Jeffrey Dunham is an American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and actor. Dunham has sold over four million DVDs, an additional USD 7 million in merchandise sales, and received more than 350 million hits on YouTube as of October 2009. Forbes ranked Dunham as the third highest-paid comedian in the United States behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock.
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Jeffrey Dunham is an American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and actor. He has appeared on numerous television shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show and Sonny With a Chance. Dunham has sold over four million DVDs, an additional USD 7 million in merchandise sales, and received more than 350 million hits on YouTube as of October 2009. Forbes ranked Dunham as the third highest-paid comedian in the United States behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock and reported that he was one of the highest-earning comics from June 2008 to June 2009, earning approximately USD 30 million during that period. He achieved the Guinness Book of World Records record for \”Most tickets sold for a stand- up comedy tour\” for his Spark of Insanity tour, performing in 386 venues worldwide. Dunham’s style has been described as \”a dressed-down, more digestible version of Don Rickles with multiple personality disorder\”. He is the top-grossing standup act in North America and among the most successful acts in Europe as well. Dunham is a fan of Edgar Bergen and Jimmy Nelson’s Instant Ventriloquism, and has been credited with reviving the art form since Bergen’s death. Dunham was born on April 18, 1962, in Dallas, Texas. He was adopted by real estate appraiser Howard Dunham, and his homemaker wife Joyce, who raised him in a devoutly Presbyterian household in an affluent Dallas neighborhood, as an only child.
Dunham began performing for audiences as a teenager, and during his high school years, he began to perform for local celebrities such as Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach. While still in high school, he dealt with hecklers and emceeing dealers in Dallas and Tyler Tyler. Dunham later did commercials for Datsun emcees. He is married to his long-time girlfriend, former model and actress Amy Poehler. Dunham and his wife have two children, a son and a daughter-in-law. The couple have a daughter, a daughter and a son-in law. The family lives in Los Angeles and have a son, a grandson, and a step-son. Dunham lives with his wife and two step-daughters in San Diego, California. He and his family have three adult children, and one step-daughter, a granddaughter, a great-granddaughter, and two great-great-grandchildren. The Dunhams have three sons, a boy and a girl, both of whom are currently in their 20s and 30s. Dunham also has a son who is in the middle of his first year of college, and he has a daughter who is expected to be in his 20s in the fall. Dunham says he has no plans to have children of his own in the near future. He says he is not interested in having children. He believes that he is a better person than he was when he was a child, and that he has grown to be a better man.
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