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{{Infobox comedian
| image           = Jimmy Carr 2024 (cropped).png
| caption         = Carr in 2024
| birth_name      = James Anthony Patrick Carr
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|9|15}}
| birth_place     = [[Isleworth]], [[London]], [[England]]
| medium          = {{hlist|[[Stand-up comedy|Stand-up]]|[[television]]}}
| nationality     = {{hlist|Ireland|United Kingdom}}
| alma_mater      = [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| active          = Since 1997
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Black comedy]]|[[Ribaldry|blue comedy]]|[[satire]]}}
| subjects        = {{hlist|[[Celebrity|Celebrities]]|[[World news|current events]]|[[politics]]|[[Sexual intercourse|sex]]}}
| domestic_partner = Karoline Copping (2001–present)
| children        = 1
| website         = {{URL|jimmycarr.com}}
}}
'''James Anthony Patrick Carr''' (born 15 September 1972) is a British-Irish comedian.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.irishpost.com/entertainment/11-celebrities-never-realised-had-irish-passport-164941 |title=11 celebrities you never realised had an Irish passport |date=15 October 2021 |work=[[The Irish Post]] |access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref> He began his career in 1997 with a series of successful [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up]] performances. He has regularly appeared on television as the host of [[Channel 4]] panel shows such as ''[[The Big Fat Quiz of the Year]]'' (since 2004), ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats|8&nbsp;Out of&nbsp;10&nbsp;Cats]]'' (2005–2021), and ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]'' (since 2012). Carr is known for his rapid-fire [[deadpan]] delivery of [[One-line joke|one-liners]].

==Early life and education==
James Anthony Patrick Carr was born on 15 September 1972,<ref name="birth">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/10-things-about/a298925/ten-things-about-jimmy-carr/ |title=Ten Things About... Jimmy Carr |last=Fletcher |first=Alex |date=19 January 2011 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref> in [[Isleworth|Isleworth, London]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4458/jimmycarrrl8.jpg|title=Birth record from Hounslow|date=2011-07-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728093235/http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4458/jimmycarrrl8.jpg|archive-date=2011-07-28|access-date=2021-12-18}}</ref><ref name="Groskop">{{Cite news|last=Groskop|first=Viv|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2012/jun/24/profile-jimmy-carr|title=Jimmy Carr: Laughing on the other side of his face {{!}} Viv Groskop|date=2012-06-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-28|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="Fletcher">{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/10-things-about/a298925/ten-things-about-jimmy-carr/|title=Ten Things About... Jimmy Carr|last=Fletcher|first=Alex|date=2011-01-19|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref> He is the second of three sons<ref name=corrections/> born to Irish parents Nora Mary (née Lawlor; 19 September 1943 – 7 September 2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigissue.com/features/letter-to-my-younger-self/6101/jimmy-carr-interview-my-mum-showed-me-the-power-of-comedy-i |title=Jimmy Carr interview: "My mum showed me the power of comedy. I owe her everything" |author=Eamonn Forde |work=Big Issue |date=4 January 2016 |publisher=The Big Issue |access-date=9 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312054201/http://www.bigissue.com/features/letter-to-my-younger-self/6101/jimmy-carr-interview-my-mum-showed-me-the-power-of-comedy-i |archive-date=12 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ONSmarriage1984&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&gss=angs-d&gsln=Carr&dbOnly=_F0006310%7c_F0006310_x%2c_F0005648%7c_F0005648_x&uidh=fk7&mssns0=Lawlor&pcat=BMD_MARRIAGE&fh=0&h=38484692&recoff=&ml_rpos=1 |title=England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 |publisher=Ancestry.com}}</ref> and Patrick James "Jim" Carr (born 1945), an accountant who became the treasurer for computer company [[Unisys]]. His parents were married in 1970 and separated in 1994, never divorcing.<ref name=corrections>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/corrections/jim-carr-1681527.html |title=Independent corrections |work=The Independent|date=11 May 2009 |access-date=10 March 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910134814/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/corrections/jim-carr-1681527.html |archive-date=10 September 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2012/jun/24/profile-jimmy-carr|title = Jimmy Carr: Laughing on the other side of his face &#124; Viv Groskop|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 23 June 2012}}</ref>

Carr spent most of his early life in the village of [[Farnham Common]], [[Buckinghamshire]], where he attended Farnham Common School and [[Burnham Grammar School]].<ref name=Indy /> Carr was diagnosed with [[dyslexia]] and could not read or write at his expected level until around ten or eleven years old.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roROKlZhZyo |title=Jimmy Carr: The Easiest Way To Live A Happier Life {{!}} E106 |date=2021-11-14 |last=The Diary Of A CEO |access-date=2024-08-06 |via=YouTube}}</ref> He completed [[sixth form]] at the [[Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe|Royal Grammar School]] in nearby [[High Wycombe]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A class apart: How does this state school get so many boys into Oxbridge? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/a-class-apart-how-does-this-state-school-get-so-many-boys-into-oxbridge-396507.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=11 October 2007 |location=London |access-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923215453/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/a-class-apart-how-does-this-state-school-get-so-many-boys-into-oxbridge-396507.html |archive-date=23 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto">Jimmy Carr, Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4 (Mar 2017)</ref>

After earning four A grades at [[A-level]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Postcards from Slough - Jimmy Carr |url=http://www.postcards-from-slough.co.uk/home/slough-s-famous-people/jimmy-carr/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=www.postcards-from-slough.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> Carr studied [[social science]] and [[political science]] at [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]],<ref name="auto"/> graduating with [[first-class honours]]<ref name=GuardianUK>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/sep/09/comedy.thebestofbritishcomedy2 |title=Here's Jimmy! |work=The Guardian |date=9 September 2006 |location=London |access-date=23 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021111613/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/sep/09/comedy.thebestofbritishcomedy2 |archive-date=21 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> in 1994.<ref name=Indy>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/taboobuster-the-dark-side-of-jimmy-carr-1022921.html |title=Taboo-buster: the dark side of Jimmy Carr |work=The Independent |date=18 November 2008 |location=London |access-date=6 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903201521/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/taboobuster-the-dark-side-of-jimmy-carr-1022921.html |archive-date=3 September 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Chris Harris |url=http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1672 |title=chrismoyles.net |publisher=chrismoyles.net |access-date=10 March 2011}}</ref> He went on to work in the marketing department at [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]], but took [[voluntary redundancy]] in January 2000 as he felt "miserable" there.<ref name="auto"/>  He performed his first paid stand-up gig later that month, having done his debut pub show unpaid only the previous December.<ref name=Indy/> He said a course in [[neuro-linguistic programming]] helped him realize how his mind was working to hold him back from following his dreams of becoming a comedian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecoachingroom.com.au/blog/nlp-as-the-sliding-door-of-life|title = The Coaching Room's NLP as the Sliding Door of Life| date=8 August 2018 }}</ref>

In 2001, Carr's mother, Nora Mary, died of [[pancreatitis]], at age 57. Following her death, Carr's relationship with his father became "severely strained". In 2004, his father was arrested and accused of harassing Carr and his brother Colin, but was cleared and won an apology from the [[Metropolitan Police]].<ref>[https://pressgazette.co.uk/standard-pay-out-to-jimmy-carrs-estranged-father/ "Standard pay out to Jimmy Carr's estranged father", ''Press Gazette'', 21 September 2006]. Retrieved 20 November 2022</ref> In 2021, Carr said he had not spoken to his father since 2000 and had not seen him in person, with the exception of an [[autograph signing]] after a gig in 2015, where they saw each other but did not speak.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ie/entertainment/celebrity/comedian-jimmy-carr-reveals-irish-dad-is-dead-to-me/ar-AAQebx7 |title = Comedian Jimmy Carr reveals Irish dad is 'dead to me' |date=2 November 2021 |publisher=[[MSN]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211117055923/https://www.msn.com/en-ie/entertainment/celebrity/comedian-jimmy-carr-reveals-irish-dad-is-dead-to-me/ar-AAQebx7 |archive-date = 17 November 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
===Television===
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====Hosting====
[[File:JimmyCarr.jpg|thumb|Carr in 2007]]
Carr has hosted [[Channel 4]] game shows ''[[Distraction (game show)|Distraction]]'' and ''[[Your Face or Mine?]]''. He presented the ''100s'' series of programmes for Channel 4: ''100 Worst Pop Records'', ''100 Worst Britons'', ''100 Greatest Cartoon Characters'', ''100 People Who Look Most Like Jimmy Carr'' (a spoof) and ''100 Scary Moments''.

