Bryan Callen

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Bryan Callen
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Callen in April 2011
Born (1967-01-26) January 26, 1967 (age 57)
Manila, Philippines
Medium Stand-up, film, television
Alma mater American University
Years active1995–present
Genres Sketch comedy, Improvisational comedy
Spouse
Amanda Humphrey
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(m. 2008;div. 2021)​
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Notable works and roles MADtv , The Fighter and the Kid , ‘’(( Conspiracy Social Club AKA Deep Waters))” Co-host with Sam Tripoli weekly podcast”” Schooled
Website www.bryancallen.com

Bryan Callen (born January 26, 1967) [1] [2] [3] is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster. He studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. [4] Callen initiated his career as one of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv . [5] Callen played Coach Mellor in The Goldbergs and reprised the role as a main character in the Goldbergs spinoff series Schooled . [6] He is also a co-host of The Fighter and the Kid podcast, alongside Brendan Schaub. [7] [8] [9]

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Early life

Callen was born on a military base in Manila, Philippines. [10] He is the son of American parents, Victoria Callen (née Sclafani) and Michael A. Callen. Because of his father's career as an international banker, Callen lived overseas until he was fourteen years old, including in the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Lebanon, Greece and Saudi Arabia. [11] He graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon High School in Gill, Massachusetts in 1985. He then attended American University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in History. [12] He is of Italian and Irish descent. [13] [14] [ non-primary source needed ] [15] [ non-primary source needed ] [16]

Career

MADtv (1995–1997) and other television projects

Callen was one of the eight original cast members when MADtv debuted in 1995. [5] Callen's characters included Pool Boy from Cabana Chat with Dixie Wetsworth, motivational speaker Al Casdy, and "relationship-challenged" death row inmate Jeremy Anderson. [17] Callen also performed impressions of Bill Clinton, Robert De Niro, Al Gore, Luke Perry, Steven Seagal, Sammy Hagar, Kevin Bacon, Jim Carrey, Ted Knight and Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others.

Callen has guest starred on television series such as Entourage , [18] NewsRadio , [19] Oz , [20] Frasier , Suddenly Susan , NYPD Blue , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , CSI , 7th Heaven , [20] Rude Awakening , Less than Perfect , The King of Queens , Sex and the City , Kingdom , Stacked , Las Vegas , Reba , Fat Actress , Californication and How I Met Your Mother . [20]

Callen played Ricky's sexually abusive father on The Secret Life of the American Teenager on ABC Family. [21] He also makes frequent appearances on Chelsea Lately . He hosted the E! show Bank of Hollywood , and currently appears as a commentator of The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest... on truTV. [22] [23]

Callen also played the role of Coach Mellor in The Goldbergs and its spinoff series Schooled . The pilot aired on January 24, 2018. [24] [6] The spinoff was picked up for 13 episode order for the fall 2018 television season. [25]

Callen co-wrote and co-starred in Dream Crushers with Will Sasso, Sara Rue, and Scott Thompson. The series was shot in 2009 but unaired until 2011. [26] He appeared with Melinda Hill in an episode of the 2012–13 web series Romantic Encounters. [27]

Ten Minute Podcast

Beginning on February 20, 2012, Callen and fellow actors and comedians Will Sasso and Chris D'Elia began the Ten Minute Podcast. [28] Tommy Blacha and Chad Kultgen later replaced Callen and D'Elia. [29]

The Fighter and the Kid

Callen currently cohosts a podcast titled The Fighter and the Kid with Brendan Schaub, and producers Chin and Nick. The podcast formerly focused on the realm of mixed martial arts, but since their departure from Fox Sports, they regularly discuss pop culture and current events as well. [30]

Schaub and Callen performed the podcast live on a national tour in 2016. The tour included such venues as The Vic Theatre (Chicago), Gramercy Theatre (New York City), and Wilbur Theatre (Boston); culminating at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. [31]

In 2016 Schaub and Callen released The Fighter and the Kid 3D. The twelve episode digital download series features sketch comedy pieces based on the duo's podcast personas. [32]

Schaub and Callen regularly appear alongside Joe Rogan during live event broadcasts, such as the UFC and Glory kickboxing, for what is called the Fight Companion. They also appeared on the MTV show Ridiculousness , hosted by Rob Dyrdek, in June 2016. [33]

