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Bryan Callen (born January 26, 1971) is an actor and a comedian. Callen is most notable for being one of the original cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv.

Biography

Bryan Callen was born on January 26, 1971 in New York, New York. He graduated from the Bronx high school, Morris High School, in 1989. Bryan’s father, Randy Callen, was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian who left his mother, Toni McBrier, as soon as he found out she was pregnant. His mother raised him and his half sister, Kelsey, in The South Bronx of New York City. Callen also had a half brother, Fear Factor host Joe Rogan, from his faher's side. Although the family was very poor, Callen was a happy child who liked to draw and play. Callen was a good mimic when he was very young and he showed natural ability in art and music. When he was older, Callen began doing plays to make extra money and found he liked it.

After graduating from Morris High School in 1989, he went to American University on a scholarship, majored in drama, and graduated with honors. In 1993, he moved to Los Angeles where he was discovered in a comedy club by producers who were looking for talent for a late night sketch show called MADtv. As of March 2006, Callen currently lives in Venice, California.

Career

MADtv

Callen was one of the original nine cast members of MADtv when the series aired in 1995. Nearly every week, Callen would introduce audiences to strange but funny characters. Callen's most popular characters included Pool Boy from the Cabana Chat with Dixie Wetworth sketches, motivational speaker Al Casdy, Mark Linder (Joel & Connie) and "relationship challanged" death row inmate, Jeremy Anderson.

Callen also was noted for his celebrity impressionist. Among the many individuals from the entertainment world, which Callen lampooned, were: Bill Paxton, Ted Levine, Steven Seagal, Michael Richards, Jim Carrey, Sean Astin, Frank Gifford, Scott Wolf, Sammy Hagar, Arnold Schwarzenneger, Luke Perry, Matthew McConaughey, and Robert DeNiro. Callen's non celebrity impersonations included Charles Manson, Timothy McVeigh and Al Gore. However, Callen was best known for his celebrity impersonation of U.S. President Bill Clinton in the 1996 U.S. Presidential Election debate where he faced off against the new and improved U.S. Senator Bob Dole (as played by David Herman) who reinvented himself into "Bob Dolemite" in order to win over the youth vote.

Callen was a repertory performer on the show for two seasons. In 1997, he left MADtv at the end of the show's second season to pursue other projects. When he left, Will Sasso took over his Bill Clinton and Steven Segal impersonation duties.

Other television projects

Aside from MADtv, Callen has had many television, theatrical and movie roles. His television credits include NewsRadio, Oz, Frasier, Suddenly Susan, NYPD Blue, Law & Order: SVU, CSI, Sex & the City, 7th Heaven, Less Than Perfect, Stacked, Las Vegas, and Reba. Most recently he starred in the Showtime series Fat Actress as "Eddie".

Film projects

Catch Phrases

"See? Do you see?" - Al Casdy, Motivational Speaker

Trivia

Callen is half Native-American.
He was the last minute replacement for Craig Anton
who was initially suppose to be the eighth original MADtv repertory cast member. Instead, Anton was included as a featured player on the show.
Callen's half brother is Fear Factor and the former Man Show host, Joe Rogan.
Callen's hobbies include karate (has a black belt), boxing, wrestling and fencing.

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