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MAD-TV Featured Players and Cast Members: A - D

Craig Anton

Featured Player, Seasons 1-3

Outside of a three season stint as a featured player on MAD-TV, Craig Anton is probably best known for his supporting character roles on the Comedy Central series "Primetime Glick". He has also had guest roles on The King of Queens, Everybody Loves Raymond, Ally McBeal, and Lizzie McGuire. He also works as a stand-up comedian. Craig is originally from Omaha, Nebraska.

The Best of Primetime Glick "Primetime Glick" has got to be one of the stranger spin-off ideas in television history: a character rescued from the short-lived "Martin Short Show" gets a late-night-style interview show on Comedy Central and makes it big. In it, Martin Short plays the title character, an overweight, hyperactive, half-fawning, half-obtuse interviewer that sits down with one or two of Hollywood's biggest comedic talents every week for interviews that are played as real - as long as the interviewees can keep from laughing. Craig Anton and numerous other MAD-TV alumni appear in various episodes.

Nelson Ascencio

Featured Player, Season 5
Regular Cast, Season 6

Memorable Characters: Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Tito

Nelson Ascencio was born in Havana, Cuba, and was raised in New York City. He moved to California, and joined The Groundlings Theater, where he got his start in comedy before joining MAD-TV as a featured player and writer.

Ike Barinholtz

Featured Player, Season 8
Regular Cast, Seasons 9-??

Ike Barinholtz was born on February 18, 1977 in Chicago, IL to film producer Alan Barinholtz. He has performed with the Improv Olimpic, Annoyance Theater, Boom Chicago, and Second City comedy troupes.

Alex Borstein

Regular Cast, Seasons 3-7

Memorable Characters: Miss Swan, Rosie O'Donnell, Karen Goddard, Shaunda, Gap Troll

Alex Borstein was born Alexandrea Borstein on February 15, 1971 in Chicago, IL. Alex was a writer for Pinky and the Brain before coming to MAD-TV as a writer in season 1. Her most famous character on MAD-TV was Ms. Swan, who reportedly was based on a combination of Alex's grandmother, and the singer Bjork. Alex became engaged when her boyfriend Jackson Douglass proposed to her during the taping of a skit on MAD-TV. She married him in 1999. Alex is also the voice of Lois Griffin on the animated television series Family Guy, and played Drella, a recurring character on Gilmore Girls.

	Family Guy, Vol. 1 (Seasons 1 & 2) DVD Alex Borstein is the voice of Lois Griffin on this 4 DVD set that includes all 28 aired episodes from seasons 1 & 2 of the series. Extras include commentary on selected episodes, a Behind-the-scenes featurette, and promotional spots for the series.
	Family Guy, Vol. 2 (Season 3) DVD A three disc set that includes all 22 episodes of season three, including "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", the episode that Fox refused to air at the time. Extras include commentary on selected episodes, the original series pitch, and featurettes, "Uncensored" and "Series Overview". In addition to being the voice of Lois Griffin, Alex Borstein was a writer on the episode "A Fish Out of Water".
	Gilmore Girls - The Complete First Season A very atypical mother-daughter relationship is at the center of Gilmore Girls, a comedy-drama that immediately set itself apart from the herd with smarter-than-smart dialogue and an endearing mix of whimsical comedy and family drama. Alex Borstein plays Drella, a recurring character, and her husband Jackson Douglas plays Jackson Melville.

Andrew Bowen

Regular Cast, Season 4

Memorable Characters: Keanu Reeves, Nicholas Cage, Christopher Walken, Christian Slater, Jean Claude Vandame, Brad Pitt

Born March 31, 1972 in Boston, MA, and raised in Vermont, Andrew Bowen's first professional role ended up on the "What About Bob?" cutting room floor. Since then he's done over three dozen television commercials, and has been in numerous small roles both on TV and in the movies. Andrew has also been behind the scenes as a writer, director, and producer.

Frank Caliendo

Regular Cast, Seasons 7-??

Frank Caliendo was born January 19, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in Waukesha, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. In addition to comedy, Frank's interest extends to sports. He has appeared on "The Best Dam Sports Show Period", and did weekly picks on the "NFL on Fox Pregame Show".

Bryan Callen

Regular Cast, Seasons 1-2

Memorable Character: Pool Boy

Brian Callen was born January 26, 1971 in New York City, and attended American University before becoming a stand-up comic. Bryan is half Cherokee Indian, and one quater each of Scottish and Irish. He's the half brother of "Fear Factor" host Joe Rogan. Bryan had recurring roles in "Oz" (playing Jonathan Coushaine), and "7th Heaven" (playing George 'Vic' Vickery), and plays Eddie Falcon on "Fat Actress."

Oz - The Complete Second Season If the title of HBO's brutal prison drama suggests a fairy tale, be warned that this Oz lies on the other side of the rainbow. This gritty portrait of men behind bars is a testosterone-driven soap opera packed with murder, suicide, sadism, and savage battles for dominance in the concrete jungle. Bryan Callen appears as Jonathan Coushaine during this season of the show.

Mo Collins

Regular Cast, Seasons 4-9

Memorable Characters: Lorraine, Penny Marshall, Catherine Zeta Jones, Martha Stewart, Jenny Jones, Madonna, Cher, Trina, Doreen Larkins, Mrs. Goddard, Shakira, Celine Dion

Born July 7, 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mo Collins is married to Jimi Englund, the drummer from "The Dan Band." She performed with The Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre in Minneapolis. Mo has played recurring character Starla on the critically aclaimed "Arrested Development", and has appeared in numerous movies and television shows.

Arrested Development - Season One DVD Mo Collins appears as Starla in a number of episodes in this three disc set that includes all 22 episodes from the first season, plus the never-aired extended pilot, and audio commentary on selected episodes. Feturettes inlcude, "Breaking Ground: Behind the Scenes of Arrested Development", and Ron Howard's inside look at Arrested Development, "Arrested Development: The Making of a Future Classic", and more.. Deleted and extended scenes, and more.

Tim Conlon

Featured Player, Season 3

Tim Conlon (sometimes credited as "Tim Conlin") is from Toronto, and was a well known local stand-up comic before moving to Los Angeles to appear on MAD-TV, and in a number of small parts in movies.

Andrew Daly

Featured Player, Season 6
Regular Cast, Season 7

Born in New York on April 15, 1971, and raised in New Jersey, Andrew graduated from Ithaca College. He studied improvisation at the Upright Citzens Brigade Theater, and The Swarm. He was also the star of the Comedy Central show "Crossballs: The Debate Show", in which unsuspecting advocates were invited to debate actors who would take absurd extreme positions.

Christian Duguay

Regular Cast, Season 6

Memorable Characters: George Bush, Jay Leno

Christian Duguay was born on January 3, 1970 in Stanford, California, but as raised in Readfield, Maine. He attended the Berklee College of Music, majoring in jazz theory and composition before deciding to become a stand-up comic. He also attended film school at Cal State - Northridge majoring in screen writing. He performed with the improv group Legitimate Freaks, and The Groundlings Theater.