Since 2005, Carr has presented the comedy panel show ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats]]''. The show aired on [[Channel 4]] until 2016, when it moved to [[More4]]. It later went to [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]]. Since 2012, Carr has also presented over 150 episodes of ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]'', a combination of his panel show ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats]]'' and daytime quiz show ''[[Countdown (game show)|Countdown]]''.

In April 2010, Carr hosted the first British version of a comedy roast show, Channel 4's ''[[A Comedy Roast]]''. On 6 May 2010, he was a co-host of Channel 4's ''Alternative Election Night'', with [[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]], [[Lauren Laverne]] and [[Charlie Brooker]]. He joined the three presenters again for ''[[10 O'Clock Live]]'', a [[Channel 4]] comedy current-affairs show, which started airing in January 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/10-oclock-live |title=10 O'Clock Live |access-date=10 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106162931/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/10-oclock-live |archive-date=6 January 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/temp/top-comic-jimmy-carr-for-inec-27411131.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616050918/http://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/temp/top-comic-jimmy-carr-for-inec-27411131.html |archive-date=16 June 2013 |title=Top comic Jimmy Carr for INEC |work=Irish Independent |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=20 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014 and 2015, Carr guest-presented two episodes of ''[[Sunday Night at the Palladium]]'' on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/peter-kay-pulls-out-itv-4181242 |title=Peter Kay pulls out of ITV show following snubs from ABBA and the Rolling Stones |last=Methven |first=Nicola |date=7 September 2014 |work=mirror |access-date=19 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019215620/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/peter-kay-pulls-out-itv-4181242 |archive-date=19 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, he presented American comedy panel show ''[[The Fix (2018 TV series)|The Fix]]'' on [[Netflix]]. From 2018 to 2020, Carr hosted the [[Comedy Central (British TV channel)|Comedy Central]] series [[Roast Battle]]. From 2021 he has hosted the Channel 4 quiz show ''[[I Literally Just Told You]]''.

In March 2025, he hosted the first series of ''[[LOL: Last One Laughing UK]]'' with [[Roisin Conaty]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/jimmy-carr-last-one-laughing-comedians-exclusive-newsupdate/ | title=Jimmy Carr on Last One Laughing: 'Comedians are weirdly competitive' &#124; Radio Times }}</ref>

In October 2025, Carr hosted the first series of ''[[Am I The A******?]]'' with [[GK Barry]] and [[Jamali Maddix]] <ref>{{cite web | title=Jimmy Carr's Am I the A**hole? Season 1 &#124; Radio Times | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-krx7l1/jimmy-carrs-am-i-the-ahole-season-1/?episode=b-7u20gc}}</ref> on [[Comedy Central (British TV channel)|Comedy Central]]

====Guest appearances====
Carr contributed sketches to Channel 4 topical comedy TV programme ''The 11 O'Clock Show'' and has appeared on panel shows ''[[A League of Their Own (British game show)|A League of Their Own]]'' and ''[[QI]]''. During a guest appearance on the BBC motoring show ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'', Carr set a new celebrity test track lap record on the '[[Star in a Reasonably Priced Car]]' segment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-chats-cars-jimmy-carr |title=Top Gear chats cars with Jimmy Carr |website=topgear.com |date=3 January 2014 |language=en |access-date=19 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019164922/https://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-chats-cars-jimmy-carr |archive-date=19 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was described as "the worst driver we've ever had" and "the luckiest man alive" by ''Top Gear''{{'s}} test driver [[the Stig]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.motoringbox.com/cars/entertainment/top-gear/episode-guides/series-5/series-5-episode-4/ |title=Top Gear: Series 5, Episode 4 |date=14 November 2004 |work=MotoringBox |access-date=14 February 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215083613/http://www.motoringbox.com/cars/entertainment/top-gear/episode-guides/series-5/series-5-episode-4/ |archive-date=15 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Carr has appeared as a contestant on celebrity editions of ''[[Deal or No Deal (British game show)|Deal or No Deal]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dealornodeal.co.uk/jimmy-carr-faces-the-banker-on-celebrity-deal-or-no-deal/ |title=Jimmy Carr faces The Banker on Celebrity Deal or No Deal |date=22 August 2016 |website=Deal or No Deal |access-date=6 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106174542/http://www.dealornodeal.co.uk/jimmy-carr-faces-the-banker-on-celebrity-deal-or-no-deal/ |archive-date=6 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> (won £750 for [[Helen & Douglas House]]), ''[[The Chase (British game show)|The Chase]]'' (won £1,000 for [[Variety Club]]), ''[[Benchmark (game show)|Benchmark]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a670536/jimmy-carr-takes-on-joey-essex-in-channel-4s-celebrity-benchmark/ |title=Jimmy Carr vs Joey Essex on Celeb Benchmark |first=Tom |last=Eames |date=25 September 2015 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206192534/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a670536/jimmy-carr-takes-on-joey-essex-in-channel-4s-celebrity-benchmark/ |archive-date=6 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> (won £1,000 for [[Elton John AIDS Foundation]]), ''[[Tipping Point (game show)|Tipping Point]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week42/tipping-point-lucky-stars |title=Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Episode 1 |website=Press Centre |access-date=6 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106174243/https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week42/tipping-point-lucky-stars |archive-date=6 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (won £7,000 for [[Blue Cross (animal charity)|Blue Cross]]), ''[[Catchphrase (British game show)|Catchphrase]],'' and ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]'', winning £1,000.

