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Gregory Scott 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 (nl) and the author of How to Be Orange: An Alternative Dutch Assimilation Course and How to Be Dutch: the Quiz. 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.

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  • Gregory Scott 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 (nl) 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. In 2011, he created and presented the television programme Planet Nederland, a review of Dutch society as a nature documentary. It appeared on Dutch broadcaster VARA and on NPO Humor TV. In 2012, for NPO HumorTV, he presented a vlog about the Dutch elections called Verkiespijn and a vlog about the 2012 US election called United States of Shapiro. Shapiro is currently the producer, writer and host of United States of Europe for Zoomin.TV. He is the host of the QuickestQuiz app. And he is the co-host of the ‘Amsterdam Comedy Podcast’. He tours with his fourth solo show Part-Time Hypocrite. And his book How to Be Orange: An Alternative Dutch Assimilation Course is available internationally. He has also appeared in the films Down and Phileine Says Sorry, and in the soap series Goede tijden, slechte tijden. His new book is called How to Be Dutch: the Quiz. In 2017 Shapiro did the voice-over of "The Netherlands Second" video from Zondag met Lubach, this video went viral with almost 39 million views. (en)
  • Gregory Scott "Greg" Shapiro (Chicago, 1968) is een Amerikaans-Nederlandse acteur en is sinds 1994 comedian bij de groep Boom Chicago. Hij is vooral bekend van zijn rol als nieuwslezer in Comedy Central News, een satirisch nieuwsprogramma. Verder speelde hij in enkele reclamefilmpjes, films en series, zoals Phileine zegt sorry, Down en een aflevering van Goede tijden, slechte tijden. Shapiro kwam in 1994 naar Nederland. Hij speelde samen met in de theatershow Yankee Go Home en Going Down: A Comedy Show About Pessimism. Shapiro is tevens columnist bij BNR Nieuwsradio. In 2009 zette hij zich als president Samuel G. Samson in voor een reclamecampagne van de ANWB. Op 22 januari 2017 sprak hij voor het programma Zondag met Lubach een video in waarin 'Nederland' de nieuwe Amerikaanse president Donald Trump in zijn eigen woorden verwelkomt. Binnen één dag haalde het filmpje 24 miljoen kijkers. (nl)
  • Greg Shapiro é um comediante e produtor cinematográfico norte-americano. Como reconhecimento, venceu, no Oscar 2010, a categoria de Melhor Filme por The Hurt Locker. (pt)
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  • Shapiro in October 2012 (en)
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  • How to Be Orange: An Alternative Dutch Assimilation Course , How to Be Dutch: The Quiz (en)
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  • Greg Shapiro é um comediante e produtor cinematográfico norte-americano. Como reconhecimento, venceu, no Oscar 2010, a categoria de Melhor Filme por The Hurt Locker. (pt)
  • Gregory Scott 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 (nl) and the author of How to Be Orange: An Alternative Dutch Assimilation Course and How to Be Dutch: the Quiz. 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. (en)
  • Gregory Scott "Greg" Shapiro (Chicago, 1968) is een Amerikaans-Nederlandse acteur en is sinds 1994 comedian bij de groep Boom Chicago. Hij is vooral bekend van zijn rol als nieuwslezer in Comedy Central News, een satirisch nieuwsprogramma. Verder speelde hij in enkele reclamefilmpjes, films en series, zoals Phileine zegt sorry, Down en een aflevering van Goede tijden, slechte tijden. (nl)
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