Jimmy Kimmel
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Kimmel at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 25, 2013
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| Birth name | James Christian Kimmel |
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November 13, 1967 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1989–present |
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| Partner(s) | Sarah Silverman (2002–2009) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Website | Official website |
James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967), commonly known as Jimmy Kimmel, is an American television host, producer, writer, comedian, and voice actor. He is the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that premiered on ABC in 2003. Kimmel hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012 and 2016. He is set to host the Academy Awards in February 2017.
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 also produced such shows as Crank Yankers, Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, and The Andy Milonakis Show.
Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in the neighborhood of Mill Basin the eldest of three children of Joan (née Iacono), a homemaker, and James John Kimmel, an IBM executive.
He is, and was raised, Catholic, and as a child served as an altar server. Kimmel's mother is of Italian ancestry; two of his paternal great-great-grandparents were German emigrants, and his family's surname was "Kümmel" several generations back.
The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was nine years old. He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School there, and then attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas (for one year) and Arizona State University (for two years). He failed to obtain a university degree. He received an honorary degree from UNLV in 2013.
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