Sean Masterson is a multi-faceted improvisational comedian who enjoys writing, producing, directing, and acting.Raised in Los Angeles, Sean began his career at the tender age of six when he appeared in the first Count Chocula/Frankenberry cereal television commercial, directed by animation icon Bill Melendez. To secure Sean's services, Melendez offered Sean a case of Count Chocula cereal as a bonus. Sean took the gig, devoured the bonus and a career course was set for life.After high school Sean mov... more
Sean Masterson is a multi-faceted improvisational comedian who enjoys writing, producing, directing, and acting.Raised in Los Angeles, Sean began his career at the tender age of six when he appeared in the first Count Chocula/Frankenberry cereal television commercial, directed by animation icon Bill Melendez. To secure Sean's services, Melendez offered Sean a case of Count Chocula cereal as a bonus. Sean took the gig, devoured the bonus and a career course was set for life.After high school Sean moved to Chicago and was quickly hired by The Second City where he worked on stage with Mike Myers, Steve Carrell and Bonnie Hunt, amongst others. Upon returning to LA, Sean started working with Ryan Stiles and Drew Carey, performing live improvisational comedy as a part of "The Improv All Stars". The Improv All Stars consists of alumni from The Second City, The Groundlings, Whose Line Is It Anyway and The Drew Carey Show. Sean has appeared in dozens of episodic television shows and feature films. He's had the honor to work with Directors such as Christopher Guest, Barry Levinson, John Landis and the late great John Schlesinger and Jim Henson.Sean created and co-wrote the popular web show "Home Purchasing Club" (HPC) for VH1/Spike, which ran for two seasons and featured the comedy talents of Kristen Wiig, Jeff Garlin, Diedrich Bader and David Keochner. HPC was given a "cheers" in TV Guide. HPC was directed by Brian K. Roberts and Executive Produced by Jordan Levin, Pete Aronson and Generate.Sean 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 singled out by The Wall Street Journal, The Hollywood Reporter and TV Week as a Top Web Show of 2008. Republicrats was Executive Produced by Ivana Ma and Generate.Sean was recently named a top ten web producer to watch by TV Week.Sean has teamed up with long time collaborator Ryan Stiles to write and produce a half hour comedy pilot called "Memory Lanes". Memory Lanes was directed by Brian K. Roberts and Executive Produced by Sean, Ryan and Richard Elwood.Sean and his family share time in Los Angeles and Vancouver, BC.
