Jimmy Kimmel is an American television actor, talk-show host and voice actor best known for his Emmy Award winning talk show, ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live! Read this biography to learn more about his childhood, works, achievements, life and timeline.
Jimmy Kimmel
@College Dropouts, Family and Childhood
Nov 13, 1967
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: November 13, 1967
- Nationality: American
- Famous: College Dropouts, Media Personalities
- Spouses: Gina Kimmel (m. 1988–2003), Molly McNearney (2009)
- Known as: James Christian Kimmel
- Childrens: Katie Kimmel, Kevin Kimmel
- Universities:
- Ed W. Clark High School University of Nevada
- Las Vegas
- Arizona State University
Jimmy Kimmel born at
Brooklyn, New York
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Birth Place
In June of 1988, he married his long-time girlfriend Gina and the couple had two children together. The couple split in 2002.
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Personal Life
After his separation from Gina, he was romantically involved with Sarah Silverman, American actress and writer. The couple broke-up in early 2009.
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Personal Life
In October 2009, he started dating Molly McNearney, a co-head writer for ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’. The couple got engaged in 2012.
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Personal Life
Jimmy Kimmel was born in the middle class neighborhood of Mill Basin in Brooklyn, New York, to James Kimmel, an executive with IBM and Joan Kimmel, a dedicated homemaker.
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Childhood & Early Life
He was born and raised a Roman Catholic and served as an altar boy at the church as a child.
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Childhood & Early Life
When he was nine years old, his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he attended the Ed W. Clark High School. In high school, he was an excellent student.
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Childhood & Early Life
He later attended the University of Nevada for one year and it was during this period that he discovered his passion for radio.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1989, he got his first job in the Seattle based radio station, ‘KZOK-FM’, as the co-host for the show ‘The Me And Him Show’. However, he was fired within two months, after which he started his own radio show in Palm Springs, California.
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Career
In Los Angles, he worked with the radio station ‘KROQ’, where he hosted ‘The Kevin and Bean Show’ as the popular ‘Jimmy the Sports Guy’.
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Career
In 1996, he was seen on Fox Network promos, where he made an appearance as ‘Jimmy the fox guy’.
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Career
He has made a number of appearances on talk shows such as Live with Regis and Kelly, The Howard Stern Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and the Late Show with David Letterman.
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Career
In 1997, he appeared on television as a co-host of the game show ‘Win Ben Stein's Money’ that was broadcast on the Comedy Central Network. His witty remarks and unique performing style struck a chord with TV viewers.
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Career
The game show ‘Win Ben Stein's Money’ has won five Daytime Emmy Awards and the hosts of the show shared the Emmy Award in the category, ‘Outstanding game Show Host’ in 1999.
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Major Works
His successful talk show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ has aired for a total of 1,826 episodes as of 2012, making it the longest running late-night talk show in the history of ABC Network.
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Major Works