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Jonathan Kimmel (born November 4, 1976) is an American television and film director, writer, producer, actor, and composer. [1]
Early life and career
Kimmel's writing credits include six seasons of South Park, during which the show won three Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. He has also contributed several voice-overs for South Park, including the voice of Peter the Family Guy, Gandalf, John Travolta, the Israeli Egg Assassin, and his brother Jimmy in the " Fishsticks" episode. After that, he served as co-executive producer and head writer for MTV's The Andy Milonakis Show. Additionally, he assisted on Crank Yankers, where he was also a composer and voice-over performer. Other writing credits include: That's My Bush!, Drawn Together, and The Bonnie Hunt Show.
Kimmel's performing credits include: SXSW feature The Prank starring Rita Moreno, ABC's Trophy Wife ABC's Life with Bonnie; the character Xavier on the ABC pilot "Let Go"; the voice of Scab in Disney's The Wild; the Singing Ass in Sarah Silverman's Jesus Is Magic; the voice of the King on Drawn Together; the Boneologist and as The Fog on Minoriteam, as well as dozens of voices and characters on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Kimmel has also guest-starred in several roles on The Sarah Silverman Program. He directed the music video for The Killers' ninth charity Christmas single, " Joel the Lump of Coal", which features his brother Jimmy (who also co-wrote the song).
Kimmel is executive producer, director and showrunner on the reboot of Crank Yankers, for Comedy Central.
Kimmel is executive producer and co-showrunner of the Kelly Ripa hosted Generation Gap, for ABC.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Wild | Scab (voice) | |
| 2008 | Imaginationland: The Movie | Additional voices (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2022 | The Prank | Joe |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | That's My Bush! | The Gut Busters! | Episode: "A Poorly Executed Plan" |
| 2003–2007 | Crank Yankers | Sonny; Jon the Businessman (voices) | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Life with Bonnie | Xavier | Episode: "Nightshift" |
| 2004–2005 | Drawn Together | The King (voice) | Credited as Jon Kimmel Episodes: "Dirty Pranking Number 2" & "Ghosteses in the Slot Machine" |
| 2005–2009, 2023–present | South Park | Peter Griffin; Jimmy Kimmel; various (voices) | 13 episodes Credited as Juan Kimmelini |
| 2006 | Minoriteam | Boneologist; various (voices) | Episodes: "Tribe & Prejudice" & "FOG" |
| 2006 | Let Go | Xavier | Television movie |
| 2007 | Saul of the Mole Men | Dr. Lawrence "Brad" Perkins; Molemen (voices) | 9 episodes |
| 2007–2008 | The Sarah Silverman Program | Pageant host; Bob; Homeless Blind Willy Joe | 3 episodes |
| 2008–2018 | Jimmy Kimmel Live | Writer; segment director | |
| 2014 | Trophy Wife | Farmer Rick | Episode: "Mother's Day" |
| 2019–2021 | Crank Yankers | Executive producer; director; show runner | 40 episodes |
| 2022 | Generation Gap - ABC | Executive producer; co-show runner | 10 episodes |
References
- ^ Wyatt, Edward (February 27, 2008). "Late-Night TV Satires Become Online Hits". The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2010.