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Jim Gaffigan

Acting Born Jul 7, 1966 Elgin, Illinois, USA 195 credits
195
Total Credits
2026
68 Years Career Span
76
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

James Christopher Gaffigan was born on July 7, 1966, in Elgin, Illinois, United States. He is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. His work spans both movies and television shows, with a total of 163 known acting credits listed on The Movie Database. His material frequently touches upon fatherhood, laziness, food, religion, and general observations. Additionally, he has received seven nominations at the Grammy Awards in the category of Best Comedy Album.

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Career

Career overview

Jim Gaffigan is an American actor known for his work in the entertainment industry. He has been involved in numerous projects throughout his career, with a total of 163 known credits. Gaffigan's acting credits span across various media, including film and television.

As an actor, Gaffigan has appeared in a wide range of roles, although specific details about his performances are not provided. His extensive body of work showcases his versatility as a performer. Gaffigan's acting career has been marked by his contributions to the entertainment industry, with a significant number of credits to his name.

Gaffigan's acting career is closely tied to his work as a stand-up comedian, writer, and producer. His comedic background has likely influenced his approach to acting, allowing him to bring a unique perspective to his roles. As a result, Gaffigan has established himself as a talented and prolific actor in the entertainment industry.

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Known for

Film

Lorne

as Self (uncredited)
Film

Maintenance Required

as Mr Miller
Film

An Almost Christmas Story

as Papa Owl (voice)
Film

Greedy People

as The Irishman
Film

Peter Pan & Wendy

as Sam "Smee" Smiegel

Sherri

as Self - Guest
Film

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

as Van Helsing (voice)
Film

Luca

as Lorenzo Paguro (voice)

DC's Stargirl

as The Thunderbolt (voice)
Film

Tesla

as George Westinghouse

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self - Guest

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

as Self

Frequent co-stars

Mike Birbiglia 3 shared titles
Josh Hamilton 3 shared titles
Stephen Colbert 2 shared titles
John Oliver 2 shared titles
John Krasinski 2 shared titles
Marc Maron 2 shared titles
Lewis Black 2 shared titles
John Leguizamo 2 shared titles
Wanda Sykes 2 shared titles
Kathryn Hahn 2 shared titles

Career timeline

Lorne
Maintenance RequiredEugene the MarineJim Gaffigan: Live from Old Forester — The Bourbon SetJim Gaffigan: Live from Old Forester — The Bourbon Set · Executive Producer
An Almost Christmas StoryGreedy PeopleUnfrostedRunning on EmptyJim Gaffigan: The Skinny
Full CirclePeter Pan & WendyLinoleumSusie SearchesJim Gaffigan: Dark Pale
SherriHotel Transylvania: TransformaniaDark Side of ComedyCollideCollide · Executive Producer
LucaMarvel's Hit-MonkeyJim Gaffigan: Comedy MonsterJim Gaffigan: Comedy Monster · DirectorJim Gaffigan: Comedy Monster · Writer
DC's StargirlTeslaTime Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All TimeTarget Number OneFeeding America Comedy Festival
The Kelly Clarkson ShowA Little Late with Lilly SinghLights Out with David SpadeScooby-Doo and Guess Who?Above the Shadows
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer VacationSuper Troopers 2Duck Duck GooseChappaquiddickJim Gaffigan: Noble Ape
ChuckGilbertNight of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism ProgramsJim Gaffigan: CincoJim Gaffigan: Cinco · Writer
The Original Image of Divine MercyOnce Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertHot OnesStar vs. the Forces of EvilUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonLate Night with Seth MeyersLate Night with Seth MeyersLate Night with Seth MeyersJim Gaffigan: Obsessed
Rick and MortyKilimanjaroHoward Cantour.com
Comedy Bang! Bang!Finding Your RootsComedians in Cars Getting CoffeeJim Gaffigan: Mr. UniverseJim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe · Writer
Bob's BurgersPortlandiaSalvation BoulevardDying to Do LettermanGive It Up for Greg Giraldo
ConanIt's Kind of a Funny StoryGoing the DistanceI Am Comic
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen17 AgainAway We GoThe Slammin' SalmonJim Gaffigan: King Baby
The Love GuruShoot First And Pray You LiveDuane Incarnate
Flight of the ConchordsStephanie DaleyThe Living Wake
My BoysJim Gaffigan: Beyond the PaleJim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale · Writer
The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonLove, Inc.The Great New WonderfulTrust the ManPale Force
13 Going on 30The JuryStrip SearchBad Apple
Real Time with Bill MaherJimmy Kimmel Live!Jimmy Kimmel Live!Hope & FaithSeason of Youth
Igby Goes DownNo Sleep 'til Madison
Law & Order: Criminal IntentLaw & Order: Criminal IntentSuper TroopersThe Ellen ShowFinal
EdWirey SpindellWelcome to New YorkCry Baby Lane
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitThird WatchThree KingsRandom PlayEntropy
Sex and the CityThat '70s ShowComedy Central PresentsConrad BloomThe Real Howard Spitz
The ViewThe ViewFool's Paradise

