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Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel, May 2007
Birth nameJames Christian Kimmel
Born (1967-11-13) November 13, 1967 (age 56)
Brooklyn, New York
MediumRadio, television
NationalityAmerican
Years active1989–present
GenresObservational comedy, news satire, insult comedy
Subject(s)American culture, everyday life, pop culture
SpouseGina Kimmel (1988 - 2003) (divorced) 2 children
Partner(s)Sarah Silverman (2002-2007; 2008-2009)
Molly McNearney (2009-present)
Notable works and rolesCreator and Host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Creator and Host The Man Show
co-host of Win Ben Stein's Money (Comedy Central)
co-host of Crank Yankers
Template:Infobox comedian awards

James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host and comedian. He is the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money. Kimmel is also a television producer, having produced shows such as Crank Yankers and The Andy Milonakis Show.

Personal life

Kimmel was born in the Mill Basin neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn,[1] the eldest of three children born to Joan (née Iacono), a homemaker, and James Kimmel, an IBM executive.[2][3][4] He was raised Roman Catholic and served as an altar boy.[5][6] Kimmel is of German and Irish descent on his father’s side and Italian descent on his mother’s side.[7] The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was nine years old.[2] He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School and then attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year before attending Arizona State University for two years without completing a degree.

Kimmel and his former wife, Gina, married in June 1988. They have a son, Kevin (born 1993), and a daughter, Katie (born 1991). Katie Kimmel is an art student in Chicago. The marriage ended in separation in early 2002. Kimmel then dated comedian Sarah Silverman for five years, splitting with her in March 2009.[8] He started dating current girlfriend, Molly McNearney, in October 2009. McNearney is also a co-head writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live.[9]

Kimmel plays the bass clarinet. He got a chance to showcase his talent during a July 20, 2008, concert in Costa Mesa, California, featuring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, when he took the stage and played bass clarinet on their hit song "The Impression That I Get."[10]

Kimmel has spoken publicly of being a narcoleptic.[11][12]

Kimmel co-founded [citation needed] the annual LA Feast of San Gennaro, which celebrates Italian culture through entertainment, music and cuisine. The festival also honors outstanding members of the Los Angeles community and raises funds to aid needy children and families in the city. He hosted Los Angeles' eighth annual feast of San Gennaro from September 28 to 30, 2009.[13] Kimmel served as Master of Ceremonies for the National Italian American Foundation's 34th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2009. He resides across the street from famous actor John Krasinski (well known for his role as Jim Halpert on the show The Office).

Career

Radio career

Kimmel began working in the radio industry while in high school, hosting a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station KUNV. While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of The Me and Him Show at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Ten months later, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK (for reasons unknown) and were fired again a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida. Kimmel went from Tampa to host his own show at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, where Kimmel convinced a young Carson Daly to drop out of college and become his intern. After a morning stint at KRQQ In Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, California. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean morning show. During this time he met and befriended a struggling comedian named Adam Carolla. [citation needed]

Comedy Central

Kimmel began his television career as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show Win Ben Stein's Money, which began airing on Comedy Central in 1997. His quick wit and loutish everyman personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotone performing style and patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host. [citation needed]

In 1999, during his time with Win Ben Stein's Money, Kimmel was also co-host (with Carolla) and co-creator (with Daniel Kellison) of Comedy Central's The Man Show. Kimmel permanently left Win Ben Stein's Money in 2001, replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. The Man Show's success allowed Kimmel, Carolla and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Industries, Crank Yankers for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself), and later The Andy Milonakis Show for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote the feature film Windy City Heat, which won the Comedia Award for Best Film at the Montreal Comedy Festival. [citation needed]

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Main article: Jimmy Kimmel Live!

In January 2003, Kimmel permanently left The Man Show to host his own late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel Live was briefly also broadcast on Irish digital TV channel 3e.[14] In the April 2007 issue of Stuffmagazine.com, Kimmel was named the "biggest badass on TV". Kimmel said it was an honor but clearly a mistake.

Since the show's second season, it has not actually been broadcast live. This is due to an incident during the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, when Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for his show. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down ... and it's not worth it." Officials with Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, immediately announced that night's show would not air on the station. Hours later, ABC officials pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel later apologized.[15] The incident led ABC officials to force Kimmel to tape his show an hour before it airs in most of the country to check for offending content.[16]

Kimmel usually ends his show with, "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." However, on one of his shows, he "interviewed" Matt Damon, only to say just a few seconds later, "Sorry, but once again we are completely out of time." Damon seemed to become angry, but people questioned whether this was real or a joke. Kimmel confirmed that this was in fact a joke. [citation needed]

In February 2008 Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called, "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck",[17] as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon recorded a similar video, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and became an "instant YouTube sensation."[18] Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck, and a large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 "We Are the World" video: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Dominic Monaghan, Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Lance Bass, Macy Gray, Josh Groban, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pete Wentz, Meat Loaf, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Applegate, Dom Joly, Mike Shinoda, Lauren Conrad and Joan Jett, among others. After this Jimmy's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon as Matt cursed about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon the red carpet one time and before he could finish the interview he said, "Sorry we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with other "Handsome Men" including Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, and many more, speaking about being handsome and all the jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by none other than Matt Damon, stating that they had run out of time and then Damon continues with a sinister laugh.

