Jeff Dunham

Also known as Jeffrey Dunham, Jeffrey Douglas Dunham

American ventriloquist and comedian

Film & TV

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…

Known for

Jeff Dunham: 250th Red, White, and Blue Birthday Special — Self2026
Jeff Dunham's The Cars That Drove Us — Self - Host2026
Hollywood Squares — Self2025
The Hunting Party — Jeff Dudley2025
Jeff Dunham: I'm with Cupid — Self2024
Jeff Dunham - Election 2024 - Biden vs. Trump How Did We Get Here... Again2024
Jeff Dunham's Scrooged-Up Holiday Special — Self2024
The Improv: 60 and Still Standing — Self2023
Jeff Dunham: Me the People — Self2022
Jeff Dunham's Completely Unrehearsed Last-Minute Pandemic Holiday Special2020

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Key facts

Born: Jeffrey Douglas Dunham , ( 1962-04-18 ) April 18, 1962 (age 64) , Dallas, Texas , U.S.
Alma mater: Baylor University
Spouses: Paige Brown ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2008 ) Audrey Murdick ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2012 )
Years active: 1976–present
Medium: Stand-up television film
Genres: Observational comedy black comedy prop comedy insult comedy satire
Website: jeffdunham .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Dunham
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Dallas
Occupation: puppeteer
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Official website: jeffdunham.komi.io
Image: Jeff Dunham and Achmed.JPG

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social media followers: 4630000
Commons category: Jeff Dunham
date of birth: 1962-04-18
name in native language: Jeff Dunham
writing language: English language
start of work period: 1981-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Jeffrey Douglas Dunham (born April 18, 1962) is an American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and actor who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show, and Sonny with a Chance. He has seven specials that run on Comedy Central as well as two Netflix specials among others. He also starred in The Jeff Dunham Show, a series that ran in 2009. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and holds the Guinness Book of World Records record for "Most tickets sold for a stand-up comedy tour" for his Spark of Insanity tour.

Dunham has been called "America's favorite comedian" by Slate. His introduction of Achmed the Dead Terrorist in Spark of Insanity in 2007 was ranked as the ninth most watched YouTube video at the time while his A Very Special Christmas Special was the most-watched telecast in Comedy Central history, with the DVD selling over 400,000 copies in its first two weeks. Forbes 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.

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