Full Filmography

195 titles
  • Lorne (2026) as Self (uncredited)
  • Maintenance Required (2025) as Mr Miller
  • Eugene the Marine (2025) as Jackie
  • Jim Gaffigan: Live from Old Forester — The Bourbon Set (2025) as Self
  • Jim Gaffigan: Live from Old Forester — The Bourbon Set (2025) Executive Producer
  • An Almost Christmas Story (2024) as Papa Owl (voice)
  • Greedy People (2024) as The Irishman
  • Unfrosted (2024) as Edsel Kellogg III
  • Running on Empty (2024) as Barry
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (2024) as Self
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (2024) Writer
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (2024) Director
  • Full Circle (2023) as Manny Broward
  • Peter Pan & Wendy (2023) as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
  • Linoleum (2023) as Cameron / Kent
  • Susie Searches (2023) as Sheriff Loggins
  • Jim Gaffigan: Dark Pale (2023) as Self
  • Jim Gaffigan: Dark Pale (2023) Director
  • Jim Gaffigan: Dark Pale (2023) Executive Producer
  • Sherri (2022) as Self - Guest
  • Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022) as Van Helsing (voice)
  • Dark Side of Comedy (2022) as Self
  • Collide (2022) as Peter
  • Collide (2022) Executive Producer
  • Reindeer in Here (2022) as Santa Claus (voice)
  • Luca (2021) as Lorenzo Paguro (voice)
  • Marvel's Hit-Monkey (2021) as Snail
  • Jim Gaffigan: Comedy Monster (2021) as Self
  • Jim Gaffigan: Comedy Monster (2021) Director
  • Jim Gaffigan: Comedy Monster (2021) Writer
  • DC's Stargirl (2020) as The Thunderbolt (voice)
  • Tesla (2020) as George Westinghouse
  • Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time (2020) as Self
  • Target Number One (2020) as Picker
  • Feeding America Comedy Festival (2020) as Self
  • Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020) as Self
  • Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp (2020) as Self
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist (2020) as Self
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist (2020) Screenplay
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist (2020) Director
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist (2020) Creator
  • I've Got Issues (2020) as Narrator
  • Jim Gaffigan: Florida Man (2020) as Self
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist 2 - Spanish American (2020)
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist 2 - Spanish American (2020) Writer
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist 2 - Spanish American (2020) Director
  • Jim Gaffigan: Asian American (2020) as Self
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist 1 - Canadian American (2020)
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist 1 - Canadian American (2020) Writer
  • Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist 1 - Canadian American (2020) Director
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self - Guest
  • A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019) as Self
  • Lights Out with David Spade (2019) as Self - Panelist
  • Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019) as Jim Gaffigan (voice)
  • Above the Shadows (2019) as Paul Jederman
  • Playmobil: The Movie (2019) as Del (voice)
  • Them That Follow (2019) as Zeke Slaughter
  • 25 Sets (2019) as Self
  • Troop Zero (2019) as Ramsey Flint
  • Drunk Parents (2019) as Carl Mancini
  • The Day Shall Come (2019) as Lemmy
  • It Started As a Joke (2019) as Self
  • Being Frank (2019) as Frank
  • Light from Light (2019) as Richard
  • American Dreamer (2019) as Cam
  • Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time (2019) as Himself
  • Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time (2019) Writer
  • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) as Professor Abraham Van Helsing (voice)
  • Super Troopers 2 (2018) as Larry Johnson
  • Duck Duck Goose (2018) as Peng (voice)
  • Chappaquiddick (2018) as Paul Markham
  • Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape (2018) as Himself
  • Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape (2018) Writer
  • Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape (2018) Executive Producer
  • Chuck (2017) as John Stoehr
  • Gilbert (2017) as Self
  • Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (2017) as Self
  • Jim Gaffigan: Cinco (2017) as Himself
  • Jim Gaffigan: Cinco (2017) Writer
  • The Original Image of Divine Mercy (2016) as Self
  • Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (2016) as Santa Claus
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
  • Hot Ones (2015) as Self
  • Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015) as Father Time (voice)
  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015) as Officer Krupke
  • Hot Pursuit (2015) as Red
  • The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015) as Jim Gaffigan
  • The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015) Creator
  • Experimenter (2015) as James McDonough
  • Staten Island Summer (2015) as Danny's Dad
  • Walter (2015) as Corey
  • Misery Loves Comedy (2015) as Self
