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 April 2014, Esten ceased work with Whose Live Anyway? due to his role in Nashville, and was replaced by Joel Murray. Esten and fellow former Whose Line Is It Anyway stars Greg Proops, Ryan Stiles and Jeff Davis regularly teamed up and tour around the country doing live improv under the name Whose Live Anyway?. In 2011, he was a regular on Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza on GSN. Between 2004–06, he was a member of the touring group Improv All-Stars and recurring cast member on Drew Carey's Green Screen Show. In 2003, he hosted a semi-scripted semi-improvised comedy mini series called On the Spot. Although he did not return as a regular when the show was revived in 2013 and only appeared as a special guest during the 13th and 14th seasons (as he was one of the main cast members of Nashville), he eventually returned as a fourth seater in season 15.įollowing his return to Whose Line Is It Anyway, Esten made a guest appearance as himself with fellow regular cast members from the show Wayne Brady, Greg Proops and Brad Sherwood on The Drew Carey Show. Due to his singing abilities, he was often paired with series regular Wayne Brady on musical games. Although appearing on stage and screen thereafter, his 1999 return to Whose Line Is It Anyway? - in the show's American format with Drew Carey as host - established him as a regular "fourth contestant" on the show.
At the time, the show needed a second specialist improvisational singer to fill in for Mike McShane.Įsten made his final appearance in the UK edition in 1994 before moving back to the US. He subsequently appeared in more episodes later the same year when the show did a run in New York City. In 1992, Esten made his debut on Whose Line Is It Anyway? in the fourth series and "won" the episode. JSTOR ( March 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. He won more than $34,000 in cash and prizes over a span of five days he later sold his prizes. Įsten's first appearance on television was in 1988 as a contestant on the NBC game show Sale of the Century under the name of Chip Puskar. Following graduation, Esten moved to the United Kingdom to make his theatrical debut, playing the title role in the musical Buddy in the early 1990s. At William and Mary, he was the lead vocalist in the local band "N'est Pas" from 1985–88. He then attended his parents' and sister's alma mater, the College of William and Mary, where he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and graduated with a degree in economics in 1987. He has noted in several interviews that his Nashville costar Hayden Panettiere appeared in the film as the daughter of his real-life coach.
Williams High School, where he played football for the Titans a decade after the events of the film Remember the Titans.
Įsten is a 1983 graduate of Alexandria's T.C. His late father, Charles, was a prominent local businessman and business partner of former Pittsburgh Steelers center Ray Mansfield. He and his younger sister were raised by their mother. Esten was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Alexandria, Virginia at age nine, after his parents divorced.
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