As a tradition, celebrities voted off Dancing with the Stars appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell".[19] In the 2008 season of his show, Kimmel started another tradition of ceremonially burning the dancers' shoes after they were voted off DWTS. [citation needed]

Other television work

In Spring 1996, Kimmel appeared as "Jimmy the Fox Guy" in promos on the Fox network.

Kimmel's other television work included being the on-air football prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday for four years. He has had numerous appearances on other talk shows including, but not limited to, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Howard Stern Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and The Late Show with David Letterman Kimmel has appeared on The Late Show five times, most recently on April 21, 2008.) Kimmel served as roastmaster for the New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and Comedy Central Roasts of Pamela Anderson. He has appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, along with his parking lot security guard Guillermo.

In August 2006, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel would be the host of their new game show Set for Life.[20] The show debuted on July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King on Larry King Live. That particular show was about the paparazzi and Kimmel reproached Emily Gould, an editor from Gawker.com about the web site's alleged stalking of celebrities. On July 8, 2007, Kimmel managed the National League in the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He played in the game in 2004 and 2006 (Houston and Pittsburgh). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel along with basketball player LeBron James, hosted the 2007 ESPY Awards. The show aired on ESPN on July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards on ABC four times, in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Kimmel guest hosted Live with Regis and Kelly during the week of October 22, 2007 – October 26, 2007, commuting every day between New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest distance (22,406 miles (36,059 km)) travelled in one work week.[21]

Kimmel has performed in several animated films, often voicing dogs. His voice appeared in Garfield and Road Trip, and he portrayed Death's Dog in the Family Guy episode "Mr. Saturday Knight"; Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane later presented Kimmel with a figurine of his character on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Kimmel also did voice work for Robot Chicken. Kimmel's cousin "Sal" (Sal Iacono) has accepted and won a wrestling match with WWE superstar Santino Marella. On January 14, 2010, in the midst of the 2010 Tonight Show host and time slot conflict, Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno on The Jay Leno Show's "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno in front of a live studio audience for taking back the 11:35 pm time slot from Conan O'Brien, and repeatedly insulted Leno. He ended the segment with a plea that Leno "leave our shows alone," as Kimmel and O'Brien had "kids" while Leno only had "cars". [22]

Kimmel also made a brief appearance in the TV commercial "There's A Soldier In All Of Us" promoting the 2010 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops, along with Kobe Byrant. He is seen taking cover from bullets, then firing an RPG-7 with the words PROUD N00b on it. The rocket's blast knocking him backwards onto the ground.

Awards

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host
1999
with Ben Stein 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Interview with Chris Rock". Jimmy Kimmel Live. June 24, 2010. ABC.
  2. ^ a b Lipton, Michael A. (2003-03-17). "Kimmel Vision - Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy Kimmel". People.com. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  3. ^ Rhodes, Joe (October 21, 2007). "Distilling the Fun From Dysfunctional". The New York Times. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
  4. ^ "Interview with Matthew Fox". Jimmy Kimmel Live. July 29, 2010. ABC.
  5. ^ Nielsen (2008-07-15). "Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman end 5-year romance". Reuters. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  6. ^ "Jimmy Kimmel Biography". Yahoo! TV. Retrieved 2010-05-20. Jimmy Kimmel, was born on Nov. 13, 1967, in Brooklyn, NY to devoutly Catholic parents who made sure that Kimmel served as an altar boy,...
  7. ^ "Catherine Bell on Jimmy Kimmel". YouTube. 2007-09-09. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  8. ^ Tan, Michelle (2009-03-07). "Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel Call It Quits – Again". Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  9. ^ Ingrassia, Lisa (2009-10-10). "Move Over, Ben Affleck! Jimmy Kimmel's Got a New Squeeze - Couples, Jimmy Kimmel". People.com. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  10. ^ Wener, Ben. "Dropkick Murphys, Mighty Mighty Bosstones win one for Boston at Pacific". Ocregister.com. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  11. ^ Kimmel, Jimmy (August 2003). "What It Feels Like...to Have Narcolepsy". Esquire. Retrieved 2008-11-05. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) [dead link]
  12. ^ Carter, Bill (November 3, 2003). "In The Land Of The Insomniac The Narcoleptic Wants To Be King". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  13. ^ "Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Corolla Host the 6th Annual Precious Cheese Feast of San Gennaro". Lastheplace.com. 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  14. ^ "Who's News". USAWeekend.com. Retrieved September 1, 2007. [dead link]
  15. ^ Susman, Gary (2004-06-11). "The Ban Show". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 January 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  16. ^ Kaplan, Don (2004-06-11). "ABC Yanks 'Kimmel' Over Detroit Joke". New York Post. Retrieved 2 January 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  17. ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (2008-02-25). "So Long, Sarah! Jimmy Kimmel Is, Well, 'Dating' Ben Affleck". People. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  18. ^ Jordan, Julie (2008-02-02). "Behind Matt Damon's Raunchy Payback to Jimmy Kimmel". People. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  19. ^ "Jimmy Kimmel with DWTS Adam & Julianne Part 1". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  20. ^ "Jimmy Kimmel Named Host For ABC's Newst Game Show, "Set For Life", From Endemol USA". Thefutoncritic.com. 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  21. ^ "Inner Tube: Jimmy Kimmel goes distance, sets World Record". New York Daily News. October 29, 2007. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  22. ^ "kimmel > leno. again". What Would Tyler Durden Do?. January 15, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
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