Question: What career did the writer of the comedy series The Ex-PM have before turning to comedy full-time ?
Context: The Ex-PM (pronounced 'ex P.M.') is an Australian television comedy series that first aired on ABC on Wednesday 14 October 2015.  The six-part series is written by and stars Shaun Micallef with director Sian Davies and producer Nick Murray for Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder. Charles Francis "Charlie" Harper is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men" during the first eight seasons of the series.  Played by actor Charlie Sheen, the character has garnered him four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and two Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy Series.  Although the character was written off after the end of the eighth season, the character was reprised for one episode of the ninth season by Kathy Bates, which resulted in her winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and in the series finale, "Of Course He's Dead". Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson (born Melanie Elizabeth Bownds; 2 March 1980) is an Australian actress, writer, and producer.  After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, she began appearing as Toula on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) comedy series "Pizza" and the sketch comedy series "The Wedge".  In 2008, Wilson wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series "Bogan Pride".  The following year, she won the Tropfest best actress award for her role in "Bargain" and made a guest appearance in "City Homicide".  Shortly after moving to the United States, Wilson was cast as Brynn in the feature film "Bridesmaids". Clifton Ko (; born 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, actor, producer and scriptwriter.  He graduated from Kwun Tong Maryknoll College, and entered TV and film industry in late 1970s, firstly worked with director Clifford Choi.  In this period he wrote Choi's "No U-Turn" (1981) and "Teenage Dreamers" (), and John Woo's comedy "Once a Thief".  In 1982 Ko entered Raymond Wong's the newly founded Cinema City & Films Co., and directed his first film "The Happy Ghost" in 1984.  The film series, like all his major works, is a slapstick comedy with moral teaching, family value, and optimism.  Ko, together the company, is prolific in making "Chinese New Year movies".  Important titles include family comedy series "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World" (beginning in 1987); "Chicken and Duck Talk", a collaboration with comedian/writer Michael Hui; and ensemble comedy series "All's Well, Ends Well" (beginning in 1992); and "It's a Wonderful Life" (1994) (Stokes). Matt Hubbard is an American television writer and screenwriter who has worked on many television shows.  He graduated from Beverly High School, in Beverly, Massachusetts in the class of 1996, where he excelled in the English Department.  He later went on to attend Harvard University where he was an editor for the Harvard Lampoon.  He has worked as a writer on the NBC comedy series "30 Rock".  He won Emmy awards in 2009 for both Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, for his 30 Rock episode "Reunion," and for Outstanding Comedy Series.  He worked as a Consulting Producer on the last two seasons of "Parks and Recreation". Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren is a fictional character played by Uzo Aduba on the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black".  Warren is portrayed as intelligent, but lacking in social skills, and prone to spiral into emotional outbursts when agitated.  The character is the only role that has received Emmy Award recognition both in the comedy and drama genres from the same show and only the second character to earn Emmy recognition in both genres.  Aduba won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series as well as the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series for her season one performance.  She received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her season two performance.  Her season three performance again won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.  She is a recurring character in season one and a regular character beginning with season two. Rent-a-Goalie is a half-hour comedy television series from Canada that aired on Showcase from 2006 to 2008.  The first season was nominated for three Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series.  It was also nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada Award, the CFTPA Indie Award for Best Comedy Series, an ACTRA Award for Best Male Performance for Christopher Bolton, and four Canadian Comedy Awards, winning two.  The second season was nominated for six Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series, Best Ensemble Performance, Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Cinematography and Best Casting.  It has also been nominated for three Canadian Comedy Awards. Michael Herbert "Mike" Schur (born October 29, 1975) is an American television producer and writer, best known for his work on the NBC comedy series "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation", the latter of which he co-created along with Greg Daniels.  He also co-created the FOX comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", and created the NBC comedy series "The Good Place".  Schur is also known for his small role on "The Office" as Mose Schrute, the cousin of Dwight Schrute. Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American actor, voice artist, comedian, and singer.  He is best known as a cast member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" from 1998 to 2006 and for his role as Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's comedy series "30 Rock".  In animation, he voices Cyril Figgis on the FX comedy series "Archer" and Jerry Smith on the Adult Swim sci-fi comedy series "Rick and Morty".  He is also notable for his voice work on the animated PBS series, "Wordgirl", particularly as the narrator.  He also voices "The Progressive Box," in a multitude of spots featuring the character, in Progressive Corporation insurance advertisements. Shaun Patrick Micallef (born 18 July 1962) is an Australian actor, comedian and writer.  After ten years of working in insurance law as a solicitor in Adelaide, Micallef moved to Melbourne to pursue a full-time comedy career in 1993.  He first gained recognition as a cast member of the sketch comedy show "Full Frontal", which in turn led to a number of television roles including his own sketch show, "The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)", the sitcom "Welcher & Welcher" and the variety show "Micallef Tonight".  He also fronted the satirical news comedy series "Newstopia" on SBS, hosted the game show "Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation" on Network Ten for four seasons, and "Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell" on the ABC.  He also co-created and starred in "Mr & Mrs Murder" on Network Ten.
Answer: solicitor