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Jeff Dunham

Jeff Dunham

Birthday: 1962-04-18 | Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself

as    Himself

2018
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer

as    Clyde / Peanutbutter (voice)

2018
Gnome Alone

as    Quicksilver (voice)

2017
Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster

as    Himself

2017
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

as    Mole (voice)

2014
Achmed Saves America

as    Achmed / Bubba J / Himself

2014
Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map

as    Himself

2014
The Nut Job

as    Mole (voice)

2012
Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters

as    Himself / Achmed / Walter / Peanut / Jose Jalapeno on a Stick / Bubba J.

2012
Big Top Scooby-Doo!

as    Schmatko / Conductor (voice)

2011
Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos

as    Himself

2011
Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy

as    Himself

2009
I'm No Dummy

as    Himself

2008
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special

as    Himself / Walter / Achmed the Dead Terrorist / Bubba J / Peanut / José Jalapeño on a Stick

2007
Delta Farce

as    Amazing Ken

2007
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity

as    Himself / Walter / Achmed the Dead Terrorist / Melvin the Superhero Guy / Peanut / José Jalapeño on a Stick

2006
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself

as    Himself / Walter / Sweet Daddy Dee / Bubba J / Peanut / José Jalapeño on a Stick

2006
Live at Gotham

as    Self - Host

1991
Hot Country Nights

as    Ventriloquist