Elliott Kalan

Who is Elliott Kalan?

Elliott Kalan is an American comedian and the head writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Kalan grew up in New Jersey and attended Tisch School of the Arts, where he majored in screenwriting at the Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing. Kalan lives in New York City, where he began at The Daily Show as a production assistant in 2003 before moving up to producer, staff writer, and ultimately head writer.

Kalan was co-founder of comedy group The Hypocrites with fellow TV writer Brock Mahan. He also hosted a live talk/variety stage show, The Primetime Kalan. The show was created by Kalan, producer Erik Marcisak, and director Joe Guercio, and written and performed by Kalan, Marcisak, and Dan McCoy. Many of Kalan's Daily Show co-workers appeared on his show, including Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, and Rob Corddry.

Kalan occasionally appears in bit parts on The Daily Show and provided voice-over narration for "The Decider" comic-book segments. He was instrumental in putting together the "gay cowboy" montage, when Jon Stewart hosted the 78th Academy Awards.