From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Seán Cullen
Seán Cullen
Seán Cullen Fox’s MAD TV. They released two comedy albums. The
group broke up in 1998, after ten years together.
Following the breakup, Cullen began performing solo,
often accompanied by musician Dylan Goodhue. He
wrote and mounted his own one-man show called Wood,
Cheese and Children which went on to become a special in
CTV’s Comedy Now! series and was nominated for a Gem-
ini Award. Also in 1998, he was in a sketch comedy show
in England called Unnatural Acts.
Cullen has appeared frequently on Canadian televi-
sion, including CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce, CTV’s The
Associates, and The Comedy Network’s Patti and Liocracy.
He has appeared on American sitcoms, such as The Ellen
Show and Payne. He has been a guest on The Late Late
Show with Craig Kilborn, hosted NBC’s Late Friday, and has
been featured in comedy bits on The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno in which he visits an event and interviews other at-
tendees. He has appeared on Comedy Central’s Premium
Blend, and his own Comedy Central Presents special in 2002.
Cullen in 2004
In 2003, Cullen produced his own sitcom, The Seán
Birth name Seán Cullen Cullen Show, for the CBC. It lasted for one six-episode sea-
Born August 29th, 1965 (age 45)
son. Also at Christmas of 2003, CBC aired the Seán Cullen’s
Peterborough, Ontario Home for Christmas special. Cullen hosted the 17th and
18th Annual Gemini Awards Galas in 2002 and 2003 re-
Died present
spectively, winning a Gemini himself the latter year for
Medium Stand-up hosting the former gala. He has also won awards in 2001
television for his gala performance at Just for Laughs, and in 2006
Radio for hosting What Were They Thinking — a CTV program in
Nationality Canadian which Cullen visited various unusual and somewhat in-
explicable landmarks around Canada. Cullen, along with
Years active 1988–present
Goodhue, hosted The Just For Laughs 20th Anniversary Spe-
Genres Improvisation & mimicry cial on CBC.
In 2004, Cullen appeared as Max Bialystock in the
Notable works and roles Corky and the Juice Pigs
Last Comic Standing 6
Canadian production of The Producers for Mirvish Produc-
The Seán Cullen Show tions, earning him a Dora Mavor Award nomination. In
July 2005, CBC Radio One began airing Simply Seán, a mu-
Website seancullen.com
sic radio program hosted by Cullen.
Cullen has a longstanding relationship with the mem-
Seán Cullen (born 1965) is a Canadian comedian. He is
bers of the band Barenaked Ladies, formed when the
known for combining improvisation with mimicry and
band, in its original duo form, opened for Corky and the
music.[1] Cullen has been described in Time as the "van-
Juice Pigs on an early cross-Canada tour in 1989. On the
guard of comedy’s next generation".[2]
Barenaked Ladies’ 2004 U.S. and Canadian holiday tour,
Cullen joined the band on the road. He would tell a
Career comedic version of the nativity story, and sing Christmas
songs with band member Kevin Hearn accompanying
Cullen entered into the public eye in 1988 as a member
him.[3]
of musical comedy group Corky and the Juice Pigs. Corky
In January 2007, Cullen was invited to join the band
and the Juice Pigs toured the world, winning awards at
as a performer on their Ships & Dip Caribbean cruise,
the Edinburgh Fringe & performing at Just for Laughs
performing a comedy set each of the four nights of the
in Montreal eight times. The group was also featured on
cruise; he alternated headlining and opening with fellow
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comedian Harland Williams. They were both invited back casting Corporation, hosted by Seán Cullen that runs dur-
for the followup cruise in 2008, comedians Boothby Graf- ing the network’s summer schedule in place of Go! in its
foe and Debra DiGiovanni joining the lineup. Graffoe and timeslot.
Cullen also performed on the band’s 2009 cruise, Ships & The show consists of Cullen giving commentary and
Dip V. He provides the voice of Lucius Heinous VII, on conducting interviews interspersed with musical selec-
the Teletoon series Jimmy Two-Shoes In 2008, Cullen was tions.[5]
a contestant on NBC’s Last Comic Standing 6. He became
a finalist on the show, making it through the auditions, The Sean Schau!
