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
Oliver Callan One television. The radio version of the show has led to controversy over his portrayal of Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins and his aide Kevin McCarthy which led to RTÉ producers ordering Callan to tone down on. The "Callan's Kicks" TV spin-off debuted on New Year's Eve 2013. "Callan Kicks the Year" proved a hit with viewers on RTÉ One television, and its ratings beat Christmas specials by rivals The Mario Rosenstock Show and Irish Pictorial Weekly. The show once again proved controversial in its portrayal of the President and his aide leading the Sunday World to publish a front