Dave Callan TripleJ, with live commentary. He plays the character of a sports commentator in the 2012 Australian comedy film "Reverse Runner". Dave Callan David Gerard Callan (born 20 September 1975 in Dundalk, Ireland) is a comedian based in Melbourne, Australia. Up until 2010 he worked as a Triple J disc jockey. Callan was born in Dundalk, Ireland, and arrived in Australia in 1990, aged 15. He spent part of his teenage years in Perth where he attended Chisholm Catholic College. Callan hosted the mid-dawn shift at Triple J on Sundays from 1am to 6am for most of 2005, until it was
Michael Callan He and his dance partner, Grace Genteel, appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and "Chance of a Lifetime". When he was 21, he auditioned for Jerome Robbins for the role of "Riff" in the original Broadway production of "West Side Story" (1957–59). He was seen by talent scout Joyce Selznick, who worked for Columbia Pictures. Columbia was on a "youth talent" drive at the time and signed Callan to a seven-year deal. Columbia Pictures' first role for Callan was in a prestige production, "They Came to Cordura" (1959), starring Gary Cooper. Columbia then considered Callan for a number of projects,