Jonathan Kimmel
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Jonathan Kimmel (born November 4, 1976) is an American television and film director, writer, producer, actor, and composer.[1]
Early life
[edit]Kimmel was born on November 4, 1976 the youngest of the three children of Joan (née Iacono) and James John Kimmel, who worked at American Express and was an IBM executive.[2][3][4] Kimmel's mother is of Italian descent; her grandparents migrated to the United States from Ischia, Naples after the 1883 earthquake.[5][6] Two of his paternal great-great-grandparents were German immigrants. His family's surname was Kümmel ('caraway' in German) several generations back.[7][8][9][10] According to a DNA test, Kimmel is also of partial Albanian descent.[11]
Career
[edit]Kimmel's writing credits include six seasons of South Park, during which the show won three Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. He has also contributed several voice-overs for South Park, including the voice of Peter the Family Guy, Gandalf, John Travolta, the Israeli Egg Assassin, and his brother Jimmy in the "Fishsticks" episode. After that, he served as co-executive producer and head writer for MTV's The Andy Milonakis Show. Additionally, he assisted on Crank Yankers, where he was also a composer and voice-over performer. Other writing credits include: That's My Bush!, Drawn Together, and The Bonnie Hunt Show.
Kimmel's performing credits include: SXSW feature The Prank starring Rita Moreno, ABC's Trophy Wife ABC's Life with Bonnie; the character Xavier on the ABC pilot "Let Go"; the voice of Scab in Disney's The Wild; the Singing Ass in Sarah Silverman's Jesus Is Magic; the voice of the King on Drawn Together; the Boneologist and as The Fog on Minoriteam, as well as dozens of voices and characters on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Kimmel has also guest-starred in several roles on The Sarah Silverman Program. He directed the music video for The Killers' ninth charity Christmas single, "Joel the Lump of Coal", which features his brother Jimmy (who also co-wrote the song).
Kimmel is executive producer, director and showrunner on the reboot of Crank Yankers, for Comedy Central.
Kimmel is executive producer and co-showrunner of the Kelly Ripa hosted Generation Gap, for ABC.
Personal life
[edit]Kimmel married his wife Carly Hirsch on August 12, 2006.[12][13] Together they have two children, a son, Wesley Kimmel (b. 2009)[14] who is also an actor and a daughter, Beatrix (b. 2012).[15]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Wild | Scab (voice) | |
| 2008 | Imaginationland: The Movie | Additional voices (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2022 | The Prank | Joe |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | That's My Bush! | The Gut Busters! | Episode: "A Poorly Executed Plan" |
| 2003–2007 | Crank Yankers | Sonny; Jon the Businessman (voices) | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Life with Bonnie | Xavier | Episode: "Nightshift" |
| 2004–2005 | Drawn Together | The King (voice) | Credited as Jon Kimmel Episodes: "Dirty Pranking Number 2" & "Ghosteses in the Slot Machine" |
| 2005–2009, 2023–present | South Park | Peter Griffin; Jimmy Kimmel; various (voices) | 13 episodes Credited as Juan Kimmelini |
| 2006 | Minoriteam | Boneologist; various (voices) | Episodes: "Tribe & Prejudice" & "FOG" |
| 2006 | Let Go | Xavier | Television movie |
| 2007 | Saul of the Mole Men | Dr. Lawrence "Brad" Perkins; Molemen (voices) | 9 episodes |
| 2007–2008 | The Sarah Silverman Program | Pageant host; Bob; Homeless Blind Willy Joe | 3 episodes |
| 2008–2018 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Writer; segment director | |
| 2014 | Trophy Wife | Farmer Rick | Episode: "Mother's Day" |
| 2019–2021 | Crank Yankers | Executive producer; director; showrunner | 40 episodes |
| 2022 | Generation Gap | Executive producer; co-showrunner | 10 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^ Wyatt, Edward (February 27, 2008). "Late-Night TV Satires Become Online Hits". The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ^ Lipton, Michael A. (March 17, 2003). "Kimmel Vision". People. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ Rhodes, Joe (October 21, 2007). "Distilling the Fun From Dysfunctional". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ^ "Interview with Matthew Fox". Jimmy Kimmel Live. July 29, 2010. ABC.
- ^ "Ischia, l'appello di Jimmy Kimmel: "Cerco i miei parenti"". Napoli - Repubblica.it (in Italian). June 23, 2015. Archived from the original on August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ^ "Jimmy Kimmel, GQ e Ischia". Il Dispari Quotidiano (in Italian). January 2018. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ^ Stated on Finding Your Roots, January 26, 2016, PBS
- ^ "Catherine Bell on Jimmy Kimmel". YouTube. September 9, 2007. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ "extraconiugali". Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
- ^ Ancestry.com on Jimmy Kimmel Live on YouTube
- ^ "Dua Lipa on Pregnancy Rumors, Grammy Nominations & Being Superstitious". Youtube. January 19, 2021. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ "16 years ago today I took this ladies hand and welded a piece of gold metal onto her slippery fingers so that she may never leave me or know another man and although there were some severe burns and scarring involved it was obviously the best thing to ever happen to her. And me. I love you my dear @the.unlikeables and here's to hopefully around 12 more years together!". instagram.com.
- ^ "Pretty soon our lives will consist of more days spent together than spent apart. Impossible. That I should know you so well and still delight when you surprise me. That you can still surprise me. That you know when my hand is waiting to be held. That you still reach for me. That we still laugh. That so many of the worst things end up my favorite memories. Absolutely nothing makes sense. And still this love beside me. Today is seventeen. ❤️". instagram.com.
- ^ "#FIFTEEN". instagram.com.
- ^ "Ten!!! 💝🥰💥". instagram.com.