After graduation from North Carolina School of the Arts, Allan went back to his home city of Houston, Texas, where he joined the sketch comedy troupe at Houston's Comedy Workshop. He found himself performing, writing and directing sketches, and being an accomplished musician, he would also accompany the group on piano and synthesizer. Allan then went solo, developed a stand up comedy act, and began touring at comedy clubs and universities across America. Soon after he arrived in Los Angeles, Allan quickly became a regular at all the prestigious comedy clubs such as "The Comedy Store", "The Improvisation" and "The Laugh Factory". His television appearances include Comedy Central's "Make Me Laugh", "Carolines Comedy Hour", "Showtime's Comedy Club Network", "Rosie O'Donnell's Comedy Spotlight", "Evening at the Improv", "MTV's Half Hour Comedy Hour" and "The A List". He has performed at the Montreal Comedy Festival and has opened for such musical acts as Julio Inglesias and Franki Valli. Allan also directed, co-wrote and co-starred in "Vega-Rama", the critically acclaimed Vegas lounge show parody that was a long running favorite among the Los Angeles theater community. He has guest starred on such shows as "Caroline in the City", "NewsRadio", "DiResta", "The Tim Curry Show" and "In Living Color". Currently he's co-starring opposite David Alan Grier in the Sony Picture short "Damned If You Do", which recently won first place at the Hollywood International Film Festival and is continuing to tour the festival circuit. You can contact Allan at amurr77@aol.com

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