Jim Gaffigan
As a stand-up comedian, Comedian Jim Gaffigan’s clever quiet style has earned him an unprecedented number of appearances on both CBS’ LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN and NBC’s LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN.
His recent one hour Comedy Central Special, CD and DVD, all entitled “Beyond the Pale” have catapulted Jim Gaffigan to one of the most popular touring and recorded comedians in the country today. The DVD for “Beyond the Pale” went Gold within the first six months.
After Gaffigan’s first appearance on DAVID LETTERMAN, the host personally chose him to develop a sitcom for World Wide Pants. Eighteen months later, WELCOME TO NEW YORK debuted on CBS to critical acclaim.
He then co-starred with Ellen DeGeneres on her CBS sitcom THE ELLEN SHOW. For two years he had recurring roles both on FOX’s THAT 70′S SHOW and NBC’s ED. Jim has also had roles on SEX AND THE CITY, THIRD WATCH and each of the LAW & ORDER shows, among others. Jim can be seen this November in MY BOYS, TBS’ first original scripted comedy series.
Gaffigan recently signed on to co-write and lend his voice to 20 new episodes of PALE FORCE, a series of animated shorts that will air regularly on CONAN and on the internet via webisodes starting in October. The series focuses on two pale crime-fighting superheroes that, like Gaffigan and O’Brien, are equipped with fair skin.
Many recognize Gaffigan from his numerous award-winning commercial campaigns, which include Sierra Mist, ESPN, Saturn and Rolling Rock. His commercial presence earned him Business Week’s 1999 “Salesman of the Year” honor.
According to Jim himself, there is more to him than being an actor, and a comedian, but he is also a good ballerina as well. You don’t know him as a ballerina because frankly there aren’t many opportunities to ballet on television. (That’s how they describe what we do in the ballet biz.) In the words of Jim Gaffin himself…”I’m a damn good ballerina too buddy.”
Again I may be talented enough to write this Bio but I would much rather spend my time writing comedy so I got this info directly from Jims website (Below) where you can find even more great info like where to heck you can see him do his next ballet routine.