In September 2023, Schaub and Callen publicly stated that Kast Media and its CEO Colin Thomson owed their production company $1.5-1.6 million dollars. Similar claims were made by Jim Cornette followed by Theo Von, Jason Ellis, Whitney Cummings, and Alyx Weiss, who stated they were owed money by Kast Media, including several six-figure and seven-figure shortages. This was in the process of an acquisition of Kast Media by PodcastOne, where Thomson was offering creators partial reimbursement combined with stock options. Amid the news, LiveOne and PodcastOne stock dropped considerably and the company no longer planned to officially hire Thomson. LiveOne took out a high-interest loan to pay Schaub and Callen, but did not compensate other creators. [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]

Other

In March 2023, Callen and fellow comedians Nick Di Paolo and Jim Breuer joined Steven Crowder on his network, Mug Club, to stream on Rumble. [39]

Stand-up comedy

Callen headlines his solo stand up comedy act at venues across the United States. [40] In early 2016 he released Never Grow Up which was recorded live at the Irvine Improv in April, 2015. [41] Never Grow Up was released online in conjunction with The Fighter and the Kid 3D Web series. [42] he released a special in 2019 called Complicated Apes. In 2022, he released his special “Man tears” on his YouTube channel.

Sexual misconduct allegations

On July 31, 2020, it was reported by the Los Angeles Times that four women, including actress Kathryn Fiore, told the newspaper that Callen mistreated them and described incidents of sexual misconduct including rape, assault, and disturbing comments that date back to 1999. [43] In a tweet, Callen denied the accusations. [44] [ non-primary source needed ]

Callen filed a lawsuit against Fiore and her husband Gabriel Tigerman. In January 2021 Judge Monica Bachner ruled in the couple's favor, stating that Callen "did not meet his burden of demonstrating a probability of prevailing on his claim." [45]

Filmography

Comedy specials

YearTitleFormat
2012Man Class Online
2016Never Grow UpOnline
2019Complicated ApesOnline
2022“Man Tears”Online

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Mail BondingPoet
1998Driven to DrinkBartender
2002 Live from Baghdad American Hostage No. 2
2003 Deliver Us from Eva Theo Wilson
2003 Bad Santa Bar Owner
2003The GoldfishDuncan Poole
2003 Old School Avi
2005D-WARDr. Austin
2006 Scary Movie 4 President's Aide
2007I Do & I Don'tBob
2008 Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control Howard
2009 The Hangover Eddie Palermos
2009 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. Jason Big Ups
2010 The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It Andy
2011 The Hangover Part II Samir
2011 Warrior Himself
2011Division III: Football's FinestDenny Dawson
2013 10 Rules for Sleeping Around Owen Manners
2014 Ride Along Miggs
2014 About Last Night Trent
2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue AvalancheVoice
2014 Walk of Shame Dealer
2014 My Man Is a Loser Paul
2016 Range 15 Guard Callen
2019 Joker Javier [46]
2019 No Safe Spaces Himself [47]
2020 Think Like a Dog Agent Callen

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995–1997 MADtv Various Characters42 episodes
1998 NewsRadio Russ Garrelli1 episode
1998 Oz Jonathan Coushaine7 episodes
1999 Frasier The ChickenEpisode: "Radio Wars"
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Derrick PfeifferEpisode: "Risk"
2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Barry YoderEpisode: "Last Laugh"
2003 Sex and the City Howie HalbersteinEpisode: "The Catch"
2004 The West Wing LouisEpisode: "Disaster Relief"
2004–2006 7th Heaven George "Vic" Vickery9 episodes
2005 Fat Actress Eddie Falcone7 episodes
2005 The King of Queens JaredEpisode: "Like Hell"
2005 Reba BuzzardEpisode: "Invasion"
2006–2009 How I Met Your Mother Bilson6 episodes
2006–2007 Entourage Rob Rubino2 episodes
2008–2014 truTV Presents: World's Dumbest... Himself77 episodes
2009 The Secret Life of the American Teenager Bob Underwood2 episodes
2009–2010 Bank of Hollywood Host8 episodes
2010 CSI: Miami KentEpisode: "Getting Axed"
2010 I'm in the Band BleedEpisode: "Bleed Guitarist"
2011–2012 In Plain Sight Mark8 episodes
2011 Death Valley Capt. Frank Dashell12 episodes
2012 Californication CopEpisode: "The Ride Along"
2014–2017 Kingdom Garo Kassabian14 episodes
2014–2020 The Goldbergs Coach Mellor42 episodes
2016 2 Broke Girls TonyEpisode: "And The Booth Babes"
2019–2020 Schooled Coach Mellor34 episodes

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