Carr was a guest presenter for one edition of ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'';<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/hignfy/episodes/26/4/|title=Have I Got News For You Series 26, Episode 4|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> in 2007 he joined [[Ian Hislop]]'s team in the edition of the show chaired by [[Ann Widdecombe]], with whom he "flirted" outrageously. Later in the episode, Widdecombe said: "I don't think I shall return to this programme."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/06/have-i-got-news-for-you-women-hit-back-against-too-modest-claims|title=Have I Got News For You: women hit back against 'too modest' claims|date=6 April 2018|website=The Guardian}}</ref>

===Radio===
In January 2006, Carr made a joke on Radio 4's ''Loose Ends'', the punchline of which implied that [[Romani people|Gypsy]] women stank.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,3604,1677955,00.html |title=BBC apologises for joke about Gypsy women on radio show |date=5 January 2006 |publisher=Guardian Unlimited |location=London |first=Duncan |last=Campbell |access-date=6 May 2010}}</ref> The BBC issued an apology, but Carr refused to apologize and continued to use the joke. He appeared in two episodes of the radio series of ''[[Flight of the Conchords (radio series)|Flight of the Conchords]]'' in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcshop.com/Comedy/Flight-of-the-Conchords-The-Directors-Cut/invt/9781408409459 |title=Flight of the Conchords: The Director's Cut at BBC Shop |publisher=BBCShop.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116125712/http://www.bbcshop.com/Comedy/Flight-of-the-Conchords-The-Directors-Cut/invt/9781408409459 |archive-date=16 November 2009 |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

Carr has appeared on BBC Radio 4's ''[[The Museum of Curiosity]]'' a total of seven times since 2011. He was the Museum Curator (in his five appearances in 2012) and a guest on the 2018 Annual Stock Take Christmas special, alongside [[Lee Mack]], [[Jo Brand]] and [[Sally Phillips|Sally Philips]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Jimmy Carr |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/jimmy_carr/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>

=== Podcasts ===
Carr's [[podcast]] appearances go back to at least 2010 with a one-off podcast called ''Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle: Meet the Comedians''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet the Comedian: Jimmy Carr on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/meet-the-comedian-jimmy-carr/id404910683 |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Apple Podcasts |date=16 November 2010 |language=en-AU}}</ref> Carr's podcast appearances ramped up significantly during the height of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with recent appearances during this period including [[The Betoota Advocate|''The Betoota Advocate Podcast'']], ''[[You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes]]'', ''[[The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith|The Comedian's Comedian]]'', [[Jordan Peterson#Social media|''The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast'']], and ''[[Dane Baptiste Questions Everything]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Carr podcast appearances and mentions {{!}} Ivy.fm |url=https://ivy.fm/tag/jimmy-carr |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=ivy.fm |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Podcasts |url=https://www.jimmycarr.com/podcasts/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Jimmy Carr |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Stand-up comedy===
[[File:The All-New Range Rover - Global Reveal (7955217232).jpg|thumb|Carr in 2012]]
Carr performs stand-up tours continuously over most of the course of the year, originally taking only five weeks off between them. During his Terribly Funny Tour (which began pre-COVID lockdown and ended April 2024) he wrote his next tour by trying out new material in every gig.<ref>{{cite interview |last=Carr |first=Jimmy |interviewer=[[Melanie Sykes]] |interviewer2=[[Des O'Connor]] |title=[[The Paul O'Grady Show]] |publisher=[[Channel 4]] |date=3 November 2008}}</ref> As a result of this Jimmy Carr Laughs Funny<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Carr // Laughs Funny // Live Tour |url=https://www.jimmycarr.com/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Jimmy Carr |language=en-GB}}</ref> started 17 April 2024.

His first five minutes of stand-up (unpaid) was at an Islington pub, the Tut 'n' Shive, in December 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-11-18 |title=Taboo-buster: the dark side of Jimmy Carr |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/taboobuster-the-dark-side-of-jimmy-carr-1022921.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> From 2000 to 2003, he started appearing regularly, around London, at [[Up the Creek (comedy club)|Up The Creek]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-09-27 |title=Listings |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6456538.listings/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref> The Banana Cabaret<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-11-16 |title=Comedy |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6386668.comedy/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref> and The Bearcat Comedy Club.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-01-16 |title=Rudi at the Bearcat |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6273024.rudi-at-the-bearcat/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref>

He performed a revue at the Café Royal, as a part of the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2001|2001 Edinburgh Fringe]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-08-03 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2001 by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/2001_fringe_programme |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> Titled ''Rubbernecker'', it also featured [[Ricky Gervais]], [[Stephen Merchant]] and [[Robin Ince]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Logan |first=Brian |date=2009-12-09 |title=Review of the decade: Comedy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/dec/09/review-of-the-decade-comedy |access-date=2024-02-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2004, he threatened to sue [[Jim Davidson (comedian)|Jim Davidson]] for using a joke that Carr considered his own.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3539246.stm |title=Stand-ups square up over fat joke |date=5 August 2004 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=23 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320222754/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3539246.stm |archive-date=20 March 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> The matter was dropped when it became apparent that the joke in question was an old one used for decades by many different comedians. He toured the country with his show ''A Public Display of Affection'', starting on 9 April 2005 at the [[Gulbenkian Theatre]] in [[Canterbury]] and ending on 14 January 2006 at the [[Gielgud Theatre]] in London's [[West End of London|West End]]. He also appeared at the EICC during the [[Edinburgh Festival]] in August 2005 with his ''Off The Telly'' show.

In August 2006, he commenced the tour ''Gag Reflex'', for which he won the 2006 [[British Comedy Award]] for "Best Live Stand-Up". He released his third DVD, ''Jimmy Carr: Comedian'', in November 2007. In 2003, he was listed in ''[[the Observer]]'' as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. In 2007, a poll on the [[Channel 4]] website for 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, Jimmy Carr was 12th. A national tour commenced in autumn 2007 named ''Repeat Offender'', beginning at the [[Edinburgh Festival]].

On 3 February 2007, Carr's performance in front of 50 people in London was broadcast simultaneously on the virtual platform ''[[Second Life]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Second Life gig for comedian Carr |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6227869.stm |access-date=8 February 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=3 January 2007}}</ref>

His ''Rapier Wit'' tour opened on 20 August 2009 eight shows at the Edinburgh Festival before touring the UK. He released a DVD entitled ''Jimmy Carr: Telling Jokes'' on 2 November 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0028N6MZO |title=Telling Jokes |publisher=Amazon |access-date=10 March 2011}}</ref> Also on 5 and 6 July 2009, Carr was the warm up act for [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] band [[The Killers]] at their DVD record gigs ([[Live from the Royal Albert Hall]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=2009 |url=https://gigs-r-us.tripod.com/id301.html |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=gigs-r-us.tripod.com}}</ref>

In October 2009, Carr received criticism from Sunday tabloid newspapers for a joke he made about British soldiers who had lost limbs in [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]], saying the UK would have a strong team in the [[London 2012 Paralympic Games]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6427618/Anger-over-Jimmy-Carrs-joke-about-war-amputees.html |title=Anger over Jimmy Carr's joke about war amputees |date=25 October 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |author=Staff |access-date=10 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620202824/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6427618/Anger-over-Jimmy-Carrs-joke-about-war-amputees.html |archive-date=20 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Carr defended his own joke as "totally acceptable" in an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/nov/05/jimmy-carr-paralympics-joke |title=Jimmy Carr: 'I thought my Paralympics joke was totally acceptable' |date=5 November 2009 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |author=Stephen Moss |access-date=24 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002180613/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/nov/05/jimmy-carr-paralympics-joke |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> He had met with staff and patients at the rehabilitation centre, [[Headley Court]], in March 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-04 |title=Jimmy Carr Visits Headley Court |url=https://bff.org.uk/gallery/jimmy-carr-visits-headley-court-2/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=The British Forces Foundation}}</ref>

Carr's sixth Live DVD, ''Jimmy Carr: Making People Laugh'', was released on 8 November 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/-/2350/1617/-/12041707/Jimmy-Carr-Making-People-Laugh/Product.html?searchtype=genre |title=Jimmy Carr: Making People Laugh |publisher=Play.com |access-date=10 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209045608/http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/-/2350/1617/-/12041707/Jimmy-Carr-Making-People-Laugh/Product.html?searchtype=genre |archive-date=9 February 2014 }}</ref> Carr's 2010–11 tour, entitled ''Laughter Therapy'', started with a run at the Edinburgh Festival before touring the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ents24.com/web/artist/7992/Jimmy_Carr.html |title=Ents24: Jimmy Carr |publisher=Ents24.com |access-date=10 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104092045/http://www.ents24.com/web/artist/7992/Jimmy_Carr.html |archive-date=4 January 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Carr was criticised in November 2011 for a joke about the [[Variety Club]]'s Sunshine coaches, which offer holidays for children with [[Down syndrome]]. The charity and Down Syndrome Education International condemned the joke. Carr defended himself by saying nothing should be off limits.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jimmy Carr defends joke about handicapped children |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8916298/Jimmy-Carr-defends-joke-about-handicapped-children.html |access-date=8 February 2022 |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=25 November 2011}}</ref>

