Dan Mintz

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Dan Mintz
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
Websitedanmintz.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]

Early life and education[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Filmography[edit]

Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie Tina Belcher (voice) Film debut

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
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 Spokesperson Episode: "All Hail Son of Zorn"
Silicon Valley Dana Episode: "Chief Operating Officer"
The Simpsons Tina Belcher (voice) Episode: "My Way or the Highway to Heaven"
Speechless Randy Episode: "S-P-Special B-Boy T-I-Time"
2019 The Goldbergs Mr. Goulding Episode: "Eight-bit Goldbergs"

Writer[edit]

Year Title Notes
2020 Indebted 2 episodes

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "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.

External links[edit]

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