Jeff Dunham
Born: 1962-04-18 in Dallas, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Hollywood Squares as Self
2024
2023
2022
- Jeff Dunham: Me the People as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- The Masked Singer as Pi-Rat
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Jeff Dunham / Walter (voice)
- Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads as Self
- Biography: Comedy Icons
- Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself as Self
2018
- Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer as Clyde / Peanutbutter (voice)
2017
- Smurfs: The Lost Village as Farmer (voice)
- Gnome Alone as Quicksilver (voice)
- The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature as Mole (voice)
- Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster as Self
2016
- Angie Tribeca as Fisher Price
2015
- Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- Jay Leno's Garage as Self
- Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood as Self
- Halloween Baking Championship as Self - Host
2014
- The Nut Job as Mole (voice)
- Achmed Saves America as Achmed / Bubba J / Jeff Dunham (voice)
- Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map as Self
2012
- A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise as Jimbo (voice)
- Big Top Scooby-Doo! as Schmatko / Conductor (voice)
- Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters as Self
2011
- Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos as Self
- Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy as Self
2010
- Dinner for Schmucks as Lewis the Ventriloquist
2009
- Sonny with a Chance as Jeff / Walter
- The Jay Leno Show as Self
- I'm No Dummy as Himself
- Just for Laughs: Launching Pad
- The Jeff Dunham Show
2008
- History of the Joke as Self
- Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special as Self
2007
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians as Self
- Delta Farce as Amazing Ken
- Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity as Self
2006
- 30 Rock as Pumpkin / Bubba J.
- America's Got Talent as Himself
- Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself as Self
- Live at Gotham as Self - Host
2005
- Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron
2002
- She Spies as Elvis Presley Ventriloquist
2001
- One on One as Benny / Kenny
1997
1994
- Ellen as Starky
1991
- Hot Country Nights as Ventriloquist