A ''Guardian'' profile in 2012 said: "In terms of reach and earning power... one of the nation's most popular stand-up comedians... in his ability to pull in crowds which generate millions in tour and DVD sales..." and as "the undisputed king of deadpan one-liners...".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2012/jun/24/profile-jimmy-carr |title=Jimmy Carr: Laughing on the other side of his face |last=Groskop |first=Vic |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=23 June 2012 |access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref>

Carr released the ''Jimmy Carr: Laughing and Joking'' DVD on 18 November 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Jimmy Carr - Laughing And Joking DVD |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/jimmy_carr_laughing_and_joking/shop/3557/dvd/ |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>

In June 2019, Carr was criticised for the content of his touring show ''Terribly Funny''. Among the controversial jokes were jokes about dwarves, fat women and [[female genital mutilation]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Logan |first1=Brian |date=16 June 2019 |title=Jimmy Carr review – a relentless wallow in grubbiness |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jimmy-carr-standup-tour-abortion-dwarf-joke-backlash-criticism-a8968486.html |url-status=live |department=Culture |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204080126/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/jun/16/jimmy-carr-review-rose-theatre-kingston |archive-date=4 December 2019 |access-date=15 July 2020  }}</ref> Carr was also criticised by charity Little People UK (co-founded by actor [[Warwick Davis]]), accusing him of prejudice for an "offensive" abortion joke he made about people with [[dwarfism]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Petter |first1=Olivia |date=21 June 2019 |title=Jimmy Carr faces backlash over 'abortion dwarf' joke |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jimmy-carr-standup-tour-abortion-dwarf-joke-backlash-criticism-a8968486.html |url-status=live |department=Indy/Life |work=[[The Independent]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622153418/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jimmy-carr-standup-tour-abortion-dwarf-joke-backlash-criticism-a8968486.html |archive-date=22 June 2019 |access-date=15 July 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mercer |first1=David |date=21 June 2019 |title=Jimmy Carr criticised by Little People charity for 'offensive' dwarf joke |url=https://news.sky.com/story/jimmy-carr-criticised-by-little-people-charity-for-offensive-dwarf-joke-11746124 |url-status=live |department=Entertainment |work=[[Sky News]] |publisher=[[Sky Group]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622172412/https://news.sky.com/story/jimmy-carr-criticised-by-little-people-charity-for-offensive-dwarf-joke-11746124 |archive-date=22 June 2019 |access-date=15 July 2020 }}</ref>

On 17 April 2024, the [[Netflix]] recording of Carr's ''Terribly Funny 2.0'' tour was released as ''Natural Born Killer''. The one hour special attained a Top 10 spot in 29 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer • FlixPatrol |url=https://flixpatrol.com/title/jimmy-carr-natural-born-killer/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=FlixPatrol |language=en}}</ref> In the week 15–21 April 2024 [[Netflix]] listed the show as being 8th in the global Top 10 (in the category TV, English) with 2.3 million viewing hours.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 10 TV Shows on Netflix Right Now |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/tv?week=2024-04-21 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.netflix.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hailu |first=Selome |date=2024-04-23 |title=Netflix Top 10: 'Baby Reindeer' Leads TV Chart, 'Rebel Moon — Part Two' Debuts as Most-Watched Title |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/netflix-top-10-streaming-ratings-1235697082/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

In September and October 2024, Carr joined Australian comedian [[Jim Jefferies]] for a number of joint gigs, slotted between dates for Jefferies's own tour, in [[Canada]]. Their shows were billed as ''The Charm Offensive Tour''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ae2v8mGSbc |title=The Charm Offensive Tour with #JimmyCarr & #JimJefferies is coming to Canada - tickets Friday! |language=en |access-date=2024-05-01 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-02 |title=Jim Jefferies, Jimmy Carr to co-headline Victoria show, Oct. 26 |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/jim-jefferies-jimmy-carr-will-co-headline-tour-coming-to-victoria-in-october-8690087 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Times Colonist |language=en}}</ref>

==== Edinburgh ====
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is an annual arts festival in Scotland which has been a showcase for comedians since at least the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=edinburgh_festival_fringe Publisher Publications |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Issuu |language=en}}</ref> Carr has often said how important the Fringe is to anyone that wants to get into comedy, and that he is "a performer at night but during the day I'm a punter and have conversations with people about what show they liked and what they didn't."<ref name="Dailyrecord.co.uk">{{Cite web |last=Dailyrecord.co.uk |date=2012-05-31 |title=Jimmy Carr Interview |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/jimmy-carr-interview-856937 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}</ref>

Carr has said that he first went up to Edinburgh around 2000 to "see what it was about". Although he would eventually go on to return each year as a paid stand-up comic, he initially had to resort to trying to save money by sleeping in his car (a Rover 75) or on the floor of somewhere that other comedians had rented.<ref name="Dailyrecord.co.uk"/>

The August 2001 two-week stint, with ''Rubbernecker'', was Carr's first [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2001|Fringe]] appearance, with his name in the official programme and his first mention on the Comedy site [[Chortle]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-08-03 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2001 by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/2001_fringe_programme |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rubbernecker : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2001/r/276/_rubbernecker |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

In 2002, although this was Carr's second entry (in one of the festival's programmes) this was his first solo show: ''Bare Faced Ambition''. This was the year that he received a nomination for what was then known as the [[Edinburgh Comedy Awards|Perrier Award]].

The poster and programme billed him as "England's answer to [[Emo Philips]]",<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-08-09 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2002 by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/2002_fringe_programme |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-10 |title=Jimmy's joke guarantee pays off |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/jimmys-joke-guarantee-pays-off-7381958.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> and he performed in the Dining Room of the [[Gilded Balloon]] from 2 to 26 August.

By the time of 2003's Festival,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2003-08-08 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2003 by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/2003_fringe_programme |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> the now 30-year-old Carr had built a larger fan base through touring, several appearances at [[Just for Laughs|Montreal's Just For Laughs]] and numerous TV appearances (including co-hosting [[Your Face or Mine?|Your Face Or Mine]]).&nbsp; This enabled him to move his shows to the larger venue of the [[The Pleasance|Pleasance Courtyard]], but the Festival's rules (on TV appearances) meant that he was judged to now be a "star" and therefore could not be nominated for the 2003 [[Edinburgh Comedy Awards|Perrier Award]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Merritt |first=Stephanie |date=2003-08-16 |title=Groomed for success |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2003/aug/17/features.review87 |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

He performed for 25 nights between 30 July and 25 August 2003.<ref name=":3" /> On August 21 and 22nd, he participated in Comedy Gala 2003 in aid of [[FreshAir.org.uk#Support for Waverley Care|Waverley Care]].<ref name=":3" />

Edinburgh 2004<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-08-06 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2004 by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/2004_fringe_programme |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> followed on from another hit TV show ([[Distraction (game show)|''Distraction'']]); this tour show was called ''Public Display of Affection''. This meant another move up (in venue size) with six shows at the [[Edinburgh International Conference Centre|EICC]] (which had a 1,200-seat capacity at that time).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-08-22 |title=Jimmy Carr: Public Display of Affection, International Conference |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/jimmy-carr-public-display-of-affection-international-conference-centre-edinburgh-557542.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

