American Comedy Awards, USA winner for Funniest Male Stand-Up Comic, Jeff Dunham is one of the renowned American ventriloquist and stand-up comedians in the world. He has also appeared in several television shows like Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show, and many more.
Childhood, Parents, Education
Jeff Dunham was born on 18th April 1962 in Dallas, Texas, the United States of America. The actual information related to his biological parents is unknown, and Howard Dunham and Joyce raised him. Jeff is of American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity.
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Standup comedian, Jeff became a ventriloquist in 1970 after he received his Christmas present as Mortimer Snerd's dummy.
He began studying more on this topic, and also issued a book related to ventriloquism from the library. He then practiced it for an hour each day and then also attended Vent Haven ConVENTion.
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Jeff performed in front of 100 of the audience when he was still in his teens. While attending Baylor University, he also earned a salary of $70,000 annually by performing all over the country. He first appeared on television in 1976.
TV Shows
He then appeared in The Tonight Show starring, Johnny Carson. He got a breakthrough in his career in 1985 after making his appearance in Broadway show Sugar Babies.
CAPTION: Jeff Dunham SOURCE: Instagram To date, Jeff has appeared in dozens of television shows like Hot Country Nights, Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity, 30 Rock, Sonny with a Chance, Big Top Scooby-Doo!, Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map, Mune: Guardian of the Moon, and many more.
Unsuccessful Marriages & Relationships With Wife
Talking about Jeff Dunham's personal life, he is married twice in his life. Jeff was first married to Paige Brown. He met her for the first time at the Comedy Corner, and they eventually started dating in 1992.
After dating for around two years, the pair got married on 19 May 1994. As a married couple, they became parents to three children. Unfortunately, the couple got divorced in 2010.
Since 2009, he had a romantic relationship with Audrey Murdick. Audrey Murdick is a nutritionist as well as a personal trainer. They got engaged at the end of 2011, and they got married on 12 October 2012. They are blessed with two children. Jeff has five children in total; three daughters and two sons.
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As of 2022, Jeff Dunham's net worth is reported to be around $150 million. He earns between $15 million to $30 million per year.
Social Media Profile
Jeff is pretty active on social media. He is active on both Instagram and Twitter. He has over 964k followers on Instagram and over 531.9k followers on Twitter.
He gives regular updates about his life via his social media.
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