64 Facts About Jimmy Carr

James Anthony Patrick Carr was born on 15 September 1972 and is an Irish-British comedian, presenter, writer and actor.

Jimmy Carr is known for his rapid-fire deadpan delivery of one-liners.

James Anthony Patrick Jimmy Carr was born on 15 September 1972, in Hounslow, London, the second of three sons born to Irish parents Nora Mary, an accountant who became the treasurer for computer company Unisys.

Jimmy Carr's parents were married in 1970 and separated in 1994, never divorcing.

Jimmy Carr was diagnosed with dyslexia and could not read and write at his expected level until around ten or eleven years old.

In 2021, Jimmy Carr said he had not spoken to his father since 2000 and had not seen him in person, with the exception of an autograph signing after a gig in 2015, where they saw each other but did not speak.

Jimmy Carr's parents remained in contact with their Irish relatives, and the family made frequent trips to Limerick and Kilkee.

Jimmy Carr went on to work in the marketing department at Shell, but took voluntary redundancy in January 2000 as he felt "miserable" there.

Jimmy Carr claimed that a course in neuro-linguistic programming helped him realize how his mind was working to hold him back from following his dreams of becoming a comedian.

Jimmy Carr presented the 100s series of programmes for Channel 4: 100 Worst Pop Records, 100 Worst Britons, 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters, 100 People Who Look Most Like Jimmy Carr and 100 Scary Moments.

Since 2005, Jimmy Carr has presented the comedy panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats.

Since 2012, Jimmy Carr has presented over 150 episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, a combination of his panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats and daytime quiz show Countdown.

Jimmy Carr joined the three presenters again for 10 O'Clock Live, a Channel 4 comedy current-affairs show, which started airing in January 2011.

In 2014 and 2015, Jimmy Carr guest-presented two episodes of Sunday Night at the Palladium on ITV.

From 2018 to 2020, Jimmy Carr hosted the Comedy Central series Roast Battle.

Jimmy Carr contributed sketches to Channel 4 topical comedy TV programme The 11 O'Clock Show and has appeared on panel shows A League of Their Own and QI.

Jimmy Carr was described as "the worst driver we've ever had" and "the luckiest man alive" by Top Gear test driver the Stig.

Jimmy Carr was a guest presenter for one edition of Have I Got News for You; in 2007 he joined Ian Hislop's team in the edition of the show chaired by Ann Widdecombe, with whom he "flirted" outrageously.

In January 2006, Jimmy Carr made a joke on Radio 4's Loose Ends, the punchline of which implied that Gypsy women stank.

The BBC issued an apology, but Jimmy Carr refused to apologize and continued to use the joke.

Jimmy Carr appeared in two episodes of the radio series of Flight of the Conchords in 2005.

Jimmy Carr has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Museum of Curiosity a total of seven times since 2011.

Jimmy Carr was the Museum Curator and a guest on the 2018 Annual Stock Take Christmas special, alongside Lee Mack, Jo Brand and Sally Philips.

Jimmy Carr's first really successful show was a revue at the Cafe Royal, as a part of the 2001 Edinburgh Fringe.

In 2004, he threatened to sue Jim Davidson for using a joke that Jimmy Carr considered his own.

Jimmy Carr toured the country with his show A Public Display of Affection, starting on 9 April 2005 at the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury and ending on 14 January 2006 at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End.

Jimmy Carr appeared at the EICC during the Edinburgh Festival in August 2005 with his Off The Telly show.

Jimmy Carr released his third DVD, Jimmy Carr: Comedian, in November 2007.

Jimmy Carr released a DVD entitled Jimmy Carr: Telling Jokes on 2 November 2009.

Also on 5 and 6 July 2009, Jimmy Carr was the warm up act for Las Vegas band the Killers at their DVD record gigs.

In October 2009, Jimmy Carr received criticism from Sunday tabloid newspapers for a joke he made about British soldiers who had lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying the UK would have a strong team in the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Jimmy Carr defended his own joke as "totally acceptable" in an interview with The Guardian.

Jimmy Carr had met with staff and patients at the rehabilitation centre, Headley Court, in March 2009.

Carr's sixth Live DVD, Jimmy Carr: Making People Laugh, was released on 8 November 2010.

Jimmy Carr was criticised in November 2011 for a joke about the Variety Club's Sunshine coaches, which offer holidays for children with Down syndrome.

Jimmy Carr defended himself by saying nothing should be off limits.

Carr released the Jimmy Carr: Laughing and Joking DVD on 18 November 2013.

In June 2019, Jimmy Carr was criticised for the content of his touring show Terribly Funny.

Jimmy Carr was criticised by charity Little People UK, accusing him of prejudice for an "offensive" abortion joke he made about people with dwarfism.

On 17 April 2024, the Netflix recording of Jimmy Carr's Terribly Funny 2.0 tour was released as Natural Born Killer.

In September and October 2024, Jimmy Carr joined Australian comedian Jim Jefferies for a number of joint gigs, slotted between dates for Jefferies's own tour, in Canada.

Jimmy Carr performed for 25 nights between 30 July and 25 August 2003.

Jimmy Carr only managed to fit in a brief appearance at the 2007 Fringe on August 21.

Jimmy Carr was still writing material for his planned Repeat Offender tour, as evidenced by him using a clipboard on stage.

Jimmy Carr's presence was mentioned in The Independent and Chortle.

Jimmy Carr attended the Edinburgh International Television Festival to be a Judge on a Britain's Got Talent spoof alongside Amanda Holden and Louis Walsh.

Jimmy Carr described the Festival as being "where it all began" and performed 5 shows, across 3 nights, at the Edinburgh Playhouse.

Jimmy Carr toured in March and April 2024; this last trip ended up consisting of new material, under the tour name Laughs Funny.

Early support was shown by Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Carr appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien twice in 2002, twice in 2006, and then again in 2007,2008 and 2009.

Appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno were 2003 and 2005; The Tonight Show with Jimmy Carr Fallon was 2016,2018,2019, and 2024; and there was an additional appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden 2016.

Jimmy Carr was the first British comedian to get a Netflix stand-up special, with his show Funny Business.

Jimmy Carr was a support act for Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Bowl.

Jimmy Carr has been performing there for many years and is one of a small number of British comedians that are listed as alumni and, in 2018, was given the honour of having his name painted on one of the club's walls.

Since 2015, Jimmy Carr has made several appearances on the US live comedy show Kill Tony.

Jimmy Carr is a supporter of the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

Jimmy Carr was one of the British comics supporting Amnesty International at the 2012 Secret Policeman's Ball in New York.

At the Manchester Apollo in 2011, Jimmy Carr joked that war injuries had a positive side.

Jimmy Carr is taking the money from those tickets and he, as far as I can see, is putting all of that into some very dodgy tax-avoiding schemes.

In February 2018, Jimmy Carr appeared on Room 101, where he talked about the controversy.

Jimmy Carr said that the law should become clearer by eliminating any loopholes, instead of leaving it up to individuals to decide what is morally right.

Jimmy Carr was condemned by the Auschwitz Memorial, Hope not Hate and The Traveller Movement, who called anti-Romani prejudice the "last acceptable form of racism" in the UK.

Jimmy Carr faced criticism from British politicians, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries, the culture secretary.

Jimmy Carr has since made comments critical of organised religion.

Jimmy Carr has dual British and Irish citizenship, travels on an Irish passport, has spoken of his pride in having Irish ancestry, and was presented in 2013 with a certificate of Irish heritage in his parents' home city of Limerick by the city's mayor.