2005 was Carr's fifth Fringe and he again arrived with all-new material. This show was called ''Off The Telly'', and, returning to the [[Edinburgh International Conference Centre|EICC]], he performed eight shows.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-08-05 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2005 by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/2005_fringe_programme |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>

Material for the new tour, named Gag Reflex, had been tried out at a WIP (Work in progress) gig at the [[Hen and Chickens Theatre|Hen and Chickens]] on August 5, 2006. Trial of the new material continued in Edinburgh across six nights, from August 17, at the [[Edinburgh International Conference Centre|EICC]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-08-04 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2006 by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/2006_fringe_programme |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>

Carr only managed to fit in a brief appearance at the 2007 Fringe on August 21.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-26 |title=2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/2007_fringe_programme |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> Held at the [[Edinburgh Festival Theatre]], it was a regular Fringe fund raiser, headed by [[Alan Carr]], for [[FreshAir.org.uk#Support for Waverley Care|Waverley Care]]. He was still writing material for his planned ''Repeat Offender'' tour, as evidenced by him using a clipboard on stage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Carr Fringe Festival Review - The Skinny |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh-fringe/fest-magazine/jimmy-carr-review |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=www.theskinny.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

Previously, [[The Guardian]] had been reasonably positive in relation to reviews of comedians headlining at the Fringe; however, articles from 2007 declared that "household names were drowning out more pioneering art".<ref>{{Cite web |title=SHECKYmagazine {{!}} Too much standup at Edinburgh |url=https://sheckymagazine.com/2007/08/too-much-standup-at-edinburgh/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=sheckymagazine.com}}</ref>

The 2008 Edinburgh programme<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-08-08 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2008 by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/2008_fringe_programme |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> never listed dates or a venue for Carr's shows this year; this was possibly because his attendance was confirmed after printing. His presence (and the unveiling of his ''Joke Technician'' tour) was, however, mentioned in ''The Independent''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-11-18 |title=Taboo-buster: the dark side of Jimmy Carr |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/taboobuster-the-dark-side-of-jimmy-carr-1022921.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> and also Chortle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Carr: Joke Technician : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2008/j/16026/jimmy_carr:_joke_technician |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

Edinburgh 2009<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-08-07 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2009 by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/edinburgh_festival_fringe_programme_2009 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> saw Carr return for what is billed as his "eighth solo show", thereby confirming his seventh attendance in 2008. He returned to the [[Edinburgh International Conference Centre|EICC]] with his new show, ''Rapier Wit'', for eight nights spanning 20 to 30 August.

He also attended the [[Edinburgh International Television Festival]] to be a Judge on a [[Britain's Got Talent]] spoof (called TV's Got Talent<ref>{{Cite news |last=Plunkett |first=John |date=2009-08-28 |title=TV's Got Talent: the judges' verdict |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2009/aug/28/tvs-got-talent-edinburgh-tv-festival |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>) alongside [[Amanda Holden]] and [[Louis Walsh]].

Edinburgh 2010<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-08-06 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2010 by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/2010_fringe_programme |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> sees Carr debut his new show, ''Laughter Therapy'', a few days after the end of his ''Rapier Wit'' tour. He was back at the [[Edinburgh International Conference Centre|EICC]] for eight nights.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Jimmy Carr: Laughter Therapy |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2010/jimmy_carr_laughter_therapy/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>

Although he performed a number of gigs in Scotland, during 2011, Carr never made it to that year's Festival. At Edinburgh 2012, he was back to perform his new show, ''Gagging Order'', with six nights at the [[Edinburgh International Conference Centre|EICC]].<ref name="Dailyrecord.co.uk"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Jimmy Carr: Gagging Order |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2012/jimmy_carr/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>

2014 saw Carr return for his 11th solo Edinburgh show,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-08 |title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2014 by Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/edinburgh_festival_fringe/docs/2014_fringe_programme |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref> called ''Funny Business''. Based once again at the [[Edinburgh International Conference Centre|EICC]] he played four nights<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Jimmy Carr - Funny Business |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2014/jimmy_carr/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref> in what would appear to be his last Fringe appearance (with a comedy show).

In August 2017, Carr returned for a different kind of Edinburgh Festival: the [[Edinburgh International Television Festival]]. He interviewed [[Comedy Central]] President, [[Kent Alterman]], in an on-stage Q&A session in front of industry staff.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=2017-08-24 |title=Comedy Central's Kent Alterman On Jesting In The Age Of Trump – Edinburgh |url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/comedy-central-kent-alterman-donald-trump-president-show-edinburgh-1202155737/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Jimmy Carr Interviews Comedy Central's Kent Alterman {{!}} Gamechangers {{!}} EITF 2017 | date=31 August 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKtgiJBHSMM |access-date=2024-02-29 |language=en}}</ref>

After a 10-year absence Carr returned for his 12th solo show (''Laughs Funny''), in August 2024. He described the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe|Festival]] as being "''where it all began''" <ref>{{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Jimmy |date=9 August 2024 |title=Jimmy Carr announces his return to Edinburgh |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C-avVS2Nzw9/?hl=en }}</ref> and performed 5 shows, across 3 nights, at the [[Edinburgh Playhouse]].

==== America ====
In the final months of his Terribly Funny 2.0 tour, Carr made several trips to the [[United States|USA]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Carr Promises To Be "Terribly Funny" On New US Tour – 800 Pound Gorilla |url=https://800poundgorillamedia.com/blogs/the-laugh-button/jimmy-carr-terribly-funny-tour-dates-tickets |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=800poundgorillamedia.com|date=6 October 2023 }}</ref> Each trip consisted of around a week, criss-crossing the country. 2023 saw these mini tours in October, November<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lin |first=Sarah Belle |date=2023-08-07 |title=New York Comedy Festival announces expansion, lineup to include Dave Attell, Bill Burr, Nicole Byer, Jimmy Carr, Margaret Cho, and more {{!}} amNewYork |url=https://www.amny.com/entertainment/new-york-comedy-festival-announces-expansion-lineup-to-include-dave-attell-bill-burr-nicole-byer-jimmy-carr-margaret-cho-and-more/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.amny.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and December. He also toured in March and April 2024; this last trip ended up consisting of new material, under the tour name ''Laughs Funny''.

