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.
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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. Click the BUY NOW button up top to read Dave's fascinating and compelling story.Esten was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Alexandria, Virginia at age nine, after his parents divorced. And, he presents a powerful case challenging the official story about the role the JDFN played in the SCUD missile launch that hit the barracks housing American soldiers in Saudi Arabia on 26 February 1991. But, Dave's story gives us a unique perspective - an inside, emotional and personal look at life at the JDFN before, during and just after the war. The fact that operators from the JDFN were detecting and reporting SCUD missile launches in the Middle East war zone is no secret. The role of the JDFN during the First Gulf War is well documented in the public literature. how are they connected? What role did the remote satellite tracking station near Woomera South Australia play during the First Gulf War? What was it like when Aussies and Yanks lived and worked together at the Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar (JDFN)? These questions are answered in Dave Ives' book, "Yanks in the Outback." Dave's story is based on his experience as a young US Air Force lieutenant stationed at the JDFN from February 1990 until May 1991. Desert Storm, SCUD missiles, satellites and outback Australia.