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Brian Unger | |
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| Born | Brian Douglas Unger 1965 (age 59–60) Dayton, Ohio, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian, writer, producer, and commentator |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Brian Douglas Unger[1](born 1965) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and commentator.
Born in Dayton, Ohio to Richard ("Rich") Unger and Eleanor ("Ellie") Oprea, Unger grew up in Granville, Ohio. He graduated from Granville High School and then from Ohio University in 1987, where he majored in communications.[2] He worked on a television show titledFridays Live, a student-produced comedy show airing onWOUB-TV, the local PBS affiliate. Unger returned to make a cameo on the show's Season 17 finale.
Unger was an original correspondent and producer onThe Daily Show, from 1996 to 1998.[3] While working forThe Daily Show in 1998, he was named one ofEntertainment Weekly's 100 Most Creative People in Entertainment.[2] Unger's other television appearances includeO2Be,Reno 911!,The Man Show, variousI Love the... shows on VH1,It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,Hollywood Off-Ramp, as well as appearances onThe Jay Leno Show,Jimmy Kimmel Live!,Later,Talk Soup,Extra, andZach Galifianakis Live at the Purple Onion.
He provided regular commentary ("The Unger Report") for the NPR showDay to Day from its launch in 2003 until its cancellation, making his final "Unger Report" on March 16, 2009. From 2009 to 2012 he provided commentary to NPR'sAll Things Considered.
He has hosted on MSNBC'sCountdown with Keith Olbermann andDiscovery Channel showSome Assembly Required (with University of Virginia Professor of PhysicsLou Bloomfield; and then solo in its final season). Unger was one of the co-hosts for the pilot of the PBS seriesWired Science.[4]
Unger has appeared as a spokesman forYoo-hoo andMaxwell House Coffee. In 2008, he appeared in a BMW documentary about testing of BMW diesels as they embark on a 500-mile road trip from South Carolina to Virginia. The film's purpose was to raise awareness of driving diesels in the United States. Unger later became the official spokesman for the BMW Advanced Diesel.[5] He also appears in a number of recent[when?]Quicken Loans commercials.
Unger's written commentary has appeared inThe New York Times andThe Minneapolis Star Tribune, and he has written a book review forThe Washington Post. He is a commentator on the internet talk showThe Young Turks. The show was briefly broadcast on theCurrent TV television network from 2011 to 2013.
Unger was the narrator for the PBS American version ofNature'sSpy in the Wild.
In 2019, he appeared alongside Kevin Costner in the TV seriesYellowstone.
Unger hosted a documentary special onThe History Channel titledHow the States Got Their Shapes. In 2011, the network expanded the special into a weekly series, which Unger hosts. As of 2014, Unger co-hostsShowdown of the Unbeatables.
As of September 8, 2013, Brian Unger hosted an NFL.com segment titled "Game Day Satisfaction: Week 1".[6]
OnThe Young Turks online show "Old School" (July 10, 2023, with co-hostsCenk Uygur andBen Mankiewicz), Unger disclosed publicly for the first time that he isgay, and married to former child actor Nicholas Phillips. As of 2023, they live on a farm in Cherokee County outside of Atlanta, Georgia.[7]
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