From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dan Mintz (born April 1, 1981, in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He is known for his extremely deadpan delivery, keeping his eyes fixed straight ahead and never looking toward the camera or audience. He is one of a few stand-up comedians (along with Henny Youngman, Steven Wright, Demitri Martin and Mitch Hedberg) to use non sequitur one-liners in his act. He landed his first writing job at Comedy Central's Crank Yankers, then worked on Last Call with Carson Daly. He was a writer for The Andy Milonakis Show, Human Giant, Lucky Louie, and Important Things with Demetri Martin. On May 15, 2007, Mintz appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In 2007 Mintz's standup comedy appeared on the comedy compilation CD Comedy Death-Ray. Mintz taped a special for Comedy Central...read more