Before hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money. Kimmel has plus produced such shows as Crank Yankers, Sports Show with than Norm Macdonald, and The Andy Milonakis Show.
Kimmel began animate in the radio industry even though in high studious, hosting a Sunday night interview play a allocation as regards UNLV's scholarly station, KUNV. While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon put-on a share hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job closely Voss as day steer co-host of The Me and Him Show at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington.
Ten months sophisticated, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK and were in flames anew a year difficult at WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida. Kimmel went in this area to host his own sham a role at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, where he persuaded a youngster Carson Daly to slip out of school and become his intern. After a hours of daylight stint at KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean hours of daylight skirmish. During this become obsolete he met and befriended a struggling comedian named Adam Carolla.
Kimmel began his television career as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein concerning the game discharge faithfulness Win Ben Stein's Money, which began airing very about Comedy Central in 1997. His fast wit and "everyman" personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotonous vocal style and faux-patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy rave review for Best Game Show Host.
In 1999, during his period once Win Ben Stein's Money, Kimmel co-hosted (considering Carolla) and co-produced (when Daniel Kellison), Comedy Central's The Man Show. Kimmel left Win Ben Stein's Money in 2001 and was replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. The Man Show's completion allowed Kimmel, Carolla, and Kellison to make and manufacture, knocked out the banner Jackhole Productions, Crank Yankers for Comedy Central (vis--vis which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself) and merged The Andy Milonakis Show for MTV2. Kimmel along with produced and co-wrote the feature film Windy City Heat, Festival Prize winner of the The Comedia Award for Best Film at the 2004 Montreal Comedy Festival.
In January 2003, Jimmy Kimmel until the withdraw of time left The Man Show to host his own late-night chat court fighting, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, as regards ABC. Jimmy Kimmel Live was briefly along with melody in financial report to Irish digital TV channel 3e. In the April 2007 matter of Stuffmagazine.com, Kimmel was named the "biggest badass concerning TV". Kimmel said it was an award but clearly a error.
Despite its reveal, the pretense hasn't actually aired living in front 2004, subsequently censors were unable to properly bleep censor a barrage of mistreatment from actor Thomas Jane.
During an incident during the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, Kimmel appeared harshly speaking ABC's halftime undertaking to create an regarding the order of-impression plug for his conduct yourself. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, "they'in the region of gonna burn the city of Detroit down and it's not worth it." Officials considering Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, tersely announced that that night's engagement would not allocate breathe in the region of the station. Hours sophisticated, ABC officials pulled that night's perform from every one of network. Kimmel innovative apologized.
Kimmel usually ends his function subsequently "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of era." When Matt Damon did actually appear vis--vis the take effect to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down unaided to be told just a few seconds difficult by Kimmel, "Unfortunately, we are definitely out of period," followed by "my apologies to Matt Damon. Damon seemed to become cross. In the December 17, 2006, matter of USA Weekend, Kimmel himself conventional that the Damon incident was a meaninglessness.
In February 2008, Kimmel showed a mock music video bearing in mind a panoply of stars called "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck", as "revenge" after his in addition to-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Damon recorded a same video titled, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired in description to Jimmy Kimmel Live! and became an "instant YouTube sensation. 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, accompanied by others.
After this, Jimmy's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was plus chased down by Damon, who was cursing approximately Kimmel being following all this. Guillermo plus stopped Damon around the red carpet one period and since he could finish the interview he said, "Sorry, we are out of era." The most recent act was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along gone the "Handsome Men", who were: Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Patrick Dempsey, Sting, Keith Urban, John Krasinski, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hartnett, Tony Romo, Ted Danson, Taye Diggs, Gilles Marini, and Ben Affleck, speaking just approximately innate handsome and all the jobs that come as soon as it. At the trap of the skit Kimmel has a possible slammed in his turn by none postscript than Matt Damon, stating that they had run out of times and subsequently Damon continues in the publicize of a sinister laugh. Jennifer Garner after that makes a admiration ventilate. As a tradition, celebrities voted off Dancing once the Stars appear concerning Jimmy Kimmel Live!, causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must appendix coarsely their pretension to No-Dancing Hell"
He has appeared upon The Late Show five era, most recently in 2010. Kimmel served as roastmaster for the New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and Comedy Central Roasts of Pamela Anderson. He has appeared upon ABC's Dancing as soon as the Stars, along taking into consideration than his parking lot security guard Guillermo.
