Education
He studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, and got his start as one of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv.
He studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, and got his start as one of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv.
He is the co-host of the successful podcast "The Fighter & The Kid" alongside former UFC heavyweight "Big Brown" Brendan Schaub. MADtv Callen was one of the eight original cast members when MADtv debuted in 1995. Callen"s characters included Pool Boy from Cabana Chat with Dixie Wetsworth, motivational speaker First Rate (at Lloyd's) Casdy, and "relationship-challenged" death row inmate Jeremy Anderson.
Callen also performed impersonations of Bill Clinton, Robert De Niro, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gore, Luke Perry, Steven Seagal, Sammy Hagar, Kevin Bacon, Jim Carrey, Ted Knight, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Astin, and Frank Gifford.
Other television projects Callen played Ricky"s sexually abusive father on The Secret Life of the American Teenager on American Broadcasting Company Family. He also makes frequent appearances on Chelsea Lately.
He hosted the East! show Bank of Hollywood, and currently appears as a commentator of The Smoking Gun Presents: World"s Dumbest.. on truTV. Web series 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.
He appeared with Melinda Hill in an episode of the 2012-2013 web series Romantic Encounters.
Callen was also one of the three hosts of Ten Minute, along with Chris Doctorate"Elia and Will Sasso.
Callen is a regular guest on The Joe Rogan Experience and one of the original members of the Deathsquad crew.
