David Batra | |
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 David Batra during the June 2010 Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling | |
| Born | 29 November 1972 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Comedian |
| Spouse | Anna Kinberg Batra (m. 24 June 2002) |
| Children | 1 |
David Chandra Batra (born 29 November 1972) is a Swedish stand-up comedian and TV actor. He was born in Lund to an Indian father and a Swedish mother.[1][2]
Batra started doing stand up comedy in 1994, and has written and played leading roles in comedy series on Swedish national TV. He has performed not only in Sweden but also in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Spain and USA. In addition he has appeared on BBC and CNBC. On 25 August 2009, Batra released a music CD containing "irritating and annoying sounds" for people who have the intention of disturbing their neighbors. The disk features loud snores, burps, sex noises and more.[3] In 2009, he made his debut in the TV4 program Parlamentet,[4] and during the autumn/winter of 2009 and 2010, he participated in the comedy program Cirkus Möller in the same channel.[5]
In 2012, Batra replaced Norwegian comedian Calle Hellevang-Larsen as the sidekick on the Norwegian talkshow I kveld med YLVIS. Batra is the author of four books on humor and a cook book. He is married to Swedish politician Anna Kinberg Batra, the former leader of the Moderate Party, Sweden's largest party on the centre-right.[6] Together they have a daughter.[7]
He has served on the jury of the television program Talang since 2017.[8]
- ^ "Komikern: David Batra | Lunds universitet". 13 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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- ^ Gustafsson, Martin. "David Batra släpper skiva – med oljud" [David Batra releases a disc – with noise]. Aftonbladet. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ^ "David Batra är ny i Parlamentet" [David Batra is new in Parlamentet] (in Swedish). TV4. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)". smdb.kb.se. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ Hällsten, Annika. "David Batra skämtar om sin fru" [David Batra jokes about his wife]. hbl.fi. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Åstrom, Louise (9 March 2017). "David Batra: Säpo följer med mig till dagis" [David Batra: the Security Service follows me to preschool]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ Lindgren, Peter (25 January 2019). "Hypnotisören från Österlen knockade Talang-juryn: "Det sjukaste jag sett!"". Ystads Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 January 2020.