ETAN MUSKAT
(Screenwriter)
Etan Muskat is an award-winning writer and actor based in Toronto, Canada. His comedy pilot CONSUME is a Screencraft Fellowship Winner, it was optioned in 2024 and is currently in development.
He has written for or been a part of the development of a number of television projects at CBC, Story 9, Corus/Nelvana and Nickelodeon, Meridian Talent, as well at a gaming studio now owned by Electronic Arts.
He is a co-creator and director of the hit web series The Bitter End, which was given national media coverage upon its release. He is currently collaborating with his partner, novelist Fiona King Foster, on an adaptation of her debut novel The Captive (Ecco Press) which has been optioned by the actor Josh Bowman / March Forth Media.
Etan also has over a decade of experience as a comedy teacher and writing coach, helping emerging writers realize their projects and hone their voices.
As an actor and comedy performer, Etan is a veteran of the Canadian live comedy scene, with over a decade of experience in the world of improv and sketch comedy. He is an alumni of the Second City Mainstage in Toronto, where he shared the stage with comedy greats such as Jason Sudekis, Mary Beth Monroe, Sam Richardson and Mike O’Brien. As an actor, Etan has appeared in film and TV projects alongside Will Arnett, Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ahohreh Aghdashloo, and Kal Penn.
Etan is from a Jewish family, his father was a refugee from postwar Soviet Europe. His cultural identity, as well as a history of being radicalized for his appearance (especially as a performer) has given him a keen insight into outsider perspectives. His background has led to an interest in the psychological impacts of exclusion and social oppression. He connects with characters who feel somehow left out of mainstream society.
Through his work as an educator and artistic director of an improv company, Etan has also participated in training and initiatives around anti-oppression, anti-racism, consent and community safety, diversity and inclusivity, and sexuality and gender power dynamics. Etan’s work combines comedy and genre as a way to heighten and dramatize these ideas, and make them accessible and dynamic to a general audience.
Etan holds an Honors BA from McGill University in English. He has nominations for Montreal English Critics Circle Awards, multiple Canadian Comedy Awards, was a semi-finalist and finalist at Stage 32 and Screencraft, and is the Winner of the Screencraft Fellowship.