Jim Gaffigan
Birthdate: Jul 7, 1966
Birthplace: Elgin, Illinois, USA
Jim Gaffigan is a six-time Grammy nominated comedian, actor, writer, producer, two-time New York Times best-selling author, three-time Emmy winning top touring performer, and multi-platinum-selling recording artist. He is known around the world for his unique brand of humor, which largely revolves around his observations on life. A top ten earning comedian according to Forbes' 2019 comedy list, Jim recently released his 9th stand-up special, Comedy Monster, on Netflix. He was also recently awarded for being the first comedian to reach one billion streams on Pandora.
Up next, Gaffigan will be seen as the lead in the Sci-Fi drama Linoleum, which will premiere at SXSW in 2022, and will star as Mr. Smee in Disney's Peter Pan and Wendy, opposite Jude Law's Captain Hook He was also recently heard in Disney/Pixar's highly anticipated film, Luca, opposite Jacob Tremblay and Maya Rudolph.
On the silver screen, his many credits include Three Kings, Super Troopers 1 & 2, and Chappaquiddick. 2019 was Gaffigan's biggest year to date with an astonishing eight films releasing, three which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival including Troop Zero with Viola Davis and Alison Janney, Them That Follow and Light From Light - with many festival goers and press calling Gaffigan the "King of Sundance." Gaffigan also had two films recently in which he debuted as the lead. The comedic film Being Frank, and American Dreamer, a dark thriller which was the grand finale of 2019 for Jim and features him as a ride share driver who moonlights as a private driver for a drug dealer. Both films are now available for download. Gaffigan can also be seen opposite Ethan Hawke in IFC Films Tesla, as well as opposite Josh Hartnett in Saban Films Most Wanted.
In addition to two seasons of the critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical The Jim Gaffigan Show, which he wrote and produced with his wife Jeannie, and his widely popular stand-up comedy specials, Gaffigan has guest starred on many television comedies and dramas, ranging from Portlandia and Bob's Burgers to the HBO cult hits Flight of the Concords to dramatic roles in Law & Order. Gaffigan regularly does humorous commentaries on CBS Sunday Morning for which he has won 3 Emmys. In 2018 Jim served as master of ceremony at The Al Smith Memorial dinner. In 2015, Gaffigan had the great honor of performing for Pope Francis and over 1 million festival attendees at the Festival of Families in Philadelphia. Gaffigan starred on Broadway with Brian Cox, Kieffer Sutherland, Chris Noth and Jason Patric in That Championship Season.
Gaffigan and his wife currently live in Manhattan with their five loud and expensive children.
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- 2024 | Greedy PeopleasThe Irishman
Greedy People
Follows the residents of a small island town who must navigate a sensational murder and the discovery of a million dollars; a series of increasingly bad decisions upend the once peaceful community.
- 2024 | American DreamerasCam
American Dreamer
Phil's a dreamer. Most dreams don't come true. Phil hates that. But that's not going to stop Phil from dreaming.
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- 2023 | Peter Pan & WendyasSmee
Peter Pan & Wendy
Wendy Darling, a young girl looking to avoid boarding school, meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up. Wendy, her brothers, and Tinker Bell travel with Peter to the magical world of Neverland, where she encounters an evil pirate captain
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- 2022 | Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformaniaas Van Helsing
- 2023 | Susie SearchesasSheriff Loggins
Susie Searches
An awkward college student who seizes the opportunity to bolster her popularity and her under-the-radar true-crime podcast by solving the disappearance of a classmate.
- 2021 |
- 2020 | Call Your Mother
- 2020 | The Oratorio
- 2020 | Most WantedasGlen Picker
Most Wanted
In 1989, a Canadian journalist investigates the circumstances surrounding the suspicious arrest of a heroin addict imprisoned in a Thai jail.
- 2019 | 25 Sets
- 2019 | Above the Shadowsas Paul Jederman
- 2019 | Drunk Parentsas Carl Mancini
- 2019 | I've Got Issuesas Narrator
- 2019 | Troop Zeroas Ramsey Flint
- 2019 | Playmobil: The MovieasDel
Playmobil: The Movie
When her younger brother Charlie unexpectedly disappears into the magical, animated universe of PLAYMOBIL®, unprepared Marla must go on a quest of a lifetime to bring him home, setting off on a fantastic journey across stunning ne...
- 2019 | Light from LightasRichard
Light from Light
A single mom and part-time paranormal investigator is asked to look into a possible "haunting" at a widower's farmhouse in East Tennessee.
- 2019 | Them That FollowasZeke
Them That Follow
Set deep in the wilds of Appalachia, where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God, a pastor's daughter holds a secret that threatens to tear apart her community.
- 2019 | Being FrankasFrank
Being Frank
A normal father's family life is turned upside down when his son discovers his dad has another family.
- 2018 | Duck Duck Gooseas Peng
- 2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer VacationasVan Helsing
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Count Dracula and company participate in a cruise for sea-loving monsters, unaware that their boat is being commandeered by the monster-hating Van Helsing family.
- 2018 | ChappaquiddickasPaul Markham
Chappaquiddick
Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
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- 2016 | The Original Image of Divine Mercy
- 2016 | What's a Podcast? A Documentary Film
- 2015 | Walteras Corey
- 2015 | Experimenteras James McDonough
- 2013 | Kilimanjaroas Bill
- 2012 | Love Sick Loveas Andrew Blythe
- 2011 | Dying to Do Letterman
- 2011 | Salvation Boulevardas Jerry Hobson
- 2010 | Ten Stories Tallas Simon
- 2010 | It's Kind of a Funny Storyas George
- 2010 | Going the Distanceas Phil
- 2007 | The Living Wakeas Lampert Binew
- 2009 | Away We Goas Lowell
- 2008 | Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It)as Mart Ryder
- 2006 | Stephanie Daleyas Joe Daley
- 2004 | Duane Incarnateas Bob
- 2003 | Season of Youthas Dr. Gelding
- 2002 | Hacksas Arty Hittle
- 2002 | No Sleep 'til Madisonas Owen
- 2001 | Finalas Dayton
- 2000 | Endsvilleas Ivy Vaughn
- 2000 | Little Piecesas Officer Rodriguez
- 1999 | Not Afraid to Say...as Larry
- 1999 | Personalsas Waiter
- 1998 | From a High Placeas Eph Williams
- 1997 | Reflections of a Sensitive Manas Eddie
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