Shawn Spencer is a fictional character on the American television dramedy Psych played by American actor James Roday. Taking advantage of his photographic memory, he poses as a psychic and works as a private detective who often consults with the Santa Barbara Police Department.
He has been dating Abigail Lytar, played by Rachael Leigh Cook, since the season 3 finale.
Actor James Roday says that he thinks the character of Shawn Spencer may have be...
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Shawn Spencer is a fictional character on the American television dramedy Psych played by American actor James Roday. Taking advantage of his photographic memory, he poses as a psychic and works as a private detective who often consults with the Santa Barbara Police Department.
He has been dating Abigail Lytar, played by Rachael Leigh Cook, since the season 3 finale.
Actor James Roday says that he thinks the character of Shawn Spencer may have been written with Matthew Perry in mind in terms of a prototype. Roday himself had sworn off television at the time the pilot was being cast, and was planning to go back to New York to do some theater productions, but was convinced by his agents to read the script. He was the first person cast for the series, and was subsequently involved in the casting process of every other character. In preparing for the role, Roday visited a number of psychics and asked them to describe what their visions entailed, "so that when someone asks if I was pulling...
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