David Allen (actor/comedian)
David Allen (born January 11, 1987) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Growing up in Kettering, Ohio, he would often receive his own shows as assemblies while attending Kettering's Van Buren Middle School. In the shows he would perform various impressions of the school staff and related materials. It was the response from these shows that drove him into doing comedy. In addition to performing Stand-Up at the young age of 14, he also began associating himself with film and television production. While still in school, he landed production projects consulting with World Wrestling Entertainment and focused much of his energy on design and motion graphics. Those skills are offered forth in most of his projects today. Upon graduating, David Allen joined Jason Hardwick and Alex Mangen in premiering their sketch comedy venture, titled Left of Center. The show premiered theatrically, selling out its engagements, and spun off "viral sensations" that began airing on MTV and CW programming. Since then, Allen has honed his craft, training and performing, at Chicago's The Second City and ImprovOlympic, as well as, famed Los Angeles establishment, The Groundlings. He makes various appearances on television, previously voicing celebrities on the CW show The Daily Buzz, in the midst of Sum 41's Underclass Hero, and in discreet character promos for Playboy. Currently, He is working on a development project for Comedy Central. David Allen resides in Los Angeles.
The Asylum
Characters
In the world of underground comedy, David Allen is known widely for his character work. He often uses an inventive digital style that combines solid improvisation with snappy editing. A first hit for Allen was Ted Hart. The Hart character debuted on Left of Center (episode 101) in 2006 and quickly gained internet attention. He has been known to show up randomly as the character, opening for rock bands or at public events, confusing those who aren't in on the joke. Hart is among a few others (Dale,and Sullivan)that were created as Allen grew up in the Midwest. He developed several others while working on the stage of Chicago's ImprovOlympic (XdevenX,The Don)
Characters on Myspace
David Allen uses MySpace as a tool to create and attract by giving individual characters their own page. From there, videos are often improvised and added to develop material and gain individual following. Often, they have the effect of being real people. The pages established on MySpace fall under his label "The Asylum".
Impressions
Most recently, David Allen has brought his style to the political scene by impersonating Republican candidate Mitt Romney. In his early teens, he once focused enough attention on impressions to build a list of eighty plus.