He was a contestant on the game show version of Scrabble under the name Chip Puskar on March 21, 1990, two days before the show ended its first run on NBC.Įsten also had a recurring role on the TV show The Winner, playing the boyfriend of Alison. He portrayed a Klingon named Divok in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " Rightful Heir" as well as Dathan, an Enaran, in the Star Trek: Voyager episode " Remember." with Children and in one episode of Just Shoot Me as the friend to whom Elliot feels he has an emotional connection. He also appeared as Kelly Bundy's equally stupid ex-con boyfriend in the final episodes of Married.
That video was shown in an episode of American Chopper when Mikey is trying to get his motorcycle license.Įsten appeared in several episodes of The Office as Josh Porter, the regional manager of Dunder Mifflin's Stamford branch.
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The video, part of a curriculum update for a younger "MTV generation" audience, replaced a filmstrip-like anti-alcohol short. Esten's performance, in turns over-the-top comedy and sincere public service message, greatly invigorated the drug- and alcohol-awareness portion of the MRC:RSS. Esten portrayed a surfer dude, a snuff-dipping hick, and a concerned friend in a bar. He plays mostly on Lifetime Movies.Įsten had small roles in three Kevin Costner movies, The Postman, Thirteen Days as downed U-2 pilot Major Rudolf Anderson, and Swing Vote.Įsten also starred in a public service video, "Riding Straight", produced for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's curriculum, "Motorcycle Rider Course: Riding and Street Skills" (MRC:RSS).
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In 2001, Esten appeared in Billy Crystal's TV movie 61* as Kevin Maris, the son of legendary New York Yankees slugger Roger Maris. In 2011, he became a regular on Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza on GSN. In 2003, he hosted a half scripted and improvised show called On the Spot.īetween 20, he was a member of the touring Improv All-Stars group.
He became a regular "fourth contestant" on the show and continues to be adept at the singing games in particular, though has satisfied his early potential to become an outstanding all-round improviser. Although in demand as a jobbing actor on stage and screen thereafter, it was his 1999 return to Whose Line Is It Anyway? - in the show's new-look American format, with Drew Carey as host - which established him with a mainstream American audience. At the time, the show needed a second specialist improvisational singer to account for episodes when Mike McShane wasn't on, and thus Esten proved a worthwhile experiment.Įsten made one more appearance in the UK edition in 1994 before moving back to the USA and playing the role of Luke in Party of Five. He subsequently appeared in more episodes later the same year when the show did a run in New York. Consequently, Esten made his debut on the Channel 4 show and "won" the episode, reading the credits in the style of an auctioneer. In 1992, his potential was spotted by the makers of Whose Line Is It Anyway? who asked him to audition for an episode, which he did successfully.
Educated at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, where he was a brother of Theta Delta Chi, Esten moved to the United Kingdom to make his theatrical debut, winning massive acclaim for his title role in the musical Buddy. Esten was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but grew up in Alexandria, Virginia where he attended T.C.
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