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JIM GAFFIGAN

"You want to know what it’s like having a fourth kid? Imagine you’re drowning, then someone hands you a baby."

SUCCESSQUALITIESBACKGROUND

THE GAFFIGAN SHOW

television show

DAD IS FAT

author

CURSE

YELL

GOOFY

FRIENDLY

LAUGHS AT HIS
OWN JOKES

APPROACHABLE

MUSICAL

USE OF PROPS

SARCASTIC

DEADPAN

SELF-DEPRICATING

BORN:

7.7.66
Elgin, Il

RESIDENCE:

Manhattan, NY

EDUCATION:

Georgetown University

YEARS ACTIVE:

1991 – Present

INFLUENCES:

Dave Attell

COMEDY ALBUMS

Luigi's Doghouse
Economics II
More Moo Moo's
The Last Supper
Doing My Time
Beyond The Pale
King Baby
Mr. Universe
Obsessed

FUN FACTS

THE YOUNGEST OF SIX // HIS WIFE JEANNIE IS HIS WRITING PARTNER // HE LIVES IN A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT WITH HIS WIFE AND 5 CHILDREN (3 BOYS AND 2 GIRLS) // HAD HIS BROADWAY DEBUT IN "THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON"