{{short description|Danish self-taught actor and comedian (born 1973)}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2013}} {{infobox actor | name = Jonas Schmidt | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|6|20}} | citizenship = {{hlist|Denmark}} | occupation = Actor, comedian }}
'''Jonas Tveje Bisgaard Schmidt ''' is a Danish self-taught actor and comedian,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danskefilm.dk/index2.html|title=Dansk film database|website=www.danskefilm.dk}}</ref> best known for portraying Dolph the Fascist Hippo.
==Career== Jonas Schmidt has appeared in numerous roles, mostly comedy however. He first gained fame, portraying the nerdy carseller Bruce, in the Danish Toyota commercials.
He later gained fame as the extremely nerdy police officer {{Interlanguage link|John Schmidt (P.I.S. character)|lt=John Schmidt|da|John Schmidt (fiktiv person)}} (a play on his real name) on the comedy television series {{Interlanguage link|P.I.S. (TV series)|lt=P.I.S.|da|P.I.S.}}. A character that suffered of many things, including low self-esteem, being ultra geeky and having difficulties with women. A role Jonas Schmidt later has portrayed many times, in different ways.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Koefoed |first=Ditte |date=2019-08-10 |title=Husker du John Schmidt fra P.I.S? Her er han i dag |url=https://www.bt.dk/film-tv-og-streaming/husker-du-john-schmidt-fra-pis-her-er-han-i-dag |access-date= |website=B.T. |language=da}}</ref>
As Dolph, the insane fascist hippo on Wulffmorgenthaler, Jonas Schmidt became a national celebrity. In 2005, Dolph was one of the most popular figures with the youth in Denmark. Dolph looked cute, like a moomin, but he used swear words, killed people, and was extremely racist and hateful. The character was designed, to make fun of people with racist opinions.<ref name=":0" />
Jonas Schmidt also played the role of ''Allan Falk Nielsen'' on the Danish advent series "''Jul i Verdensrummet''". A role similar to the one he played on "''P.I.S. - Politiets Indsats Styrke''".<ref name=":0" />
In 2007, he appeared at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix as the annoying security guard ''Brian'', who was hired to make sure none of the participants would get into the building without his permission.
==Personal life== He is engaged to Unni Ryding, and they have two kids.<ref>https://realityportalen.dk/rcarticle/lykkelige-jonas-schmidt-er-blevet-far-igen/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
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