Dan Mintz

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Dan Mintz
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Mintz at the 2022 WonderCon
Born (1981-09-25) September 25, 1981 (age 43)
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 My Butt Has a Fever Tina Belcher (voice)Short film
The Bob's Burgers Movie Tina Belcher (voice)Film debut

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Comedy Central Presents HimselfEpisode: "Dan Mintz"
2011–present Bob's Burgers Tina Belcher (voice)Main role
2013–2014 Nathan for You —Writer; 16 episodes
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 Belcher (voice)Episode: "My Way or the Highway to Heaven"
Speechless RandyEpisode: "S-P-Special B-Boy T-I-Time"
2019 The Goldbergs Mr. GouldingEpisode: "8-bit Goldbergs"
Veep —Consulting producer; 1 episode ("South Carolina")
2020 Indebted —Consulting producer; 11 episodes

Writer

YearTitleNotes
2020 Indebted 2 episodes

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. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. 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. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. 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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