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Jeff Dunham
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American ventriloquist and comedian
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Jeff Dunham is an American male ventriloquist and stand-up comedian. His work period began in 1981. He is associated with genres including black comedy, observational comedy, and ventriloquism. Dunham has been recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.
He has authored five works, including *Ventriloquism... and Related Subjects*, *Database performance tuning handbook*, and *All By My Selves*. His official website is jeffdunham.com. He has 4,630,000 social media followers.
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Key facts
- Born
- Jeffrey Douglas Dunham , ( 1962-04-18 ) April 18, 1962 (age 64) , Dallas, Texas , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Baylor University
- Spouses
- Paige Brown ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2008 ) Audrey Murdick ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2012 )
- Years active
- 1976–present
- Medium
- Stand-up television film
- Genres
- Observational comedy black comedy prop comedy insult comedy satire
- Website
- jeffdunham .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Dunham
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
- Occupation
- puppeteer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- jeffdunham.komi.io
- Image
- Jeff Dunham and Achmed.JPG
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- social media followers
- 4630000
- Commons category
- Jeff Dunham
- date of birth
- 1962-04-18
- name in native language
- Jeff Dunham
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffrey Douglas Dunham (born April 18, 1962) is an American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and actor who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show, and Sonny with a Chance. He has seven specials that run on Comedy Central as well as two Netflix specials among others. He also starred in The Jeff Dunham Show, a series that ran in 2009. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and holds the Guinness Book of World Records record for "Most tickets sold for a stand-up comedy tour" for his Spark of Insanity tour.
Dunham has been called "America's favorite comedian" by Slate. His introduction of Achmed the Dead Terrorist in Spark of Insanity in 2007 was ranked as the ninth most watched YouTube video at the time while his A Very Special Christmas Special was the most-watched telecast in Comedy Central history, with the DVD selling over 400,000 copies in its first two weeks. Forbes ranked Dunham as the third highest-paid comedian in the United States behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock and reported that he was one of the highest-earning comics from June 2008 to June 2009, earning approximately $30 million during that period.
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