Kimmel, Jimmy 1967-

PERSONAL

Full name, James Christian Kimmel; born November 13, 1967, in Brooklyn, NY; married Gina, June 25, 1988 (divorced, June 16, 2003); children: Katherine Katie, Kevin. Education: Attended the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and Arizona State University.

Addresses:

Manager—Dixon Talent, 375 Greenwich St., 5th Floor, New York, NY 10013. Publicist—Bragman, Nyman, Cafarelli, 8687 Melrose Ave., Pacific Design Center, 8th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Career:

Television show host, television personality, actor, writer, and producer. Began his career in radio in Phoenix, AZ, Seattle, WA, Tampa, FL, Tucson, AZ, and Los Angeles, CA; appeared as Jimmy the Sports Guy on KROQ (Los Angeles, CA); Jackhole Productions (a production company), cofounder and principal (with Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison); appeared in television commercials, including Miller Lite beer, 1999.

Awards, Honors:

Daytime Emmy Award (with Ben Stein), outstanding game show host, 1999, Daytime Emmy Award nomination (with Ben Stein), outstanding game show host, 2001, both for Win Ben Stein's Money; People's Choice Award nomination, favorite late night talk show host, 2005.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Race track announcer, Delinquent's Derby, 1995.

Voice of Corky the Dog, Road Trip, DreamWorks, 2000.

The Man Show host, Down to You, Miramax, 2000.

Himself, The Comedy Team of Pete & James, 2001.

Client in commercial, Like Mike, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002.

Voice of Spanky, Garfield (also known as Garfield: The Movie), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

Jimmy Kimmel, Danny Roane: First Time Director, Lionsgate, 2006.

Himself, Certifiably Jonathan, 2007.

Himself, Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project, Salient Media, 2007.

Himself, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Universal, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Cohost, Win Ben Stein's Money, Comedy Central, 1997-2002.

Host, The Man Show, Comedy Central, 1999-2003.

Host, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC, 2003—.

Himself, Set for Life, ABC, 2007.

Also appeared as himself (weekly picks segment), Fox NFL Sunday, Fox.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Himself, Windy City Heat, Comedy Central, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Host, Canned Ham: Deconstructing Harry, Comedy Central, 1997.

Host, Canned Ham: Senseless, Comedy Central, 1998.

Presenter, The WB Radio Music Awards, The WB, 1999.

The Comedy Central Presents: the New York Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller, Comedy Central, 1999.

Host, Secrets of the NY Friars Club Roast, Comedy Central, 2001.

The Great American History Quiz: 50 States, History Channel, 2001.

Roastmaster, Comedy Central Presents: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner, Comedy Central, 2001.

Voice of Skeezer, Donner, 2001.

Ben Stein's Brain, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal, 2002.

(Uncredited) Security screener, The 44th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 2002.

100 Sexiest Artists (also known as VH1's "100 Sexiest Artists"), VH1, 2002.

Host, The 31st Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 2003.

The New Face of Late Night TV, Discovery Channel, 2003.

Uncensored Comedy: That's Not Funny!, Trio, 2003.

MTV Bash: Carson Daly, MTV, 2003.

The Teen Choice Awards 2003 (also known as The 2003 Teen Choice Awards), Fox, 2003.

Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration, Arts and Entertainment, 2003.

Presenter, The 2003 EPSY Awards, ESPN, 2003.

Presenter, ABC 50th Anniversary Celebration, ABC, 2003.

Host, The 32nd Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 2004.

Voice of Elmer Higgins, "Crank Yankers" Christmas Special, Comedy Central, 2004.

Comedy Central's Bar Mitzvah Bash!, Comedy Central, 2004.

Nick & Jessica's Tour of Duty, ABC, 2005.

Roastmaster, Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson, Comedy Central, 2005.

Voice of Terrance, Eminem's Making the Ass, 2005.

Super Bowl XL Pre-Game Show, ABC, 2006.

The 2006 Independent Spirit Awards, Independent Film Channel, 2006.

CMT Greatest Moments: Hank Williams, Jr., Country Music Television, 2006.

Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner, Comedy Central, 2006.

"The Lost" Survival Guide, ABC, 2006.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live"'s All-Star Salute to "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," ABC, 2006.

Comic Relief 2006, TBS and HBO, 2006.

Host, The 2006 American Music Awards, ABC, 2006.

Host, The 2007 ESPY Awards, ESPN, 2007.

ESPYS Backstage, ESPN, 2007.

Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav, Comedy Central, 2007.

Host, The 2007 American Music Awards, ABC, 2007.

Host, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!": After "The Academy Awards," ABC, 2007.

Presenter, The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2008.

"Idol" Gives Back 2, Fox, 2008.

Host, "Jimmy Kimmel Live": Game Night, ABC, 2008.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Shatner's Raw Nerve, Bio Channel, 2008.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Hollywood Squares (also known as H2 and H2: Hollywood Squares), syndicated, 1999.

(Uncredited) Sports Geniuses, Fox Sports, 2000.