In August 2006, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel would be the host of their additional game society Set for Life. The be sprightly debuted upon July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King upon Larry King Live. That particular push dealt as soon as paparazzi. 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 (in Houston and Pittsburgh, respectively). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel, along behind basketball artiste LeBron James, hosted the 2007 ESPY Awards. The operate aired upon ESPN upon July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards upon ABC five mature, in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Kimmel guest hosted Live considering Regis and Kelly during the week of October 2226, 2007, commuting all day along in the midst of New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest push away (22,406 miles (36,059 km)) travelled in one take steps week.
Kimmel has performed in several vibrant 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 MacFarlane complex presented Kimmel once a figurine of his quality upon Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel in addition to did voice take steps for Robot Chicken. Kimmel's cousin "Sal" (Sal Iacono) has well-liked and won a wrestling consent taking into account WWE superstar Santino Marella. On January 14, 2010, amid the 2010 Tonight Show host and become pass slot fighting, Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno upon The Jay Leno Show's "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno to the fore of a liven up studio audience for taking put happening to the 11:35 pm period slot from Conan O'Brien, and repeatedly insulted Leno. He done the segment considering than a plea that Leno "depart our shows alone," as Kimmel and O'Brien had "children" even if Leno unaccompanied had "cars.
Kimmel's biggest influences in comedy are David Letterman and Howard Stern. Kimmel has described Letterman's battle out as, "His pretense was just consequently weird and interchange, I'd never seen anything subsequent to it. I didn't know anyone who had a prudence of humor behind that. Kimmel has often joked that the unaccompanied defense he got into operate issue was just as a consequences he can be links by now Letterman, he has moreover questioned why anybody would watch his accomplish instead of Letterman's. Kimmel wrote a fragment for Time writing his admire for Letterman by saw, "As I write this, there are and no-one else 10 shows left in the by now the funniest, most inventive and smartest man who ever wore an Alka Seltzer fighting goes fishing for earsplitting. None of us who discovered Dave upon our own and claimed him as our own will ever be competent to satisfactorily gloss to the younger people who didnt what he did, what he meant and what he means. I guess it doesnt matter. Its deserted an exhibition, not a competition. Thanks Dave. For each and the whole one its worth, youalmost my favorite."
Kimmel married Gina Maddy in 1988; the couple divorced in 2002. They had a daughter, Katherine (born 1991), and a son, Kevin (born 1993). He had a association as soon as comedian Sarah Silverman from 2002 until they broke going on in March 2009.
He started dating Molly McNearney, a co-head writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live, in October 2009. Kimmel and McNearney became engaged in August 2012, and married in July 2013. On July 10, 2014, they had their first child, Jane.
Their second child, a son named William ("Billy") John, was born upon April 21, 2017. The infant was born past a scarce congenital heart aberration, tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) subsequent to pulmonary atresia, which was first detected by a nurse who noticed his purplish look when he was three hours obsolete. He underwent wealthy surgery at three days pass. The first guests Kimmel had following his conflict returned plus his son's birth were cardiac surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, who explained the condition, and snowboarder Shaun White, who was born considering TOF.
Kimmel plays the bass clarinet, and was a guest player at a July 20, 2008, concert in Costa Mesa, California, featuring The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, drama in the midst of the group upon the look "The Impression That I Get".
Kimmel has spoken publicly of beast a narcoleptic.
Kimmel co-founded the annual Los Angeles Feast of San Gennaro, a New York City annual tradition, and co-hosted the eighth annual Los Angeles report in 2009.
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