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<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -- David Wayne Callahan was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland U.S.A. where he enjoyed being part of a happy family in the colorful 1970's. He studied, lived and worked between New York, Paris, London and Moscow before expatriating to Milan in 2002. He is an actor, coach and journalist.

Professional History After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree from Fordham University (New York, U.S.A.) he worked as journalist and cartoonist at the Bronx Press Review Newspaper where he became the Editor of Arts and Leisure. He then transferred to Europe, first to Paris to work with a Franco-American theater company based in the famous Gallery 55 Theater then on to London where he studied acting at the Academy Drama School and performed in their repertory company. For 2 years he lived between London and Paris, working as a voiceover artist and actor. His London theater credits include Blood Wedding at the Bridge Lane Theater, the original workshop production of Sunset Boulevard with Patti Lupone and Nine at the Royal Albert Hall. He became a founding member of the experimental theater group RainDogs and appeared in their West End production of the same name as well as other musicals.

He returned to America in the early 1990's to pursue a Master of Fine Arts in Acting at Carnegie Mellon University in conjunction with The Moscow Art Theater. During the course of the MFA program he performed in repertory productions of The Grapes of Wrath and Three Sisters on Stanislavsky’s stage in Moscow. The latter was attended by Hillary Clinton and Naina Yeltson during the summit meeting between the American President and the leader of the Soviet Union. Returning to America he worked in New York and regional theaters in roles ranging from Chekhovian and Shakespearian leads to Disney villains to purely experimental characters.

David took a sabbatical from acting in the late 1990’s to dedicate himself to his second passion: journalism. In New York he worked as the marketing and communications director for the Carl Marks Consulting Group then as journalist for American Lawyer Media (ALM), a leading integrated media company providing specialized business news for the legal sector. In 2002 he transferred to Milan where he deepened his experience in the economic sector working for an Italian company with a branch in the People’s Republic of China that commercializes electronic components.

In 2007 he returned to his first great passion: the theater. He was hired as director of The Actor's Academy Milano, where he was responsible for designing the acting program and where he taught and directed alongside professional actors and directors from the Actors Studio. While at the academy, David created public-speaking courses for non-actors and professionals of every field eager to discover how to become more affecting communicators using the same methods great actors use in the preparation of their roles.

David currently holds annual theatrical laboratories and works as a corporate coach who develops leadership and public speaking skills. He continues to act in film, sitcoms and in television commercials. His most recent vehicles include The Band, Piloti, Vivere, Cento Vetrine and spots for Vodafone, Candy and Siemens. He is part of the international cast of the films The Gardener of God starring Christopher Lambert, the controversial film Amanda Knox, Murder on Trial in Italy with Oscar-winner Marcia Gay Harden and The Bodyguard with Adriano Giannini and Katrina Law.

From 2003 he has worked with Democrats Abroad, for 2 years in the capacity of Vice Chairman.