1. Jim Jefferies created and starred in the FX sitcom Legit and the Comedy Central late-night show The Jim Jefferies Show.
23 Facts About Jim Jefferies
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Jim Jefferies's mother worked as a substitute teacher and his father was a cabinet maker and maintenance worker from Roma, Queensland.
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Jim Jefferies grew up in Sydney before moving to Perth to study musical theatre and classical music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, though he left several months before graduating.
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Jim Jefferies has two older brothers: Scott, an investment banker, and Daniel, an inspector in the New South Wales Police Force's Public Order and Riot Squad.
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Jim Jefferies began his stand-up comedy career after dropping out of university, initially returning to his native Sydney before relocating to the United Kingdom.
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Jim Jefferies took the stage name "Jim Jeffries", but amended the last name to "Jefferies" to avoid confusion with a similarly named American performer.
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Jim Jefferies changed to anecdotal humour when he began doing hour-long sets.
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Jim Jefferies first achieved international attention in 2007, when he was attacked onstage while performing at the Manchester Comedy Festival.
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Jim Jefferies became known in the United States in 2009, after the release of his debut HBO special I Swear to God.
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Jim Jefferies has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Just for Laughs, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, and Glastonbury Festival.
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Jim Jefferies has performed routines on The World Stands Up, Comedy Blue and Edinburgh and Beyond for Comedy Central.
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April 2024 saw Jim Jefferies start his Give 'Em What They Want tour in South Africa, moving on to Australia in August.
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In September and October 2024, while Jefferies is in Canada, he will be joined by Jimmy Carr for what is being billed as The Charm Offensive Tour.
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On 3 March 2017, Comedy Central announced The Jim Jefferies Show, a new ten-episode weekly series, that premiered on 6 June 2017.
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Jim Jefferies, hosting the show, takes a look on culture and politics behind his desk, and travels around the world to tackle the week's top stories and most controversial issues.
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Jim Jefferies had to quit because of his busy work schedule.
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Jim Jefferies appeared on comedy panel shows such as Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, The Heaven and Earth Show and 8 Out of 10 Cats, the US comedy panel show The Green Room with Paul Provenza and Comedy Central's @midnight.
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Jim Jefferies has been featured on various radio programmes, including BBC Radio 5 Live's Saturday morning sports show, Opie and Anthony, and Fighting Talk.
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Jim Jefferies has hosted the I Don't Know About That podcast alongside Kelly Blackheart, Forrest Shaw, and Jack Hackett since May 2020.
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Jim Jefferies began a new podcast 'At This Moment' with co-host Amos Gill on January 21,2025.
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Jim Jefferies was previously in a relationship with actress Kate Luyben.
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Jim Jefferies married English actress Tasie Lawrence in September 2020.
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Jim Jefferies believes he is autistic and states he only found out at the age of 36.