Recently, Jimmy has hosted two hit Channel 4 series: The Friday Night Project and most recently 8 out of 10 Cats, gaining an audience of 5 million viewers for its last show. A 2nd and 3rd series of 8 out of 10 Cats are now confirmed for 2006. He has appeared on many other hit shows such as the Royal Variety Show (for the 2nd time), BBC1’s Friday Night with Jonathon Ross, BBC2’s Top Gear, QI, Have I got news for you (panellist and guest hosting) and hosted several specials such as C4’s The Big Fat End of Year Quiz and Comedian’s Comedian. Other UK television guest appearances include Des O’Connor Comedy Tonight (ITV, Aug 03), Have I Got News for You (as panellist, BBC2, May 03), The Royal Variety Show (BBC1, Dec 02 & 04), and Peter Cook: A Posthumous Tribute (BBC2, Dec 02).

Jimmy is also fast becoming a face on US TV: He has performed a remarkable three times on NBC’s Tonight With Jay Leno and twice on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and return visits to both these shows are in the pipeline.

Jimmy’s C4 hit series of Distraction (2 series on C4) was picked up by Comedy Central in America, for whom he has recorded two series of Distraction USA, with the second series currently on air. This is in addition to a half-hour stand up special for the same network.

Although Jimmy’s profile is more as a television personality he started out and continues to be a very talented stand-up comedian. Jimmy’s first live show – Bare Faced Ambition – gained him a Perrier Nomination in 2002. National sell-out tours quickly followed with Charm Offensive in 2003 and Public Display of Affection in 2004. Jimmy continues his tour of Off The Telly, which kicked off with a sold-out run at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival and 2 sell-out nights at the Hammersmith Apollo in December. Jimmy is now preparing for his next live stand-up show, ‘Gag Reflex’, to kick off at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival and tour after that in national theatres.

Jimmy’s first DVD has now sold over 150,000 copies and his second stand-up DVD has overtaken this already.

Jimmy will soon be seen on the big screen, having completed three films: Confetti, Alien Autopsy and Storm Breaker, all due for release in 2006. He can be heard on London 104.9 XFM every Sunday morning where he presents the breakfast show from 10:00am to midday. He is also a regular guest and interviewer on Loose Ends (Radio 4) and The Fred McCauley Show (BBC Radio Scotland).

As would be expected of a comedian with a soaring international profile, Jimmy also performs at the 2 key comedy festivals: he returns to the Montreal ‘Just for Laughs’ Festival for the third time, in July 2006, and in Aspen at the International Comedy Arts Festival.

‘A comedy hero for our times’

Guardian
‘King of the comedy fringe’

Telegraph
‘Fabulous: Carr is No1 on the Comedy Offenders’ List’

The Times
‘A wonder to behold…he plays with your boundaries, but you love it. If Jimmy Carr can do to a body what he does to a mind, then his girlfriend must be the happiest woman on the planet’

Scotsman
‘The brightest British comic hope for a long, long while…the most deliciously transgressive comic…he is not so much pushing the boundaries as sailing in uncharted waters…Superb’

Irish Times
‘One senses he will become on the best comedians Britain has ever produced’

Edinburgh Evening News
‘A masterclass in comedy…devastating, tasteless two-liners that are bliss to listen to…Carr’s persona is irresistible and his wisecracks have you quivering with satisfaction’

Guardian
‘Witty, surprising, different and clearly a new onscreen presenter for the future’

Kirsty Young, Presenter, RTS Awards 2003
‘Edinburgh punters and critics disparage comedy acts with the phrase, ‘It’s not quite Jimmy Carr, is it?’ His exquisitely economical and perfectly-timed one-liners have set the new standard’

Daily Telegraph
‘As sick as he is slick…and he’s very sick indeed’

Independent on Sunday
‘His audacity is breathtaking’

Stage
‘His Charm Offensive is a superb example of all you’d hope for in an Edinburgh show’

Observer
‘Jimmy Carr is a world-class comedian…I envy his brilliance with words; if I could be any comedian in Edinburgh, I’d want to be Jimmy Carr’

Scotsman
‘Bloody funny…a comic on top form…this show is unlikely to be improved upon at this year’s festival’

Independent
‘Comedy genius…definitely get into this Carr: he’s the Rolls Royce of comedy’

Edinburgh Metro
‘Carr is clearly a major star’

Evening Standard
‘Carr specialises in one-liners, twisted little aphorisms, the sort of thing you might find in a fortune cookie backed by Satan’

Sunday Herald
‘Carr has blossomed into one of the most polished performers in the business’

The Independent
‘Some of his one-liners are right up there with Steven Wright or Woody Allen’

Guardian

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