Cast & creator
Jeff Dunham
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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.
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television credits
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1962–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (85)
Showing 85 of 85 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
30 Rock
Rick Wayne / Pumpkin
2006
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self
2007
America's Got Talent
Himself
2006
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
The Masked Singer
Pi-Rat
2019The Masked Singer
Pi-Rat (archive footage)
2019
Ellen
Starky
1994
Celebrity Family Feud
Self
2015
Steve
Self
2017
Angie Tribeca
Fisher Price
2016
One on One
Benny / Kenny
2001
The Hunting Party
Jeff Dudley
2025
The Jay Leno Show
Self - Guest
2009
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Jeff Dunham / Walter (voice)
2019
She Spies
Elvis Presley Ventriloquist
2002
Comedy Central Presents
Self
1998
Sonny with a Chance
Jeff / Walter
2009
Premium Blend
1997
Hollywood Squares
Self
2025
Jay Leno's Garage
Self
2015
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Farmer (voice)
2017
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Mole (voice)
2017
The Nut Job
Mole (voice)
2014
Halloween Baking Championship
Self - Host
2015
Dinner for Schmucks
Lewis the Ventriloquist
2010
Gnome Alone
Quicksilver (voice)
2017
A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise
Jimbo (voice)
2012Hot Country Nights
Ventriloquist
1991
Big Top Scooby-Doo!
Schmatko / Conductor (voice)
2012
Live at Gotham
Self - Host
2006
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer
Clyde / Peanutbutter (voice)
2018
Delta Farce
Amazing Ken
2007
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019Biography: Comedy Icons
Self
2019
The Jeff Dunham Show
2009The Jeff Dunham Show
Producer
2009
Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood
Self
2015Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood
Executive Producer
2015Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood
Writer
2015
Achmed Saves America
Achmed / Bubba J / Jeff Dunham (voice)
2014Achmed Saves America
Characters
2014Achmed Saves America
Executive Producer
2014Achmed Saves America
Creator
2014
Jeff Dunham: I'm with Cupid
Self
2024Jeff Dunham: I'm with Cupid
Executive Producer
2024Jeff Dunham: I'm with Cupid
Writer
2024
History of the Joke
Self
2008
I'm No Dummy
Himself
2009
The Improv: 60 and Still Standing
Self
2023The Improv: 60 and Still Standing
Writer
2023
Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster
Self
2017Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster
Writer
2017
Just for Laughs: Launching Pad
Self
2009
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself
Self
2006Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself
Writer
2006
Jeff Dunham: Talking Heads
Self
2019
Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos
Self
2011Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos
Writer
2011
Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters
Self
2012Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters
Writer
2012
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
Self
2007Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
Executive Producer
2007Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
Writer
2007
Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself
Self
2019Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself
Writer
2019Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself
Executive Producer
2019
Jeff Dunham's Scrooged-Up Holiday Special
Self
2024Jeff Dunham's Scrooged-Up Holiday Special
Executive Producer
2024
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special
Self
2008Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special
Writer
2008
Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map
Self
2014Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map
Editor
2014Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map
Executive Producer
2014Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map
Writer
2014
Jeff Dunham: Me the People
Self
2022Jeff Dunham: Me the People
Writer
2022
Jeff Dunham's The Cars That Drove Us
Self - Host
2026
Jeff Dunham's Completely Unrehearsed Last-Minute Pandemic Holiday Special
2020Jeff Dunham's Completely Unrehearsed Last-Minute Pandemic Holiday Special
Writer
2020
Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy
Self
2011
Jeff Dunham - Election 2024 - Biden vs. Trump How Did We Get Here... Again
2024
Jeff Dunham: 250th Red, White, and Blue Birthday Special
Self
2026