Andy Cowan

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Andy Cowan is an award-winning writer/producer/performer, with Cheers (multiple episodes) Seinfeld, 3rd Rock From the Sun (both staff) and numerous other comedies and talk/variety shows among his writing credits. He began his Hollywood career as a segment producer, writer and performer on The Merv Griffin Show during the '80s, and interviewed hundreds of luminaries, from Orson Welles to Jerry Seinfeld. He produced, wrote and hosted his CableACE award-winning 60 Minutes send-up, 6 Minutes, for Showti... more

Andy Cowan is an award-winning writer/producer/performer, with Cheers (multiple episodes) Seinfeld, 3rd Rock From the Sun (both staff) and numerous other comedies and talk/variety shows among his writing credits. He began his Hollywood career as a segment producer, writer and performer on The Merv Griffin Show during the '80s, and interviewed hundreds of luminaries, from Orson Welles to Jerry Seinfeld. He produced, wrote and hosted his CableACE award-winning 60 Minutes send-up, 6 Minutes, for Showtime, drawing praise from 60 Minutes' own creator, Don Hewitt. He's written several feature scripts and over half a dozen original pilots (and hosted some) including several for Fox and CBS, wrote for Ellen DeGeneres' prime time Emmy-hosting stint, has performed in comedy clubs throughout the country, jazz clubs throughout Los Angeles, and as a voiceover artist on Seinfeld, 3rd Rock, Lucas Films' Star Wars, Dark Empire I & II audio books, Hollywood's Best Film Directors, HBO Europe, and numerous other projects. He regularly contributes humor pieces to the L.A. Times, wrote for the Jack FM Radio Network from 2007-'09, and wrote over 70 comic panels in 2007-'08 (one of which sent up Tim Russert and was featured on NBC's Meet the Press) for King Features' Bizarro, the National Cartoonists Society three-time "Best Newspaper Cartoon Panel" and replacement to Gary Larson's Far Side. He wrote and performed Hitchin' on the Highway of Life, a semi-finalist in the 2008 UK Songwriting Contest, top 20 finalist in the 2007 and 2008 Unisong International Songwriting Competitions, 2007 Song of the Year "Suggested Artist" and "Honorable Mention" winner, recipient of a 2007 The Great American Song Contest Honor Award, and selected for placement in two motion pictures, including the 2008 short comedy feature he wrote and appears in, Knocked Down, an official selection in the 2008 San Fernando Valley International Film Festival, 2009 Show Us Your Shorts Film Festival, 2009 Cut! Film Festival, and 2009 Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival - Winner of Best Comedy. In 2010, his comedy talk show, Up & Down Guys, premiered on KPFK 90.7 FM, Los Angeles. On the development front is Opposite Andy, a comedy hybrid he is executive producing and plays the lead in, which centers on his exploits tackling "the opposite" in his own life, the theme of an acclaimed top ten Seinfeld episode he wrote. Profiled in Who's Who in America, he earned his Masters Degree in Broadcasting from Boston University and began his broadcasting career in radio and TV news in Pennsylvania.