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Jeff Dunham

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.


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Born:
Apr 18, 1962 In Dallas
Movie/TV Credits:
36
First Appeared:
In the series The 2010 American Country Awards
Latest Project:
Movie Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer 2018-11-08
Known For
Poster of Dinner for Schmucks
Poster of Sonny with a Chance
Poster of 30 Rock
Poster of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Filmography
Series The 2010 American Country Awards Unknown 2025
Series Xuxa Unknown 2025
Movie Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer Clyde / Peanutbutter (voice) 2018-11-08
Movie Smurfs: The Lost Village Farmer (voice) 2017-03-23
Movie The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Mole (voice) 2017-08-11
Movie Gnome Alone Quicksilver (voice) 2017-11-02
Movie Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster Himself 2017-09-12
Movie Mune: Guardian of the Moon Phospho (voice) 2015-02-05
Movie Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood Self 2015-09-17
Movie The Nut Job Mole (voice) 2014-01-17
Movie Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map Himself 2014-11-18
Movie Achmed Saves America Achmed / Bubba J / Himself 2014-03-18
Movie Big Top Scooby-Doo! Schmatko / Conductor (voice) 2012-10-09
Movie A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise Jimbo (voice) 2012-08-01
Movie Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters Himself / Achmed / Walter / Peanut / Jose Jalapeno on a Stick / Bubba J. 2012-10-07
Movie Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos Himself 2011-09-27
Movie Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy Himself 2011-11-22
Movie Dinner for Schmucks Lewis the Ventriloquist 2010-07-30
Movie I'm No Dummy Himself 2009-01-01
Movie Just for Laughs: Launching Pad 2009-10-20
Series Sonny with a Chance Unknown 2009-02-08
Series The Jeff Dunham Show 2009-10-22
Movie History of the Joke Self 2008-02-28
Movie Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special Himself / Walter / Achmed the Dead Terrorist / Bubba J / Peanut / José Jalapeño on a Stick 2008-11-16
Movie Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity Himself / Walter / Achmed the Dead Terrorist / Melvin the Superhero Guy / Peanut / José Jalapeño on a Stick 2007-09-17
Movie Delta Farce Amazing Ken 2007-05-11
Series 30 Rock Unknown 2006-10-11
Series Live at Gotham Self - Host 2006-07-21
Movie Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself Himself / Walter / Sweet Daddy Dee / Bubba J / Peanut / José Jalapeño on a Stick 2006-04-11
Series Comedy Central Presents Unknown 1998-12-01
Series Any Day Now Ventriloquist 1998-08-18
Series Premium Blend Unknown 1997-11-29
Series The Rosie O'Donnell Show 1996-06-10
Series The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Unknown 1992-05-25
Series Hot Country Nights Ventriloquist 1991-11-24
Series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Unknown 1962-10-01