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Jeff Dunham

Jeff Dunham

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 18, 1962 (63)
Birthplace Dallas, Texas, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Jul 18, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

Known For

Filmography

Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer

Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer

2018

as Clyde / Peanutbutter (voice)

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

2017

as Mole (voice)

Gnome Alone

Gnome Alone

2017

as Quicksilver (voice)

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Smurfs: The Lost Village

2017

as Farmer (voice)

The Nut Job

The Nut Job

2014

as Mole (voice)

Big Top Scooby-Doo!

Big Top Scooby-Doo!

2012

as Schmatko / Conductor (voice)

Dinner for Schmucks

Dinner for Schmucks

2010

as Lewis the Ventriloquist

Delta Farce

Delta Farce

2007

as Amazing Ken

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Jeff Dunham:  I'm With Cupid

Jeff Dunham: I'm With Cupid

2024

Executive Producer

Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself

Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself

2019

Executive Producer

Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood

Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood

2015

Executive Producer

Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map

Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map

2014

Executive Producer

Achmed Saves America

Achmed Saves America

2014

Executive Producer

Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity

Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity

2007

Executive Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Hot Country Nights

as Ventriloquist

Episodes: 19

First Aired: Nov 24, 1991

30 Rock

as Pumpkin / Bubba J.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 2006

The Masked Singer

as Pi-Rat

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 2019

The Masked Singer

as Pi-Rat (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 2019

Sonny with a Chance

as Jeff / Walter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 08, 2009

Angie Tribeca

as Fisher Price

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 17, 2016

She Spies

as Elvis Presley Ventriloquist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 20, 2002

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

as Jeff Dunham / Walter (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 27, 2019

Ellen

as Starky

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 29, 1994

One on One

as Benny / Kenny

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 03, 2001

Live at Gotham

as Self - Host

Episodes: 30

First Aired: Jul 21, 2006

The Jeff Dunham Show

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Oct 22, 2009

Halloween Baking Championship

as Self - Host

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 05, 2015

Jay Leno's Garage

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 07, 2015

Biography: Comedy Icons

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 27, 2019

The Jay Leno Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 14, 2009

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 14, 2007

Hollywood Squares

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 16, 2025

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 25, 1992

Comedy Central Presents

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 01, 1998

Premium Blend

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1997

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

Hell's Kitchen

as Self - Restaurant Patron

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 30, 2005

America's Got Talent

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 21, 2006

Celebrity Family Feud

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 21, 2015

Biography: Comedy Icons

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 27, 2019

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