===== American TV =====
Early support was shown by [[Conan O'Brien]], and Carr appeared on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' twice in 2002,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyR1YCNYm3k |title=Jimmy Carr on Late Night October 9, 2002 |language=en |access-date=2024-04-17 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP10sJiT_HA |title=Conan O'Brien 'Jimmy Carr (Stand-up) 12/27/2002 |language=en |access-date=2024-04-17 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> twice in 2006,<ref>{{Citation |title=Late Night With Conan O' Brien - 2006 |date=2006 |url=http://archive.org/details/late-night-with-conan-o-brien-2006 |access-date=2024-04-17}}</ref> and then again in 2007,<ref>{{Citation |title=Late Night With Conan O' Brien - 2007 |date=2007 |url=http://archive.org/details/late-night-with-conan-o-brien-2007 |access-date=2024-04-17}}</ref> 2008<ref>{{Citation |title=Late Night With Conan O' Brien - 2008 |date=2008 |url=http://archive.org/details/late-night-with-conan-o-brien-2008 |access-date=2024-04-17}}</ref> and 2009<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.episodate.com/tv-show/the-tonight-show-with-conan-o-brien |title=The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien |date=2009-06-02 |language=en |access-date=2024-04-17 |via=www.episodate.com}}</ref> (that last appearance being on the renamed ''[[The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien]]''). Appearances on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' were 2003<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw6j9wqD7Yg |title=Jimmy Carr On The Jay Leno Show |language=en |access-date=2024-04-17 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and 2005;<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw6j9wqD7Yg |title=Jimmy Carr On The JAY LENO Show |language=en |access-date=2024-04-17 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon]]'' was 2016,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9zEsVkLC30 |title=Jimmy Carr Stand-Up |language=en |access-date=2024-04-17 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> 2018,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDnKhOGcg7A |title=Jimmy Carr Introduces Jimmy to His Lucky Charms and Baileys Christmas Tradition |language=en |access-date=2024-04-17 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> 2019,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYp_piXdqJs |title=Jimmy Carr Stand-Up |language=en |access-date=2024-04-17 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and 2024;<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJf0eO53BlY |title=Jimmy Carr Stand-Up: Gender Reveals, Getting Cancelled {{!}} The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |date=2024-05-10 |last=The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |access-date=2024-05-19 |via=YouTube}}</ref> and there was an additional appearance on ''[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]]'' in 2016.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwBITscRcGs |title=Jimmy Carr Has a One-of-a-Kind Laugh |language=en |access-date=2024-04-17 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

His first venture into making TV shows in the US was ''[[The Strategic Humour Initiative]]'' (hosted by [[David Frost|Sir David Frost]]) in 2003. It was a joint UK–USA–Canada production, and Carr was chosen to be the UK comedian. Only 1 episode was made.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-10-16 |title=Chilly reception for Frost's TV humour |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1444312/Chilly-reception-for-Frosts-TV-humour.html |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref>

Carr hosted 12 episodes of the American version of the shock gameshow ''[[Distraction (game show)|Distraction]]'' (which he had hosted in the UK) in 2005.<ref>{{Citation |last=FremantleMedia |title=Distraction US Season 1 (January 18, 2005 - April 5, 2005) Incomplete |date=2005-01-18 |url=http://archive.org/details/distraction-us-season-1-january-18-2005-april-5-2005-incomplete |access-date=2024-04-17}}</ref> A second US series (14 episodes<ref>{{Citation |last=FremantleMedia |title=Distraction US Season 2 (January 10, 2006 - April 11, 2006) Complete |date=2006-01-10 |url=http://archive.org/details/distraction-us-season-2-january-10-2006-april-11-2006-complete |access-date=2024-04-17}}</ref>) was commissioned in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Breaking News - Comedy Central Orders Second Season of Hit Game Show "Distraction" {{!}} TheFutonCritic.com |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2005/08/18/comedy-central-orders-second-season-of-hit-game-show-distraction-19062/20050818comedycentral01 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.thefutoncritic.com}}</ref>

[[Comedy Central]] (US) made two episodes of ''[[List of Comedy Central Presents episodes|Comedy Central Presents: Jimmy Carr]]'' in 2005<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-01-14 |title=Jimmy Carr - Comedy Central Presents (Season 9, Episode 3) - Apple TV |url=https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/jimmy-carr/umc.cmc.6oxs0eatwmwrxefbsmng6ymtg?showId=umc.cmc.6mnohyawr1tcht3pu1dd5s6x2 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Apple TV |language=en-US}}</ref> and 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-06 |title=Jimmy Carr – Comedy Central Presents (Season 13, Episode 17) - Apple TV (CA) |url=https://tv.apple.com/ca/episode/jimmy-carr/umc.cmc.3km3o5g937941yi0ot02og8?showId=umc.cmc.6mnohyawr1tcht3pu1dd5s6x2 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Apple TV |language=en-CA}}</ref>

[[Netflix]] produced 10 episodes of ''[[The Fix (2018 TV series)|The Fix]]'' in 2018, hosted by Carr. It was an attempt to export the UK panel show format to America, and, although still available on [[Netflix]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch The Fix {{!}} Netflix Official Site |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80216124 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.netflix.com |language=en}}</ref>{{non-primary source needed|date=October 2025}} no further episodes have been made.

Carr was the first British comedian<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Steve |title=Jimmy Carr signs Netflix deal : News 2015 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2015/11/09/23552/jimmy_carr_signs_netflix_deal |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> to get a [[Netflix]] stand-up special, with his show ''Funny Business''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Jimmy Carr: Funny Business {{!}} Netflix Official Site |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80076467 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.netflix.com |language=en}}</ref>{{non-primary source needed|date=October 2025}} (March 2016).

===American stand-up===
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Because of the frequency of his trips,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6H46mcHVUA |title=Jimmy Carr {{!}} Blocks Podcast w/ Neal Brennan |language=en |access-date=2024-04-17 |via=www.YouTube.com}}</ref>{{unreliable inline|date=October 2025}} Carr collaborates with American comedians in various ways. [[Neal Brennan]] credits him with the idea for his ''Blocks'' podcast, and [[Jeff Ross|Jeffery Ross]] frequently invites him to be part of his Roast events (including [[Comedy Central Roast|The Roast of Rob Lowe]]<ref>{{Cite web |author=T. H. R. Staff |date=2016-09-05 |title=Rob Lowe Roast: 25 of the Most Shocking Jokes (Not All Were Aimed at Ann Coulter) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/rob-lowe-roast-best-jokes-925834/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>). Across two nights of the 2022 Netflix is a Joke Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival {{!}} Netflix Official Site |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81607740 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.netflix.com |language=en}}</ref>{{non-primary source needed|date=October 2025}} Carr was a support act for [[Dave Chappelle]] at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] (30 April<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Steve |title=Dave Chappelle attacked on stage : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2022/05/04/50715/dave_chappelle_attacked_on_stage |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> and 3 May 2022,<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-05-04 |title=Before Dave Chappelle Got Assaulted, He Hosted a Very Strange Night of Stand-Up |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/before-dave-chappelle-got-assaulted-he-hosted-a-very-strange-night-of-stand-up |access-date=2024-04-17 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> the show where [[Dave Chappelle|Chappelle]] was attacked on stage).

During this festival, Carr slotted in one of his own tour gigs, at the Palace Theatre,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Netflix Is A Joke Fest - Jimmy Carr - Palace Theatre Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA - Tickets, information, reviews |url=https://www.los-angeles-theatre.com/shows/palace-theatre-los-angeles/netflix-is-a-joke-fest-jimmy-carr/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.los-angeles-theatre.com}}</ref> and also performed at the [[Hollywood Palladium]] as a part of the line-up for [[List of Netflix original stand-up comedy specials|Bill Burr Presents Friends Who Kill]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill {{!}} Netflix Official Site |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81222748 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.netflix.com |language=en}}</ref>{{non-primary source needed|date=October 2025}} which was filmed for another [[Netflix]] Special.

