Who is Jimmy Kimmel?

Jimmy Kimmel is an actor and producer, known for Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003), The Man Show (1999) and Win Ben Stein's Money (1997).

Overview

Nicknames
James Kimmel

Trivia

  • Has narcolepsy but keeps this under control with medication; also has a fear of tidal waves.
  • Once, there was a rat in his house, and instead of setting a trap for it, he got a pellet gun and set up a commando station about thirty feet from the cabinet where the rat was living. He then shot up his whole kitchen. He did not get the rat.
  • On October 22-26, 2007, he broke the Guinness world record for most miles flown in a five-day work week (30,000-plus miles back and forth from New York to California), hosting two television shows.
  • Met Carson Daly when Daly was age 12. Years later, hired Daly as an intern on his morning radio show at KCMJ-FM Palm Springs. Worked together again at KROQ-FM Los Angeles.
  • David Letterman has been his idol, one whose success he has tried to emulate, since he was a child.