Bryan Callen is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is best noted as one of the cast members on the sketch comedy series MADTv.

Bryan Christopher Cullen was born on January 26, 1967 in Manila, Philippines and later moved to Indiana. His family also moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where they lived for almost three years. He then got stints in Pakistan and moved back to Lebanon for another two years, leaving when the Lebanon Civil War broke out. The family was evacuated to Greece and moved again after three years to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He attended Northfield Mount Hermon School in Massachussetts and later the American University in Washington, D.C. where he earned his B.A. in History.

When MADTv debuted in 1995, Callen was one of the eight original members of the show. Among his most popular characters included Pool Boy from Cabana Chat with Dixie Wetsworth, motivational speaker Al Casdy, and the “relationship-challenged” death row inmate Jeremy Anderson. He also did impersonations of Bill Clinton, Robert De Niro, Al Gore, Luke Perry, Steven Seagal, Sammy Hagar, Kevin Bacon, Jim Carrey, Ted Knight, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Astin and Frank Gifford.

Bryan Callen was credited for several television shows such as Entourage, NewsRadio, Oz, Frasier, Suddenly Susan, NYPD Blue, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI, Sex and the City, 7th Heaven, Rude Awakening, Less Than Perfect, The King of Queens, Stacked, Las Vegas and Reba. He also starred recently in the Showtime series Fat Actress and How I Met Your Mother. He also appeared in feature films such as Bad Santa and Old School as well as performed in TV shows such as The Late Show with David Letterman.