Las Vegas semi-finals, and the "house" round. Cullen was Since at least 2006, Cullen has hosted a comedy show en-
eliminated on the July 31, 2008 episode after the first of titled The Sean Schau! at the Drake Hotel Underground.[6]
two rounds of home viewer voting which determined the The show takes the format of a Late night television talk
final winner. show, including local celebrity guests, and a house band.
In the summer of 2009 at the Stratford Festival, The show also features sidekick "The Orb" — a glowing
Cullen stepped into the shoes of Bruce Dow as the tricky white orb on a pedestal that converses with Cullen, as
slave Pseudolus in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way well as live commercials for the show’s sponsor per-
to the Forum" after Dow had to leave the play because of formed by Cullen and the guests.
an injury. Cullen opens the show with a monologue, and fea-
Cullen is associated with Balzac’s Coffee, a chain of tures a variety of recurring comedy bits during the show,
cafés in southern Ontario. The company frequently spon- including video segments, and improvised songs. Guests
sors Cullen’s events, such as his comedy show, The Sean are commonly welcomed to the stage by the band and
Schau!. Cullen also appears in other videos promoting Cullen playing a sting of a classic song with the lyrics al-
the chain, exhibited on his MySpace.com page, and tered to include the guest’s name in place of a rhyming
YouTube. word or phrase (for example, recurring guest Richard
Crouse is usually introduced with "Brick House" altered
Shows to "Dick Crouse").
The Seán Cullen Show Novels
The Seán Cullen Show is a television comedy that appeared Outside of performance, Cullen has written three books
briefly in the summer of 2003. The show, starring Seán in his own Hamish X series of novels for young adults,[7]
Cullen, aired a total of six episodes on CBC Television. including Hamish X and The Cheese Pirates, Hamish X and
The show was a sitcom about the life of Seán Cullen. The Hollow Mountain and Hamish X Goes To Providence, Rhode
Among the highlights of the show were several songs Island. The first novel won a 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for
sung by Seán Cullen in character.[4] Best Juvenile Crime Book in 2007.
Cullen has also started writing the Chronicles of the
Characters
Misplaced Prince series. The first book The Prince of Nei-
• - The head of the household. ther here Nor There was released on August 11, 2009. The
• (Jennifer Robertson)- A homemaker perpetually book was nominated for a 2010 Toronto Book Award.[8]
stuck in the 1950s. He also wrote the second book in that series, "The Prince
• (Ted Ludzik) - The mentally challenged son of of Two Tribes"
Sasquatch and Betty, who is the apple of Betty’s eye.
• (Teresa Pavlinek) - Seán’s evil genius next door
neighbor who never lets anyone touch her hair. Personal life
• (Stephen R. Hart) - Frau’s servant. Cullen lives in the Toronto area with his wife. The couple
• (Winston Spear) - A man who lives in Seán’s has a son, born in Fall 2007. Cullen and his wife also have
basement. a second child, a daughter.
• (Ryan & Jason Belleville) - Two men who sit in the
audience and criticise the show.
• - A Scottish version of Jesus. Discography
• - The Montreal Expos mascot who made a brief guest
appearance one episode. Corky and the Juice Pigs
• Corky and the Juice Pigs (1993)
Simply Seán • Pants (1994)
Simply Seán is a Saturday morning entertainment radio
show on the Radio One network of the Canadian Broad-
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Solo • Seán Cullen’s Official Web Site
• Seán Cullen’s MySpace page
• Sean Cullen Live! (2000)
• The Sean Schau MySpace page
• I Am a Human Man (2008)
• Sean Cullen interview June 2007
• Sean Cullen interview at exclaim
References • Seán Cullen acts at Stratford Shakespeare Festival
• Hamish X, home page of one of Cullen’s series of
[1] Feature on Dame Sybille from the UWO Gazette
books for young adults
[2] http://www.cbc.ca/radiosummer/simplysean/
about.html Persondata
[3] Seán Cullen on The Hour Name Cullen, Sean
[4] The Seán Cullen Show Alternative names
[5] CBC.ca Simply Sean homepage
Short description
[6] The Sean Schau! Myspace.com page
[7] Hamish X website Date of birth 1965
[8] Seán Cullen makes Toronto Book Awards short list Place of birth Peterborough, Ontario
Date of death
External links Place of death
• Seán Cullen at the Internet Movie Database
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