Dan Mintz

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Dan Mintz
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Mintz at the 2022 WonderCon
Born
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • writer
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Margie Mintz
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(m. 2011)​
Children2
Website danmintz.com

Dan Mintz is an American actor, comedian, and writer. [1] He is best known for his role as Bob and Linda's oldest daughter, Tina Belcher, on the animated show Bob's Burgers . [1] As a comedian, he is known for his extremely deadpan delivery, keeping his eyes fixed straight ahead and never looking toward the camera or audience due to natural stage fright. [2]

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Early life and education

Born to a Jewish family, [3] Mintz grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. [1] He is a graduate of Harvard University, where he wrote for The Harvard Lampoon .

Career

He landed his first writing job at Comedy Central's Crank Yankers , [4] then worked on Last Call with Carson Daly . [5] He has written for The Andy Milonakis Show , Human Giant , Lucky Louie , Important Things with Demetri Martin , Jon Benjamin Has a Van , Nick Swardson's Pretend Time , Nathan For You , Veep , The Awesomes and Mulaney .[ citation needed ] His writing credits also include the Bob's Burgers episode titled "The Equestranauts". [6]

On May 16, 2007, Mintz appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien . [7] His standup appeared on the compilation CD Comedy Death-Ray , [8] and a special for Comedy Central Presents aired on March 28, 2008. [9] In February 2013, he performed standup on Late Show With David Letterman . [10] He recorded a standup album, The Stranger, at Comedy Works in Denver in July 2013. The album was released in 2014 through Comedy Central Records. [11]

Personal life

Mintz resides in Los Angeles, California. Mintz married fellow comedian Margie Kment on May 29, 2011.[ citation needed ] They have two children.

Filmography

Key
†Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie Tina Belcher (voice)Film debut

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Comedy Central Presents Himself
2011–present Bob's Burgers Daniel/Tina Belcher (voice)Main role
2013–2016 Adventure Time T.V. (voice)3 episodes
2014 Mulaney Mintz (live-action)episode "Halloween"
2015 The Awesomes Vasquez/Bystander #4/additional (voice)4 episodes
2017 Son of Zorn Sanitation Solutions Spokespersonepisode "All Hail Son of Zorn"
Silicon Valley Danaepisode "Chief Operating Officer"
The Simpsons Tina Belcherepisode "My Way or the Highway to Heaven"
Speechless Randyepisode "S-P-Special B-Boy T-I-Time"
2019 The Goldbergs Mr. Gouldingepisode "Eight-bit Goldbergs"

Writer

YearTitleNotes
2020 Indebted 2 episodes

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bio - Dan Mintz - The Stranger". www.danmintz.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Sims, David (14 October 2014). "The Deadpan Voice of the Moment". The Atlantic . Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Jewish comedians: Dan Mintz". 16 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Crank Yankers". Comedy Central. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. ↑ HBO. "HBO: Dan Mintz, Staff Writer - Lucky Louie". Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "Bob's Burgers: "The Equestranauts"". The A.V. Club . 13 April 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Comedy Death Ray" . Retrieved 4 August 2017– via Amazon.
  9. ↑ "Comedy Central Presents - Dan Mintz - Comedy Central". Comedy Central. 29 March 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "dan mintz david letterman - Bing video". www.bing.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Untitled — Hi, my album The Stranger is out today, I hope you..." Untitled. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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