Frank Caliendo (born January 19, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American comedian best known for his impersonations on the FOX Network television series MADtv, and has been the in-house prognosticator for FOX NFL Sunday.
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Contents
- 1 Biography
- 2 MADtv
- 3 Television appearances
- 4 Touring Dates
- 5 External links
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Biography
Frank Caliendo was born in Chicago and raised in Waukesha, frank calendo a Milwaukee suburb. He attended Waukesha South High School and after that, he majored in broadcast journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. After frank calienda college, Caliendo began performing stand-up comedy, taking a job as a M.C at a local comedy club. Within a year he was headlining. He made his network series debut frank caliando on the sketch comedy series Hype.
Caliendo's hobbies include watching football with friends, playing with his wife and kids.
Caliendo found his niche performing on frankcaliendo the college comedy circuit. Over frank callendo the past few years, he has performed at over 300 universities and was nominated for College Comedian and Entertainer of the Year by the National Association of Campus Activities. Caliendo has performed stand-up on such series as frank cliendo cable's Premium Blend, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The View, and frank caliendo Late Night with Conan O'Brien. His signature 'John Madden' impression is frequently seen on FOX NFL Sunday, The Best Damn Sports Show Period and Mohr Sports. Caliendo frank caliendo madden has also appeared on Comedy Central (Comedy Central Presents), as well as the Opie and Anthony, The John Boy and Billy Big Show, Elliot In the Morning and his favorite, The Drew and Mike Show frank caliendo john madden in Detroit.
In the summer of 2005, Caliendo completed yet another successful national stand-up frank caliendo george bush comedy tour, performing to sell-out crowds in cities across the country. Off the small screen, he has crafted a significant national radio presence on shows across the country where his special brand of humor reaches millions of listeners. Frank loves Chicago Style frank caliendo on letterman Pizza. Frank has also just released news that he is developing (co-writing and co-executive producing) a comedian frank caliendo television show for TBS, which if it gets picked up, will air in the summer of 2007.
MADtv
Caliendo officially joined the cast of comedy central presents frank caliendo MADtv in 2001 as a repertory performer, for the seventh season. During his tenure, he frank caliendo impressions has become well regarded as one of the most talented impersonators in comedy today, and as MADtv's equivalent to Saturday Night Live's Darrell Hammond. He also did almost the whole cast of Seinfeld in an anti-drug episode. In 2002, Caliendo replaced Will Sasso frank caliendo letterman as the impersonator of George W. Bush, but he would win audience members over with an offbeat impersonation of former FOX sports announcer John Madden. Both frank caliendo - impressions became some of the cast member's most popular impressions frank caliendo as john madden on MADtv, and would be featured quite prominently during his tenure.
Caliendo's other famous impersonations included Al Pacino, Andy Rooney, Donald Trump, Jack Nicholson, Jay Leno, Kelsey Grammer, Robin Williams, Rod Roddy, Ted frank caliendo comedy Koppel, and Terry Bradshaw
He is also known to breakdance occasionally. He learned to break dance as a kid and was a member of frank caliendo mp3 the Night Hawks break dance group.
In August 2006, Caliendo announced he would not return to MADtv for its 2006-2007 season.
Impersonations
Below is a list of impersonations that Frank Caliendo has done while on MADtv.
- Adam Sandler
- Al Michaels
- Al Pacino
- Andy Rooney
- Casey Casem
- Chris Rock
- Danny Bonaduce
- Deborah Rowe
- Donald Trump
- Doris Roberts
- Frank Bielec
- Frank Oz
- Fred Grandy
- George W. frank caliendo radio frank caliendo stand up Bush
- Ian McShane
- Jack Nicholson
- James Gandolfini
- Jay Leno
- Janeane Garofalo
- Jason Alexander
- Jeff Garlin
- Jeff Goldblum
- Jerry Stiller
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Jim Rome
- Joe Pesci
- Joey Fatone
- John Madden
- Kelsey Grammer
- Kimberly Walther
- Larry Flynt
- Louie Anderson
- Matthew Perry
- Michael Richards
- Norm MacDonald
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Ray Romano
- Regis Philbin
- Robert De Niro
- Robin Williams
- Roger Ebert
- Rod Roddy
- Sean Astin
- Scooby Doo
- T.R. Knight
- Ted Knight
- Ted Koppel
- Terry Bradshaw
- Tom Brokaw
- William Shatner
Television frank caliendo voices appearances
- Comedy Central Presents (2004)
- FOX NFL Sunday (2003-Present) as multiple characters, including the hosts of the show
- The Late Show with David frank caliendo make the voices stop Letterman (2006) performiong stand-up comedy (clips of this performance ended up in a viral video email sent around the world).
- Mind of Mencia (2005) as George W. comedy central presents: frank caliendo Bush (voice)
- MADtv (2001- frank caliendo 1 2006) as Various Characters
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2004) performing stand-up comedy
- Hype (2000) as Various Characters
Touring Dates
- July: Addison, TX and St. Louis, MO
- August: Austin, TX , Nashville, frank caliendo and tom TN , Atlanta, GA , and Cincinnati, OH
- September: Irvine, CA , Ontario, CA , and New York City, NY
- October: Chicago, frank caliendo as al pacino IL
- November: San Jose, CA
- December: Gold Crown Comedy Festival, Denver, CO
External links
- His official website
- Fan site with detailed bio (note: graphics-intensive site)
- Frank Caliendo at the Internet Movie Database
- Official MADtv site
- Frank Caliendo frank caliendo chris farley Interview
- Video clip of Frank Caliendo's stand-up comedy at YouTube
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