Damian Callinan
About Damian Callinan
Damian Callinan is an actor and comedian from Melbourne, Australia. He has performed across many mediums, including TV, film, radio and live stand-up, acting in the Australian sketch comedy television series skitHOUSE, making regular appearances on Before the Game, and joining the cast of The Newsreader. According to Wikidata he was educated at RMIT University.
Callinan has staged numerous solo comedy shows. In 2006 he presented Damian Callinan has Spaznuts at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, a show about his fertility problems, and also debuted Babysitting that year. His other solo shows include Sportsman's Night, in which he performed every role in a story about a football club gathering with no props, as well as Last Drinks, Eureka Stocktake, The Cave to the Rave: The Story of Dance and Speech Night. In 2007 he appeared in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged alongside Frank Woodley and Keith Adams, and he launched his twelfth solo show, Swing Man, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2016.
His show The Merger, commissioned by Regional Arts Victoria and Vic Health to address racism in regional communities, was first performed in 2010 and tells the story of a struggling country football club that recruits newly arrived refugees. In 2017 it received funding from Screen NSW, and director Mark Grentell reteamed with Callinan to make the film version, also called The Merger, released across Australia in 2018 and later available on Netflix. In 2015 he took The Lost WWI Diary, a black-humour comedy based on a diary discovered in a Warrnambool op-shop, to the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Videos (60)
Videos 1 to 24 of 60.
8:22Showreel - Skithouse
71.9K views
0:38Skithouse s01e13 - Snap Ya Anger Management - Damian Callinan
26.4K views
1:46Skithouse s01e18 - Batman & Robin Catching Up - Damian Callinan & Michael Chamberlin
22K views
0:58Skithouse s01e04 - Want a sausage? - Damian Callinan & Scott Brennan
18.8K views
1:34SkitHOUSE s01e02 - Idiot Cop - Damian Callinan with Scott Brennan
18.7K views
1:41Skithouse s01e13 - Colonel Baby - Damian Callinan, Stephen Gates & Scott Edgar
17.4K views
2:14Skithouse s01e06 - Vagina - Damian Callinan
14.6K views
0:52Skithouse - Damian Callinan & Cal Wilson - Stick Thing
13.3K views
1:00Skithouse s01e15 - Batman drives a Hillman - Damian Callinan & Peter Helliar
12.2K views
1:12Skithouse s01e17 - Funeral arrangements - Damian Callinan, Roz Hammond & Tom Gleeson
9.9K views
0:53Skithouse s01e05 - Josephine Springs - Damian Callinan & Corinne Grant
8.1K views
0:56Skithouse s01e14 - I bloody love that woman - Damian Callinan & Roz Hammond
8.1K views
0:50Skithouse s01e10 - Architects - Damian Callinan & Stephen Gates
7.9K views
2:31Skithouse s01e25 - Funeral Drivers - Damian Callinan & Tom Gleeson
7.3K views
0:21Skithouse s01e05 - I can see your undies - Damian Callinan & Fiona Harris
7.1K views
1:10Skithouse s01e05 - The Borg - Damian Callinan & Scott Edgar
7.1K views
0:22Skithouse s01e16 - Office Chat - Damian Callinan & Peter Helliar
7K views
1:13Skithouse s01e12 - Big Issue Pirate - Damian Callinan
6.8K views
1:22Skithouse - Damian Callinan & Stephen Gates - Redirected Mail
6.5K views
3:24Damian Callinan @ Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala 2003
6.2K views
3:35'Roadtrip' with Mickey D & Damian Callinan - Port Macdonnell Town Challenge - Cray Boat
5.9K views
0:24Skithouse s01e04 - offensive coach - Damian Callinan & Michael Chamberlin
5K views
0:52Skithouse s01e05 - Swim in your undies - Damian Callinan
4.4K views
0:46Skithouse s01e03 - Nuclear Waste - Damian Callinan & Fiona Harris
4.4K viewsGuest appearances (1)
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Damian Callinan?
He is an actor and comedian from Melbourne, Australia, who has performed across TV, film, radio and live stand-up.
What is Damian Callinan's show The Merger about?
The Merger tells the story of a struggling country football club that recruits newly arrived refugees, and was commissioned to deal with racism in regional communities.
Was The Merger made into a film?
Yes, the film version of The Merger was directed by Mark Grentell, released across Australia in 2018 and later available on Netflix.
What TV series has Damian Callinan appeared in?
He acted in the sketch comedy series skitHOUSE, made regular appearances on Before the Game, and joined the cast of The Newsreader.
What was The Lost WWI Diary?
It was a black-humour comedy based on a diary discovered in a Warrnambool op-shop, which Callinan took to the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2015.
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