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Jeff Dunham

Born · April 18, 1962 (63 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, USA

Bio

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Dunham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Dinner for Schmucks

Dinner for Schmucks

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Smurfs: The Lost Village

The Nut Job

The Nut Job

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

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