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Jim Jefferies

Australian-born Jim Jefferies has made a name for himself around the world as a stand-up comedian, political pundit, actor, and author. Jim has been making people laugh for 20 years. His charisma and dedication to his work allow him to charm and challenge an audience.

Early Life

Jim Jefferies was born in Sydney, a state of New South Wales, on February 14, 1977. Geoff James Nugent is his real name. His mother was an alternative educator, and his father was from Roma, Queensland, where he worked as a cabinet maker and laborer. He grew up in the Sydney area and later moved to Perth.

Jim is an Australian citizen but of Irish and English descent. He went to the Western Australian Academy and got his high school diploma.

Career

After dropping out of college, Jefferies started doing stand-up comedy. He began in his hometown of Sydney, Australia, but then moved to the United Kingdom. The actor changed his surname to "Jefferies" so that no one would confuse him with another American talent named Jim Jeffries. At first, he used one-liners when he did stand-up. When he started doing hour-long sets, he switched to funny stories from his own life. In 2007, when he performed at the Manchester Comedy Festival and was attacked while on stage, he first became known worldwide. He used footage of the event in his act, which you can see on his 2008 DVD Contraband. In 2009, when his first HBO special, I Swear to God, came out, he became well-known in the United States.

Jefferies has appeared at numerous global comedy festivals, including the Edinburgh Fringe, Just for Laughs in Montreal, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, and Glastonbury. He has also done comedy on Comedy Central shows such as The World Stands Up, Comedy Blue, and Edinburgh and Beyond. With all new material from his Netflix special Freedumb, he embarked on The Unusual Punishment Tour in July 2016. In January 2018, he went to London's Hammersmith Apollo to record his new Netflix special titled, This Is Me Now. On December 17, 2018, he gave the last show of his Night Talker Tour in Melbourne.