Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel hosts the late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC. Kimmel was born on November 13, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York. He was married to Gina Kimmel from 1988 to 2003. He has two children. He started his career in radio and then worked in Los Angeles where he was known as Jimmy the Sports Guy.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453994/bio

Kimmel won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1999 for Outstanding Game Show Host for Win Ben Stein’s Money. He was nominated again in 2001 but did not win. Kimmel has also been nominated for a People’s Choice Awards for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host and the Writers Guild of America for Comedy/Variety and Specials.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453994/awards

While attending high school, Kimmel hosted his own late-night show for the radio station of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, KUNV. Kimmel moved around to a variety of radio stations over the next several years, eventually landing at Los Angeles KROQ in the early 1990s, where he appeared as "Jimmy the Sports Guy" on the Kevin and Bean morning show.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453994/bio

In 1997, while still working at KROQ, Kimmel started hosted the game show Win Ben Stein's Money, starring actor and former Richard Nixon speech writer Ben Stein. After leaving KROQ in 1999, he created The Man Show for Comedy Central with former Kevin and Bean co-host Adam Carolla.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453994/maindetails He would later produce more series for Comedy Central, including Crank Yankers, The Andy Milonakis Show and the prank movie Windy City Heat.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453994/maindetails

In 2003, Kimmel retired from The Man Show to begin working on Jimmy Kimmel Live.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453994/maindetails

"... our next guest [James Cameron], is an Oscar winning director and writer, his movies have earned more than $3 billion, his latest, a fantastic 3D civilization of large blue left handed creatures that speak English as well or better than Arnold Schwarzenegger, is called, Avatar ..." — From Jimmy Kimmel Live on December 18, 2009http://www.logan.ws/quotes/jimmy-kimmel-live.asp

"That's my main flaw: I always think authority figures or my boss is going to think something I do is funny. And usually they don't." — Jimmy Kimmelhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jimmy_kimmel.html

"Almost every week, someone`s mad at me." — Jimmy Kimmelhttp://www.quotelucy.com/quotes/jimmy-kimmel-quotes-2.html

• 1967: Jimmy Kimmel born on November 13http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453994/bio

• 1997-02:Win Ben Stein's Moneyhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118515/

• 1999-03: The Man Showhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202741/

• 2002: Crank Yankershttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318959/

• 2003: Hosted the American Music Awardshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377311/

• 2003: Windy City Heathttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383053/

• 2003-present: Jimmy Kimmel Livehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320037/

• 2005: The Andy Milonakis Showhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460621/

• 2006: Hosted the American Music Awardshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910826/

• 2006-07: Dancing with the Starshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463398/