Jimmy Kimmel Biography

Jimmy Kimmel Biography, Age, Height, Net worth, Family, & More

James Christian Kimmel (born November 13th, 1967) is an American TV host comedian writer, producer, and host. He hosts and is the director of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, an evening talk show that first aired in the morning on ABC on the 26th of January, 2003 at the Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood, California;

And on April 1st, 2019 in a different home at that of the Zippos Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Kimmel hosts his own Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012 2016, 2016, and 2020. Kimmel has also been the host of the Academy Awards in 2017, and 2018, and will host the ceremony in 2023.

Childhood

Jimmy Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York, and relocated with his family to Las Vegas when he was nine years old. Kimmel went to Ed W. Clark High School, the University of Nevada (for one year) and Arizona State University (for two years). He did not earn a degree from a university, Jimmy Kimmel Height is feet 5ft 11 Inches, height in centimeters: 180 cm, and height in meters: 180 m.

Family

He was educated Catholic and, as a youngster was serving as an altar server. Kimmel’s mother has Italian origin in Ischia, Naples, and her family moved from Italy to the United States after the 1883 earthquake. Two of his paternal great-great-grandparents were German immigrants. His surname is “Kummel” (“caraway” to use German) for several generations. According to DNA tests, Kimmel is also of some Albanian descendants.

James John Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel Father

Joan Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel Mother

Gina Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel First Wife

Molly McNearney Jimmy Kimmel’s Second Wife

Kevin Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel’s Son

Billy Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel’s Son

Katie Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel’s Daughter

Jane Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel’s Daughter

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Sarah Silverman Jimmy Kimmel’s Girlfriend

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Early Life

Comedy and television personality Jimmy Kimmel was born James Christian Kimmel in Brooklyn, New York, on the 13th of November, 1967. When he was only nine an old Kimmel was able to move in with his parents, Jim and Joan as well as his two brothers Jonathan and Jill in Las Vegas. The oldest of three children young Kimmel was an excellent artist and an outstanding student, achieving straight A’s in high school.

Education

In 2013, he graduated from Ed W. Clark High School. He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year before moving to Arizona State University. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from UNLV in 2013.

Personal Life

Kimmel was married to his college love Gina Maddy in 1988, and they have a son named Kevin and a daughter Katherine. When Kimmel’s career and show prospered, his marriage began to fall apart. The year 2002 saw Gina was divorced and Kimmel began to become closer to his friend and Crank Yankers’s co-star Sarah Silverman.

They began to date in the following months and soon became an equally charming and antagonistic pair -one with a peculiar habit of sharing personal information in a public way.

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Career

Influenced by David Letterman’s early start with radio Kimmel started working on radio in high school. He hosted the Sunday night show of interviews on the UNLV college station KUNV. While at Arizona State University in the early 1990s.

Kimmel became a well-known caller for the KZZP-FM afternoon show, hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. When he graduated in 1989, Kimmel was offered his very first pay-per-hour job with Voss as the morning drive co-host of the Me and He shows on KZOK, a radio station situated in Seattle, Washington.

Filmography

Film

Television

As Executive Producer

Video Games

Awards and Achievements

He was awarded the Emmy Award in 1999. was named the winner of the Daytime Emmy Award as ‘Outstanding Game Show Host’ alongside Ben Stein for the show “Win Ben Stein’s Cash’. Jimmy Kimmel was named on the list of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People across the World’. He was honored in 2013 when he was awarded an honorary star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Awards and Nominations

Salary and Net Worth

Jimmy Kimmel is an American comedian and host of a television show with an estimated net value of $ 50 million. Jimmy Kimmel is probably most known for hosting the late-night Comedy talk program “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for which he earns a per-year pay that is $15 million.

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