Damian Callinan is an actor/comedian from

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, Australia.

Entertainment career

Callinan has performed in many mediums, including TV, film,

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and live stand-up. He acted in the Australian

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'' and made regular appearances on ''

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''. He has been a member of the cast of ''

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.'' In 2006, Callinan presented a live comedy show as part of the

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about his

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problems entitled ''Damian Callinan has Spaznuts''. That year he also debuted ''Babysitting'', casting himself as a babysitter caring for a giant baby. In his show ''Sportsman's Night'', Callinan, with no props, performed every role in a story about a football club gathering. He's also performed several other solo comedy shows: ''Damian Callinan Calls "Last Drinks"'', ''Eureka Stocktake'','' The Cave to the Rave: The Story of Dance'' and ''Speech Night''. In 2007, he appeared in a stage show called '' The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged'' alongside

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and Keith Adams. In 2008, he played Pete Minotti in the '' City Homicide''s "Somersaulting Dogs". Callinan appeared in the 2013 film '' Backyard Ashes''. Callinan's show ''The Merger'' was commissioned by Regional Arts Victoria and Vic Health to deal with issues of racism in regional communities. Callinan began performing the show in 2010. The show tells the story of a struggling country football club that recruits newly arrived refugees to fill its playing roster. In March 2015, Callinan took his show ''The Lost WWI Diary'' to the Adelaide Fringe Festival. The show, a black humour comedy based on a diary discovered in a

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op-shop, featured characterisations of ANZAC soldiers at the time of the Gallipoli Campaign. News Corp Australia reviewer Nick Richardson was impressed by the show's realism. Callinan launched his twelfth solo show, ''Swing Man'' at the

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in 2016. In 2017, the one-man stage show titled ''The Merger'' received funding from Screen NSW, and ''Backyard Ashes'' director Mark Grentell reteamed with Callinan to helm the film version (also called '' The Merger''), which was released nationally around Australia in 2018 and was later available on Netflix.

Filmography

* ''

'' * '' Comedy Slapdown'' * ''

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'' * '' The Wedge'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Good Morning Australia'' * '' The Fat'' * '' Off Road'' * '' Backyard Ashes'' * '' The Merger'' *'' City Homicide'' (2008) * ''

References

External links

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Callinan, Damian Living people Comedians from Melbourne RMIT University alumni Australian male comedians Year of birth missing (living people)