As a member of the [[Netflix]] comedy roster, he was also invited to a celebratory brunch at the home of [[Netflix]] co-CEO, Ted Sanderos.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Netflix |date=2 May 2022 |title=Netflix is a Joke Festival: Brunch |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-is-a-joke-the-festival-day-four |website=Netflix}}</ref>

[[The Comedy Store]] opened in [[Los Angeles]] in 1972 and has been a popular venue for stand-up comedians ever since.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Comedy Store |url=https://thecomedystore.com/history/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=The Comedy Store |language=en-US}}</ref> Carr has been performing there for many years and is one of a small number of British comedians that are listed as alumni<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paid Regulars |url=https://thecomedystore.com/alumni/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=The Comedy Store |language=en-US}}</ref> and, in 2018, was given the honour of having his name painted on one of the club's walls.<ref>{{Cite tweet |date=30 July 2018 |title=We've painted 11 names on the building to honor this year's class of Paid Regulars. Welcome to the wall @LucasHirl @JoshMartinComic @BethStelling @ComedianRonT @pattonoswalt @taylortomlinson @funnybrad @shortwideneck #jerronhorton @iamcolinquinn @jimmycarr #thecomedystore |user=TheComedyStore|number=1024063268732555266 |website=Twitter / X}}</ref>{{non-primary source needed|date=October 2025}}

Since 2015, Carr has made several appearances on the US live comedy show [[Kill Tony]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search Results for "jimmy carr" – DEATHSQUAD |url=https://www.deathsquad.tv/?s=jimmy+carr |access-date=2024-04-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

2024 once again saw [[Netflix]] host ''Netflix is a Joke Fest'', in [[Los Angeles]] (2–12 May). Carr posted (on [[Twitter|X]]) that he had performed two gigs in the UK on 3 May<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1786518823249568019 |user=jimmycarr |title=I'm at the Marina Theatre in Lowestoft tonight. I'll be heading to Hollywood this week for the Netflix is a Joke festival. If you're in the area there are lots of great shows to see 👉🏼 https://netflixisajokefest.com |first=Jimmy |last=Carr}}</ref> and then performed at the ''Outside Joke'' event, at the [[Hollywood Palladium]], [[Los Angeles]], on 4 May.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-05 |title=Jimmy Carr performs onstage during attend Netflix Is A Joke Festival:... |url=https://www.gettyimages.es/detail/fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/jimmy-carr-performs-onstage-during-attend-fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/2151503253 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Getty Images |language=es}}</ref>

On 5 May, Carr attended the [[Netflix]] special live stream of the [[The Roast of Tom Brady|Roast of Tom Brady]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-06 |title=Stars arrive for Netflix Is A Joke Fest's 'The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady' |url=https://thelistwire.usatoday.com/lists/stars-arrive-for-netflix-is-a-joke-fests-the-greatest-roast-of-all-time-tom-brady/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=List Wire |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNQehqCnxVo |title=I'm having a blast at the @netflixisajoke festival in LA. #netflix #standupcomedy #funny |language=en |access-date=2024-05-08 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>{{non-primary source needed|date=October 2025}}

===American charities===
Carr is a supporter of the [[Bob Woodruff Foundation]] (a non-profit that supports [[Health effects arising from the September 11 attacks|post-9/11-impacted]] service members, veterans, and their families). On 5 November 2018,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=2018-11-06 |title=Stand Up for Heroes 2018: The 8 Best Things We Saw |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/stand-up-for-heroes-2018-bruce-springsteen-eric-church-jon-stewart-752327/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> he was on the bill of the 12th Annual [[Stand Up for Heroes]] event at [[Madison Square Garden]]s and again, for the 17th event, on 6 November 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023 |title=17th Annual Stand Up for Heroes, Presented by the Bob Woodruff Foundation and the New York Comedy Festival, Returns to New York |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230906214829/en/17th-Annual-Stand-Up-for-Heroes-Presented-by-the-Bob-Woodruff-Foundation-and-the-New-York-Comedy-Festival-Returns-to-New-York |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Businesswire}}</ref> at the [[Lincoln Center]].

Carr was one of the British comics<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Carr joins Amnesty International's The Secret Policeman's Ball {{!}} Channel 4 |url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/jimmy-carr-joins-amnesty-internationals-secret-policemans-ball |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.channel4.com}}</ref> supporting [[Amnesty International]] at the 2012 [[The Secret Policeman's Ball 2012|Secret Policeman's Ball]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite web |last=L4LM |date=2012-03-16 |title=Amnesty International Secret Policemans Ball |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/amnesty-international-secret-policemans-ball/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=L4LM |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Books===
In 2006, the book ''The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World of Jokes'', on the history and theory of joke-telling, by Carr and Lucy Greeves, was published by [[Penguin Books|Penguin]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robshaw |first1=Brandon |title=The Naked Jape, by Jimmy Carr & Lucy Greeves |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-naked-jape-by-jimmy-carr-lucy-greeves-760036.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-naked-jape-by-jimmy-carr-lucy-greeves-760036.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=8 February 2022 |work=The Independent |date=25 November 2007}}</ref>

''Before & Laughter'', a [[memoir]] and [[self-help book]] authored by Carr, was published by [[Quercus (publisher)|Quercus]] in December 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Before & Laughter by Jimmy Carr and 8 Deaths by Mark Watson |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/books/2021/12/22/49909/before_%26_laughter_by_jimmy_carr_and_8_deaths_by_mark_watson |access-date=8 February 2022 |publisher=Chortle |date=22 December 2021}}</ref>

==Controversies==
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===2011 amputee joke===
At the [[O2 Apollo Manchester|Manchester Apollo]] in 2011, Carr joked that war injuries had a positive side, saying "You can say what you like about these servicemen amputees from Iraq and Afghanistan," following up with, "but we're going to have a fucking good Paralympics team in 2012."
The Prime Minister's office condemned the joke. Newspapers and radio stations phoned the mothers of soldiers maimed in battle, recited the joke, then reported their outraged reactions.{{clarify|date=October 2025}} Carr contended that it was a good joke.<ref name="Grant Smithies">{{Cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/74912824/jimmy-carr-talks-religion-war-and-ribald-jokes-before-his-nz-tour |title=Jimmy Carr talks religion, war and ribald jokes before his NZ tour |author=Grant Smithies |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=10 December 2015 |access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>

===2012 tax avoidance===
In June 2012, Carr's involvement in an alleged [[K2 (tax scheme)|K2]] [[tax avoidance]] scheme came to light after an investigation by ''[[The Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jun/19/tax-scheme-jimmy-carr-hmrc |title=Tax avoidance scheme used by Jimmy Carr investigated by HMRC |newspaper=The Guardian |date=19 June 2012 |access-date=19 June 2012 |location=London |first=Shiv |last=Malik |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909063828/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jun/19/tax-scheme-jimmy-carr-hmrc |archive-date=9 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The scheme is understood to involve UK earners "quitting" their job and signing new employment contracts with offshore [[Shell corporation|shell companies]] based in the low-tax jurisdiction of [[Jersey]]. Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] said: "People work hard, they pay their taxes, they save up to go to one of his shows. They buy the tickets. He is taking the money from those tickets and he, as far as I can see, is putting all of that into some very dodgy tax-avoiding schemes."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18521468 |title=Jimmy Carr tax affairs 'morally wrong' – Cameron |publisher=BBC News |date=20 June 2012 |access-date=20 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620200035/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18521468 |archive-date=20 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Carr subsequently pulled out of the scheme, apologising for "a terrible error of judgement".<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18532886 |title=Profile: Jimmy Carr |publisher=BBC News |date=21 June 2012 |access-date=20 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510175954/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18532886 |archive-date=10 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Viewing figures of the episode of his topical show ''8 out of 10 Cats'', recorded on the day of his apology and broadcast the following day, almost doubled compared with the previous week.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18569728 |publisher=BBC News |title=Jimmy Carr: Tax row sees Channel 4 ratings soar |date=24 June 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624183819/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18569728 |archive-date=24 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Earlier in 2012, during the second series of Channel 4's satirical news programme ''[[10 O'Clock Live]]'', Carr had lampooned people who avoid paying their taxes.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> A sketch from the show, in which he poked fun at the 1% tax rate of [[Barclays|Barclays Bank]] and described tax lawyers as being "aggressive" and "amoral", was regarded as having "come back to haunt him".<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

