bilko and Rat Race, and is frequently hired as a "script doctor" to inject humorous content into scripts written by other screenwriters.

Known For

  • Rat Race
    Rat Race2001
  • Monk
    Monk8 seasons
  • Sgt. Bilko
    Sgt. Bilko1996
  • Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
    Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie2023
  • I.Q.
    I.Q.1994
  • The Good Cop (2018)
    The Good Cop (2018)1 season
  • Arthur 2: On the Rocks
    Arthur 2: On the Rocks1988
  • Moving
    Moving1988
  • Who's That Girl
    Who's That Girl1987
  • Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Night Live51 seasons

Filmography

2002
Monk · as First Class Passenger
1975
Saturday Night Live · as Various (uncredited)

2025
Downey Wrote That · as Executive Producer
2023
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie · as Executive Producer
2019
The Misery Index · as Executive Producer
2018
The Good Cop (2018) · as Executive Producer
2015
The Jack and Triumph Show · as Consulting Producer
2009
Little Monk · as Executive Producer
2002
Monk · as Executive Producer
2000
T.V. Funhouse · as Consulting Producer

2023
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie · as Original Series Creator
2020
Let's Be Real · as Sketches Written By
2019
The Misery Index · as Based On The Game 's**t Happens' Created By
2017
Night of Too Many Stars · as Written By
2015
2009
Little Monk · as Lyricist
2003
The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Special Material Written By
2001
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards · as Special Material Written By
1985
George Burns Comedy Week · as Written By