Himself, "Guyness Trend/Pony Play," SexTV, 2000.

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (also known as The Late Late Show), CBS, 2000, 2001.

Voice of Death's Dog, man in suit, and Renaissance guy, "Mr. Saturday Knight," Family Guy (animated; also known as Padre de familia), Fox, 2001.

Politically Incorrect (also known as P.I.), ABC, 2001.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001, 2008.

Voice of Terrence Catheter, Crank Yankers, MTV and Comedy Central, 2001.

TNN's Conspiracy Zone with Kevin Nealon, TNN, 2002.

MTV's Mardi Gras 2002, MTV, 2002.

Last Call with Carson Daly, NBC, 2002.

Mad TV, Fox, 2002.

Howard Stern, E! Entertainment Television, 2002, 2005.

The Daily Show (also known as A Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The Daily Show with John Stewart Global Edition), Comedy Central, 2003.

"Jimmy Kimmel/Sharon Stone," Primetime Glick, Comedy Central, 2003.

Himself, "The Second Date," I'm With Her, ABC, 2003.

Voice of Elmer, Crank Yankers, MTV2, 2003, 2007.

(Uncredited) Officer Harris, KTLA Morning News (also known as KTLA Morning Show), KTLA, 2003.

The Sharon Osbourne Show (also known as Sharon), syndicated, 2003.

"TV Hosts," TV Talk, 2004.

ESPN 25: Who's #1?, ESPN, 2004.

"Talk Show," Entourage, HBO, 2004.

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008.

The Tony Danza Show, syndicated, 2005.

"Clothes Call," My Crazy Life, E! Entertainment Television, 2005.

Too Late with Adam Carolla, Comedy Central, 2005.

Guest cohost, Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Voice of Mrs. Ham and singer, "Tim and Xandir, Sitting in a Tree …," Drawn Together (animated), Comedy Central, 2006.

Voice of old man, "Alzheimer's That Ends Well," Drawn Together (animated), 2006.

The Andy Milonakis Show, MTV, 2006.

"Going, Going, Gone," Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Bravo, 2006.

"Who Is the Host?," Baseball Bunch, 2006.

Square Off, TV Guide, 2006.

Rachael Ray, syndicated, 2006.

"Jimmy Kimmel," Howard Stern on Demand (also known as Howard TV on Demand), 2006.

"Best of 05/15-05/18, 2006," Howard Stern on Demand (also known as Howard TV on Demand), 2006.

Dancing with the Stars, ABC, 2006, 2007, 2008.

"Grillo Diary," Howard Stern on Demand (also known as Howard TV on Demand), 2007.

Joan the Dispatcher, "Positively Negative," The Sarah Silverman Program, Comedy Central, 2007.

"Jimmy Kimmel," Larry King Live, CNN, 2007.

Presenter, "Hank Williams Jr.," CMT Giants, Country Music Television, 2007.

Entertainment Tonight (also known as E.T.), syndicated, 2008.

Late Show with David Letterman (also known as Letterman and The Late Show), CBS, 2008.

"Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated," American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (also known as American Idol), Fox, 2008.

"Finale," American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (also known as American Idol), Fox, 2008.

WWF Smackdown (also known as Friday Night Smackdown!, Smackdown!, WWE Smackdown!, and World Wrestling Federation Smackdown!), UPN, 2008.

The View, ABC, 2008.

Also appeared as himself, "English Tudor Kitchen Restored," Designers' Challenge, HGTV.

Television Work; Series:

Creator and executive producer, Crank Yankers, MTV2, 2001-2007.

Creator, The Man Show, Comedy Central, 2002-2004.

Executive producer, Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust, Comedy Central, 2003.

Executive producer, The Adam Carolla Project, TLC, 2005.

Creator and executive producer, The Andy Miloakis Show, MTV, 2005-2006.

Executive producer, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC, 2007—.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer and producer, Windy City Heat, Comedy Central, 2003.

Television Work; Specials:

Creator and executive producer, "Crank Yankers" Christmas Special, Comedy Central, 2004.

Executive producer, "Jimmy Kimmel Live"'s All-Star Salute to "Jimmy Kimmel Live," ABC, 2006.

Executive producer, "Jimmy Kimmel Live": After "The Academy Awards," ABC, 2007.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself—TV host, Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates, 2004.

WRITINGS

Television Movies:

Windy City Heat, Comedy Central, 2003.

Television Specials:

The 44th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 2002.

The 31st Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 2003.

(Host material only) The 32nd Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 2004.

(Host material only) The 2006 American Music Awards, ABC, 2006.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live"'s All-Star Salute to "Jimmy Kimmel Live," ABC, 2006.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live": After "The Academy Awards," ABC, 2007.

Television Episodes:

The Man Show, Comedy Central, 1999-2001.

Crank Yankers, MTV2, 2002.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC, 2008.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Broadcasting & Cable, February 19, 2007, p. 3.

Newsweek, March 10, 2008, p. 63.

People Weekly, March 17, 2008, p. 72.