Dave Callan

David Gerard Callan (born 1974 or 1975) is an Irish-born stand-up comedian, who has had a career in television and radio, and is based in Melbourne, Australia. Up until 2010 he worked as a Triple J disc jockey. He was born in Dundalk, Ireland, and arrived in Australia with his family in 1990, aged 15. He spent part of his teenage years in Perth, Western Australia, where he attended Chisholm Catholic College. He attended university and as a student started doing gigs at The Comedy Club in Perth.

Callan hosted the mid-dawn shift at Triple J on Sundays for most of 2005 until it was discontinued, and continued to host the Triple J show Pirate Radio on Saturday evenings. On 19 January 2008 he presented the last show of Pirate Radio, and on 27 January 2008 he returned to the mid-dawn shift on Sundays; his last time on-air was the morning of Sunday, 19 December 2010. He first gained popularity while performing on Rove (Nine Network) and on the first series of Rove Live (Network Ten), but left the show to pursue his love for stand up. Callan was Rove McManus' groomsman at his wedding to Belinda Emmett. His other TV credits include Spicks and Specks (ABC), where he was a recurring guest, and Good Game (ABC), where he had his own segment known as Laying Down the Lore.

Touring internationally, Callan had shows each year in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF), including Dave Callan is Shithouse (2000), Dave Callan is Hairy (2001), Dave Callan's Wonderful World (2003) and The Graveyard Shift (2012, also called Radio Gaga). His shows have included choreographed fight and dance scenes with Ninjas, Pirates, Zombies, and Burlesque Dancers. His 2005 joint show with Sam Simmons, The Sunshine Factory, was nominated for a Golden Gibbo MICF award. He plays the character of a sports commentator in the 2012 Australian comedy film Reverse Runner.