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Jeff Dunham (born April, 1962) is an American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Star Search, Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show and Sonny With a Chance. He is familiar to Comedy Central audiences for his three specials on that network: Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself, Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity, and Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special. Dunham also starred in The Jeff Dunham Show for one season on the network in 2009.[1] His style has been described as "a dressed-down, more digestible version of Don Rickles with multiple personality disorder". Describing his characters, Time observes, "All of them are politically incorrect, gratuitously insulting and ill tempered." Dunham has been credited with reviving ventriloquism, and doing more to promote the art form than anyone since Edgar Bergen.
Dunham has been called "America's favorite comedian" by Slate.com, and according to the concert industry publication Pollstar, he is the top-grossing standup act in North America, and is among the most successful acts in Europe as well. As of March 2009, he has sold over four million DVDs, an additional 7 million dollars in merchandise sales, and received more than 350 million hits on YouTube (his introduction of Achmed the Dead Terrorist in Spark of Insanity is the ninth most watched YouTube video). A Very Special Christmas Special was the most-watched telecast in Comedy Central history, with its DVD going quadruple platinum (selling over 400,000) in its first two weeks. Forbes.com ranked Dunham as the third highest-paid comedian in the United States behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, and reported that he was one of the highest-earning comics from June 2008 to June 2009, earning approximately $30 million during that period.
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Known For
Hollywood Squares
Self · (2 episodes)
2025
Jeff Dunham's Scrooged-Up Holiday Special
Self
2024
Jeff Dunham - Election 2024 - Biden vs. Trump How Did We Get Here... Again
2024
Jeff Dunham: I'm with Cupid
2024
The Improv: 60 and Still Standing
Self
2023
Jeff Dunham: Me the People
Self
2022
Jeff Dunham's Completely Unrehearsed Last-Minute Pandemic Holiday Special
2020
Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself
Himself
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Jeff Dunham / Walter (voice) · (1 episode)
2019
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
Self
2019
Biography: Comedy Icons
(3 episodes)
2019
Biography: Comedy Icons
Himself · (1 episode)
2019
The Masked Singer
Pi-Rat · (1 episode)
2019
The Masked Singer
Pi-Rat (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2019
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer
Clyde / Peanutbutter (voice)
2018
Gnome Alone
Quicksilver (voice)
2017
Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster
Himself
2017
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Mole (voice)
2017
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Farmer (voice)
2017
Angie Tribeca
Fisher Price · (1 episode)
2016
Jay Leno's Garage
Self · (4 episodes)
2015
Halloween Baking Championship
Self - Host · (5 episodes)
2015
Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood
Self
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map
Himself
2014
Achmed Saves America
Achmed / Bubba J / Himself
2014
The Nut Job
Mole (voice)
2014
Big Top Scooby-Doo!
Schmatko / Conductor (voice)
2012
Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters
Himself / Achmed / Walter / Peanut / Jose Jalapeno on a Stick / Bubba J.
2012
A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise
Jimbo (voice)
2012
Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy
Himself
2011
Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos
Himself
2011
Dinner for Schmucks
Lewis the Ventriloquist
2010
The Jeff Dunham Show
(7 episodes)
2009
Just for Laughs: Launching Pad
2009
The Jay Leno Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2009
Sonny with a Chance
Jeff / Walter · (1 episode)
2009
I'm No Dummy
Himself
2009
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special
Himself / Walter / Achmed the Dead Terrorist / Bubba J / Peanut / José Jalapeño on a Stick
2008
History of the Joke
Self
2008
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self · (2 episodes)
2007
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
Himself / Walter / Achmed the Dead Terrorist / Melvin the Superhero Guy / Peanut / José Jalapeño on a Stick
2007
Delta Farce
Amazing Ken
2007
30 Rock
Pumpkin / Bubba J. · (1 episode)
2006
Live at Gotham
Self - Host · (30 episodes)
2006
America's Got Talent
Himself · (1 episode)
2006
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself
Himself / Walter / Sweet Daddy Dee / Bubba J / Peanut / José Jalapeño on a Stick
2006
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron · (1 episode)
2005
She Spies
Elvis Presley Ventriloquist · (1 episode)
2002
One on One
Benny / Kenny · (1 episode)
2001
Comedy Central Presents
(1 episode)
1998
Premium Blend
(1 episode)
1997
Ellen
Starky · (1 episode)
1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
1992
Hot Country Nights
Ventriloquist · (19 episodes)
1991
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (2 episodes)
1962