Sean Masterson is a comedy actor, writer, director and producer known for his work with

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, writing on ''

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'', and as an improvisational performer on ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He has a wife and two children and he is currently living in Los Angeles, California.

Personal life

Masterson was raised in

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and began his career at the age of six when he appeared in a Count Chocula / Frankenberry television commercial, directed by

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. After graduating high school in Los Angeles and acting in commercials, daytime serials, and school plays, Masterson briefly attended college. He later moved to Chicago to begin pursuing an acting career. After bartending and working odd jobs for nine months, he was hired by ''

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'', where he worked on stage with

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and

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. Masterson started working with

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and Drew Carey upon returning to Los Angeles, performing live improvisational comedy as a part of "The Improv All Stars". Masterson created and co-wrote the web show "Home Purchasing Club" (HPC) for VH1/Spike, which ran for two seasons and featured

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, Jeff Garlin, Diedrich Bader, and David Keochner. HPC was directed by Brian K. Roberts and executive produced by Jordan Levin, Pete Aronson and Generate. Masterson created, wrote and directed "Republicrats" for MSN (Microsoft), portraying a former Fresno TV weatherman who decides to run for President of the United States against John McCain and Barack Obama. Republicrats was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, The Hollywood Reporter and TV Week as a Top Web Show of 2008. Republicrats was produced by Ivana Ma and Generate. Masterson was named a top ten web producer to watch by TV Week. Masterson has teamed up with

to write and produce a half-hour comedy pilot called "Memory Lanes", directed by

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and produced by Masterson, Styles, and Richard Elwood.

Filmography

Masterson is known best for his appearances in improvisational shows ''

'', and ''

''. He has appeared in numerous TV series apart from the two ''

Whose Line Is It Anyway? ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' is a short-form improvisational comedy show originating as a British radio programme, before moving to British television in 1988. Following the conclusion of the British run in 1999, ABC began airing an American ...

'' spin-offs.

Video games

References

External links

Republicrats website
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