Brian Unger
Brian D. Unger (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. He had 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. Unger has Romanian heritage. Career. Unger was an original correspondent and  producer on "The Daily Show", from 1996–98. While working for "The Daily Show" in 1998, he was named one of "Entertainment Weekly"s 100 Most Creative People in Entertainment. Unger's other television appearances include "O2Be", "Reno 911!", "The Man Show", various ""I Love the..." shows on VH1, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "Hollywood Off-Ramp", as well as appearances on "The Jay Leno Show", "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", "Later", "Talk Soup", "Extra", and "Zach Galifianakis Live at the Purple Onion". 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. He currently provides regular 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", which aired in January 2007 and was picked up to debut later in the year; however, Unger did not remain involved with the show. Unger has appeared as a  spokesman for Yoo-hoo and Maxwell 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. He also appears in a number of recent Quicken Loans commercials. 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 Nature's "Spy in the Wild". In 2019, he appeared alongside Kevin Costner in the TV series "Yellowstone". Hosting. Unger hosted a documentary special on The History Channel titled "How the States Got Their Shapes". In 2011, the network expanded the special into a weekly series, which Unger hosts. As of 2014, Unger co-hosts "Showdown of the Unbeatables". As of September 8, 2013 , Brian Unger hosted an NFL.com segment titled "Game Day Satisfaction: Week 1".