Jeff Dunham is an American
ventriloquist and
stand-up comedian who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including
Late Show with David Letterman,
Comedy Central Presents,
The Tonight Show and
Sonny With a Chance. He has four specials that run on
Comedy Central:
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself,
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity,
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special, and Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos. Dunham also starred in
The Jeff Dunham Show, a series on the network in 2009.
His style has been described as "a dressed-down, more digestible version of
Don Rickles with
multiple personality disorder".
Describing his characters,
Time observes, "All of them are politically incorrect, gratuitously insulting and ill tempered."
Dunham has been credited with reviving ventriloquism,
and doing more to promote the art form than anyone since
Edgar Bergen.