Damian Callinan is a comedian from Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 Australia. He was formerly a secondary teacher

Teacher

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, and taught Drama and English at Penola Catholic College

Penola Catholic College

Penola Catholic College is a co-educational secondary college, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Patron of the college is Mary MacKillop...

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Entertainment career

Damian is a versatile comedian who has done countless TV

Television

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 performances, radio

Radio

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 gigs, live gigs, corporate performances and workshops.

In 2006, Callinan presented a live comedy show as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival about his fertility

Fertility

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 problems entitled "Damian Callinan has Spaznuts". He's also performed 6 other solo comedy shows: Damian Callinan Calls "Last Drinks", Sportsman's Night, Babysitting, Eureka Stocktake, The Cave To The Rave, and The Story of Dance and Speech Night.

In 2007, he appeared in a stage show called The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged alongside comedy favourite Frank Woodley

Frank Woodley

Frank Woodley is an Australian comedian who is best known for his work alongside Colin Lane as part of the comedic duo, Lano and Woodley. The two performed together for almost 20 years in live shows, a television series and an album of comedic songs, before deciding to pursue individual careers...

 and Keith Adams

Keith Adams

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Filmography

• skitHOUSE
  SkitHOUSE
  skitHOUSE was an Australian sketch comedy television series that ran on Network Ten from 9 February, 2003 to 28 July, 2004. The series was produced by Roving Enterprises. It featured many well-known Australian comedians, including comedy-band Tripod. Reruns can now be seen on The Comedy Channel on...
  
  
• Comedy Slapdown
  Comedy Slapdown
  Comedy Slapdown is an Australian television improvised comedy program produced by FremantleMedia, that first aired on The Comedy Channel from November 8, 2008 at 7:30pm. The show is hosted by H.G...
  
  
• Before The Game
  Before the Game
  Before The Game is an Australian rules football/comedy television show in Australia on Network Ten. The show is hosted by Andrew Maher, with regular panelists including Mick Molloy, Dave Hughes, Sam Lane, and Lehmo. The format of the show is a light-hearted discussion of issues relating to the...
  
  
• The Wedge
• Rove Live
• Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala
• Joker Poker
• Good Morning Australia
  Good Morning Australia
  Good Morning Australia from Network Ten was the name of two different programs. This article is for Bert Newton's morning program, not to be confused with the breakfast news program of the same name....
  
  
• The Fat
• Off Road