  • Adventures in Comedy (2015)
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
  • Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed (2014) as Self
  • Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed (2014) Writer
  • The Nobodies (2014) as MC
  • Rick and Morty (2013) as Hoovy (voice)
  • Kilimanjaro (2013) as Bill
  • Howard Cantour.com (2013) as Howard Cantour
  • Comedy Bang! Bang! (2012) as Self
  • Finding Your Roots (2012) as Self
  • Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012) as Self
  • Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe (2012) as Himself
  • Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe (2012) Writer
  • Love Sick Love (2012) as Andrew Blythe
  • Bob's Burgers (2011) as Henry Haber (voice)
  • Portlandia (2011) as Donald
  • Salvation Boulevard (2011) as Jerry Hobson
  • Dying to Do Letterman (2011) as Self
  • Give It Up for Greg Giraldo (2011) as Self
  • Conan (2010) as Self
  • It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) as George Gilner
  • Going the Distance (2010) as Phil Berlin
  • I Am Comic (2010) as Self
  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
  • 17 Again (2009) as Coach Murphy
  • Away We Go (2009) as Lowell
  • The Slammin' Salmon (2009) as Stanley Bellin
  • Jim Gaffigan: King Baby (2009) as Himself
  • Jim Gaffigan: King Baby (2009) Writer
  • Just For Laughs: Over The Edge (2009) as Self
  • The Love Guru (2008) as Trent Lueders
  • Shoot First And Pray You Live (2008) as Mart Ryde
  • Duane Incarnate (2008) as Bob
  • Flight of the Conchords (2007) as Jim
  • Stephanie Daley (2007) as Joe Daley
  • The Living Wake (2007) as Lampert Binew
  • My Boys (2006)
  • Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale (2006) as Himself
  • Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale (2006) Writer
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) as Self - Guest
  • Love, Inc. (2005) as Jamie
  • The Great New Wonderful (2005) as Sandie
  • Trust the Man (2005) as Gordon
  • Pale Force (2005) as Pale Man/Conan
  • Pale Force (2005) Writer
  • 13 Going on 30 (2004) as Chris Grandy
  • The Jury (2004)
  • Strip Search (2004) as Reverend Craig Peterson
  • Bad Apple (2004) as Butters
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
  • Hope & Faith (2003) as Brad
  • Season of Youth (2003) as Dr. Gelding
  • Igby Goes Down (2002) as Hilton Manager
  • No Sleep 'til Madison (2002) as Owen
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Russell Matthews
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Marty Palin
  • Super Troopers (2001) as Larry Johnson
  • The Ellen Show (2001) as Rusty Carnouk
  • Final (2001) as Dayton
  • Ed (2000) as Toby Gibbons
  • Wirey Spindell (2000) as Announcer #2
  • Welcome to New York (2000) as Jim Gaffigan
  • Cry Baby Lane (2000) as Bob
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Oliver Tunney
  • Third Watch (1999) as Portis
  • Three Kings (1999) as Cuts Troy's Cuff Soldier
  • Random Play (1999)
  • Entropy (1999) as Bucky
  • Kimberly (1999) as Jim at the Ad Agency
  • Hook'd Up (1999) as Waiter
  • Puppet (1999) as Mr. Kamen
  • Not Afraid to Say... (1999) as Larry
  • Sex and the City (1998) as Doug
  • That '70s Show (1998) as Roy
  • Comedy Central Presents (1998) as Self
  • Conrad Bloom (1998) as Oliver
  • The Real Howard Spitz (1998) as Storekeeper
  • The View (1997) as Self
  • The View (1997) as Self - Guest
  • Fool's Paradise (1997) as Chester
  • Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995) as Jim (voice)
  • Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995) Additional Writing
  • Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Guest
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Comedy Guest
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
  • Law & Order (1990) as Larry Johnson
  • Law & Order (1990) as George Rozakis
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
  • CBS News Sunday Morning (1979) as Self
  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
  • The Grammys (1959) as Self
  • Crosshairs as Lyle
  • New England Toys
  • Pale Force
  • Three People in the Woods
  • Outside of Cleveland
  • Untitled Mitch Hedberg Documentary as Self

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Jim Gaffigan best known for?

Jim Gaffigan is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Lorne (2026), Maintenance Required (2025), An Almost Christmas Story (2024), Greedy People (2024).

When and where was Jim Gaffigan born?

Jim Gaffigan was born on July 7, 1966 in Elgin, Illinois, USA.

How many credits does Jim Gaffigan have?

Jim Gaffigan has accumulated over 195 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1959 to 2026.

What is Jim Gaffigan's background in cinema and television?

James Christopher Gaffigan was born on July 7, 1966, in Elgin, Illinois, United States. He is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. His work spans both movies and television shows, with a total of 163 known acting credits listed on The Movie Database. His material frequently touches upon fatherhoo...