14 Facts About Jim David

Jim David is originally from Asheville, North Carolina, and lives in New York City.

Jim David's parents were heavily involved in local theater, and as a youth David appeared in many shows at the Tanglewood Children's Theater and Asheville Community Theater, starting as a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz.

Jim David graduated from Furman University in 1976 with a degree in drama.

Jim David began graduate school at Southern Methodist University, but left to pursue acting in New York City.

Jim David began performing stand-up in 1986, after several years as an actor in mostly Off-Broadway shows in New York.

Jim David was a comedy consultant in 2004 on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

Jim David appeared in the 1994 George Lucas-produced film Radioland Murders.

Jim David wrote most of his own part, drawing on his stand-up experience.

In 2010, Jim David wrote, produced and starred in the one-man show South Pathetic, about a doomed production of A Streetcar Named Desire at a small Southern community theater, in which Jim David plays himself and 10 other characters.

Jim David has performed the show across the country, including the New York International Fringe Festival, and the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival.

Jim David won a Bistro Award in 1998, honoring his work as a cabaret and comedy performer.

Jim David is a three-time winner and nine-time nominee of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets' award for best stand-up comedian.

Jim David was a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and The Advocate.

Jim David has been with his husband for more than 30 years.