Jimmy Carr

Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr
	Carr in 2024
Birth name	James Anthony Patrick Carr
Born	15 September 1972 (age 52); London, England
Medium	Stand-up; television;
Nationality	United Kingdom; Ireland;
Alma mater	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA)
Years active	1997–present
Genres	Dark humour; blue humour; satire;
Subjects	Celebrities; current events; politics; sex;
Partner(s)	Karoline Copping (2001–present)
Children	1
Website	jimmycarr.com

James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is a British-Irish comedian, presenter, writer and actor.^[1] He is known for his rapid-fire deadpan delivery of one-liners which have been known to offend some people.^[2] He began his comedy career in 1997, and he has regularly appeared on television as the host of Channel 4 panel shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and The Big Fat Quiz of the Year.

^ "11 celebrities you never realised had an Irish passport". The Irish Post. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ Moss, Stephen. "Jimmy Carr: 'I thought my Paralympics joke was totally acceptable'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016. Pretty much standard-issue Jimmy Carr: tasteless, offensive, short, targeting disability – one of his key subjects alongside rape, paedophilia, prostitutes, homosexuality, Aids, the physical and sexual abuse of pets, sex of all kinds (but especially anal), penises, breasts, vaginas ... excrement, the awfulness of the Welsh, the even greater awfulness of the Scots, fat women, fat children, fat pets, fat Scots, and people (fatness optional) with ginger hair.

[1] "11 celebrities you never realised had an Irish passport". The Irish Post. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[2] Moss, Stephen. "Jimmy Carr: 'I thought my Paralympics joke was totally acceptable'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016. Pretty much standard-issue Jimmy Carr: tasteless, offensive, short, targeting disability – one of his key subjects alongside rape, paedophilia, prostitutes, homosexuality, Aids, the physical and sexual abuse of pets, sex of all kinds (but especially anal), penises, breasts, vaginas ... excrement, the awfulness of the Welsh, the even greater awfulness of the Scots, fat women, fat children, fat pets, fat Scots, and people (fatness optional) with ginger hair.

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