jimdavid
JIM DAVID's outrageous and biting comedy has been seen on Comedy Central's TOUGH CROWD WITH COLIN QUINN, his own 1/2 hour special, COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS JIM DAVID, OUT ON THE EDGE, COMIC CABANA, COMIC REMIX, and COMEDY CENTRAL'S USO TOUR. He was seen as a guest "comedy consultant" on Bravo's smash QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY. He contributes to US Magazine's "Fashion Police." He has also appeared on ABC's THE VIEW, Comedy Central's , NEW JOKE CITY with Robert Klein, NBC COMEDY SHOWCASE with Louie Anderson, A&E's CAROLINE'S and EVENING AT THE IMPROV, MTV 1/2 HOUR COMEDY HOUR, VH1's FOOLS FOR LOVE, SHOWTIME COMEDY CLUB NETWORK, DATELINE NBC, STAR SEARCH, LAST CALL, SPOTLIGHT CAFE and USA LIVE. He performed on Comedy Central's FRIARS CLUB ROAST OF ROB REINER. and hosted the webcast of Comedy Central's FRIARS CLUB ROAST OF HUGH HEFNER.
A headliner at comedy clubs across the country, this Southern boy with a Northern attitude can he heard on his CDs, EAT HERE AND GET GAS (2000) and LIVE FROM JIMVILLE (2003). He is two time winner of the MAC (Manhattan Assn. of Clubs & Cabarets) Award for Outstanding Comedian and the Backstage Magazine BISTRO Award for Outstanding NY Comedian. He has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in films, and his one-man comedy "SOUTH PATHETIC", a play about the worst community theater in the South, was presented at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, NYC'S Revelation Theater, as well as other theaters around the country. In 2003, he was in residence at the University of the South as a Tennessee Williams Fellow in writing and performance.
He appears at many charitable events including THE TREVOR PROJECT, the nation's only suicide hotline for troubled gay, lesbian and questioning youth. For more information, visit www.thetrevorproject.org. He produces and hosts COMEDY CARES, the only standup comedy benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which has starred Joy Behar, Darrell Hammond, Cory Kahaney, Mario Cantone, Judy Gold, Colin Quinn, Kate Clinton, Eddie Sarfaty, Rick Crom and the cast of Newsical, and Julie Halston. For more info, visit www.broadwaycares.org.
He is two degrees away from Kevin Bacon - he appeared in Radioland Murders with Mary Stuart Masterson, who appeared in Digging to China with Kevin Bacon. His guilty pleasures include Extreme Makeover, disaster & Airport movies, the Miss America Pageant, the Lawrence Welk Show, and cheesy true crime novels. He is a member of Actor's Equity, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, The Dramatists Guild, and the Friars Club.
" Hilarious mayhem! If you aren't laughing at the punchlines that pepper his performance, you probably need resuscitation!
" WELL-TUNED COMIC CARTWHEELS. He doesn't crack a joke. He knocks it into the last rows of the balcony .
" JIM DAVID is a hoot, with plenty of laugh-out loud topical humor, warning everyone,"When opportunity rings, you better have call waiting .
" JIM DAVID offers jokes much on a level with Jay Leno .
