Brian Unger
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Brian Unger | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) 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.
Biography
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 titled Fridays Live, a student-produced comedy show airing on WOUB-TV, the local PBS affiliate. Unger returned to make a cameo on the show's Season 17 finale.
Career
Unger was an original correspondent and producer on
He provided regular commentary ("The Unger Report") for the NPR show Day 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's All Things Considered.
He has hosted on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Discovery Channel show Some Assembly Required (with University of Virginia Professor of Physics Lou Bloomfield; and then solo in its final season). Unger was one of the co-hosts for the pilot of the PBS series Wired Science.[4]
Unger has appeared as a spokesman for
Unger's written commentary has appeared in The New York Times and The Minneapolis Star Tribune, and he has written a book review for The Washington Post. He is a commentator on the internet talk show The Young Turks. The show was briefly broadcast on the Current TV television network from 2011 to 2013.
Unger was the narrator for the PBS American version of
In 2019, he appeared alongside Kevin Costner in the TV series Yellowstone.
Hosting
Unger hosted a documentary special on
As of September 8, 2013, Brian Unger hosted an NFL.com segment titled "Game Day Satisfaction: Week 1".[6]
Personal life
On The Young Turks online show "Old School" (July 10, 2023, with co-hosts Cenk Uygur and Ben Mankiewicz), Unger disclosed publicly for the first time that he is gay, and married to former child actor Nicholas Phillips. As of 2023, they live on a farm in Cherokee County outside of Atlanta, Georgia.[7]
References
- ^ "Ohio Birth Index". Ogs.org. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Brian Unger". Ohio History Central. Ohio Historical Society. August 1, 2006.
- ^ "Yahoo TV". Tv.yahoo.com. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ [1] Archived December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Abe Sauer. "Minor Celeb Endorsements Trip Up Sony, BMW". Brandchannel.com. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Game Day Satisfaction: Week 1". NFL.com. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Old School, 'The Show About Everything'". YouTube. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
External links
- Brian Unger on X
- Brian Unger at IMDb
- NPR's The Unger Report
- Wired Science on PBS
- AEI Speakers Bureau Profile of Brian Unger
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