Greg Shapiro
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Shapiro in October, 2012
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| Born | 1968 (age 48–49) Chicago, IL, United States |
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| Residence | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | ||
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| Alma mater | Northwestern University | ||
| Occupation | Actor, author, comedian, television/online producer | ||
| Years active | 1994–present | ||
| Known for | Boom Chicago, Comedy Central News | ||
| Notable work | How to Be Orange: An Alternative Dutch Assimilation Course (2014), How to Be Dutch: The Quiz (2016) | ||
| Website | www |
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Gregory Scott "Greg" Shapiro (born 1968) is a Dutch American comedian, best known as a member of the comedy group Boom Chicago, host of the Dutch satirical news program Comedy Central News () and the author of How to Be Orange: An Alternative Dutch Assimilation Course and How to Be Dutch: the Quiz.
Shapiro was born in Chicago, Illinois, and he graduated from Northwestern University in Theater. In 1994, he came to the Netherlands to help establish comedy theater Boom Chicago, where he worked with Seth Meyers, Jordan Peele, Ike Barinholtz, Kay Cannon, Heather Anne Campbell, and Allison Silverman, among others. In 2004, he voiced the FloridaVotingMachine video that went viral before there was YouTube. In 2007, Shapiro hosted Comedy Central News on Comedy Central and started his own video weblog Highly Dubious News. His radio column The New and Improved America appeared on BNR Newsradio in 2008. His vlog War for the White House appeared on Volkskrant.nl in 2008.
In 2009, Shapiro was named a ‘Hero of Amsterdam’ by Time Out Amsterdam, for which he was a columnist. His writings have also appeared in Hollands Glorie magazine and The XPat Journal.
Shapiro has written and performed the solo shows Going Dutch, How to Be Orange, Superburger and How to Be Frisian. He is now touring his solo show Part-Time Hypocrite. Shapiro also has 20 years experience in Corporate Speaking / Entertainment. In 2010, he joined Maurice de Hond at Boom Chicago for the comedy show Political Party, in which he improvised with (and impersonated) Dutch politicians such as Lodewijk Asscher, Bert Koenders, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Maxime Verhagen, Ronald Plasterk, Femke Halsema, Hero Brinkman, and Tofik Dibi.
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