In February 2018, Carr appeared on ''[[Room 101 (British TV series)|Room 101]]'', where he talked about the controversy. Though he admitted that what he did was wrong, he said there was some level of hypocrisy in the comments that Cameron had made about him in 2012, stating that members of Cameron's family and [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] had subsequently been mentioned in the [[Panama Papers]] and [[Paradise Papers]] tax evasion scandals. Carr said that the law should become clearer by eliminating any [[loophole]]s, instead of leaving it up to individuals to decide what is morally right.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/tax-cheat-jimmy-carr-calls-11896308 |title=Jimmy Carr say legal loopholes that let him avoid tax should be closed |last=Jefferies |first=Mark |date=22 January 2018 |website=Mirror Online |access-date=1 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302050122/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/tax-cheat-jimmy-carr-calls-11896308 |archive-date=2 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Carr continues to reference the scandal in his performances and public appearances<ref name="independent-tax-avoidance">{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Roisin |date=27 December 2020 |title=Jimmy Carr makes tax avoidance joke on Big Fat Quiz of the Year |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jimmy-carr-tax-avoidance-trump-bfqoty-b1779253.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jimmy-carr-tax-avoidance-trump-bfqoty-b1779253.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=The Independent}}</ref> and takes [[Heckler|heckles]] on the subject with good humour, including responding to a heckle on the subject by saying: "There's two shows: One at 7, one at 9:30. One for me, one for them.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PLVeXLqzJSw?feature=share |title=Does Jimmy Still Dodge Taxes? #jimmycarr #britishcomedy #standupcomedy #hecklers |language=en |access-date=2025-03-25 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

===2021 Holocaust joke===

In a stand-up comedy performance released as a Christmas 2021 [[Netflix]] special titled ''His Dark Material'', Carr joked:

{{blockquote|When people talk about [[the Holocaust]], they talk about the tragedy and horror of 6 million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine. But they never mention [[Romani Holocaust|the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis]]. No one ever wants to talk about that, because no one ever wants to talk about the positives.}}

During the show, Carr defended his joke, saying that it had the educational value of raising awareness about [[Holocaust victims|groups who suffered genocide in the Holocaust]].<ref name="theguardian" /> The joke later received widespread attention the following February after a clip was posted and shared online. He was condemned by the [[Auschwitz Memorial]], [[Hope not Hate]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60261876|title=Jimmy Carr sparks fury with Holocaust routine in Netflix special|date=4 February 2022|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> and [[The Traveller Movement]], who called [[anti-Romani prejudice]] the "last acceptable form of racism" in the UK.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Samuelson |first1=Kate |title=Jimmy Carr-Gypsies row: an end to the 'last acceptable racism' in UK? |url=https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/society/955691/jimmy-carr-gypsies-holocaust-joke-racism |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=The Week UK |date=8 February 2022}}</ref> He also faced criticism from British politicians, including Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] and [[Nadine Dorries]], the culture secretary.<ref name="sky"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bagwell|first=Matt|date=2022-02-07|title=Boris Johnson Condemns Jimmy Carr's 'Unacceptable' Joke About The Holocaust|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-johnson-jimmy-carr-response-netflix-joke-holocaust_uk_62011ad8e4b0f8a1b8473da4|access-date=2022-02-07|website=HuffPost UK}}</ref> The [[Holocaust Memorial Day (UK)|Holocaust Memorial Day Trust]] said they were "absolutely appalled" and "horrified", and they described Carr's joke as "abhorrent".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmd.org.uk/statement-on-jimmy-carrs-remarks-about-roma-people/|title=Statement on Jimmy Carr's remarks about Roma genocide|last=Marks-Woldman|first=Olivia|date=4 February 2022|publisher=Holocaust Memorial Day Trust}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/jimmy-carr-netflix-roma-comedy-jewish-b2007982.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/jimmy-carr-netflix-roma-comedy-jewish-b2007982.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jimmy Carr faces backlash over 'disturbing' Holocaust joke about Travellers|last=Harrison|first=Ellie|date=4 February 2022|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref name="theguardian">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/feb/04/jimmy-carr-condemned-for-joke-about-gypsies-in-netflix-special|title=Jimmy Carr condemned for 'abhorrent' Holocaust joke about Roma people|last=Khomami|first=Nadia|date=4 February 2022|work=The Guardian}}</ref> Despite the criticism, Carr stood by the joke.<ref name="sky">{{Cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/im-going-down-swinging-jimmy-carr-responds-to-holocaust-joke-controversy-at-gig-12535231|title='I'm going down swinging': Jimmy Carr responds to Holocaust joke controversy at gig|date=7 February 2022|work=Sky News|access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref>

===2025 Israel event at British Museum===
In May 2025, Carr attended an event celebrating Israel's [[Independence Day (Israel)|Independence Day]]. This event was held during the [[Gaza war|Israel–Gaza war]] and was criticised by pro-Palestine activists, who urge [[Boycotts of Israel|a boycott of Israeli events]].<ref>{{cite news |title=British Museum slammed for secret Israel Independence Day event |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/british-museum-slammed-secret-israel-independence-day-event |access-date=22 May 2025 |work=[[The New Arab]] |date=16 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pro-Palestinian campaigners call for Jimmy Carr shows to be cancelled after secret Israel event |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/campaigners-protest-jimmy-carr-shows-after-israel-event |access-date=22 May 2025 |work=[[The New Arab]] |date=18 May 2025}}</ref>

=== 2025 Riyadh Comedy Festival ===
Carr also signed up to perform at the [[Riyadh Comedy Festival]], which drew widespread condemnation.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=2025-09-16 |title=Major U.S. comedians set to perform in Saudi Arabia urged not to help cover up "abuses of a repressive regime" - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-arabia-riyadh-comedy-festival-us-comedians-human-rights-abuses/ |access-date=2025-09-25 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="hrw-25">{{cite web |date=September 23, 2025 |title=Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/23/saudi-arabia-riyadh-comedy-festival-whitewashes-abuses |access-date=25 September 2025 |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]]}}</ref> Carr hid the event from his tour schedule on his official website.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickinson |first=Isobel |date=2025-09-24 |title=Top comedians face backlash from campaigners over Saudi Arabia festival |url=https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/jimmy-carr-omid-djalili-face-35959909 |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Carr / / Official Website |url=https://www.jimmycarr.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404050345/https://www.jimmycarr.com/ |archive-date=2025-04-04}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Jimmy Carr, 2015-04-13 3 (crop).jpg|thumb|Carr in 2015]]
In 1998, Carr, aged 26 at the time, recalled having "an early midlife crisis" during which he lost his [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] faith.<ref>{{cite news |author=Brian Logan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/jun/22/will-jimmy-carrs-career-survive?newsfeed=true |title=Will Jimmy Carr's career survive the tax avoidance |work=The Guardian |date=22 June 2012 |access-date=20 May 2013 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002173117/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/jun/22/will-jimmy-carrs-career-survive?newsfeed=true |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> He has since made comments critical of [[organized religion|organised religion]]. In 2015, he said about his faith: <blockquote>"As for being a Christian, yes, it seems ridiculous now, but I genuinely believed there was a big man in the sky who could grant wishes. Writers like [[Christopher Hitchens]] and [[Richard Dawkins]] helped change my view, but I don't go on stage banging on about being an [[Atheism|atheist]]... I'm just a guy who tells jokes."<ref name="Grant Smithies"/></blockquote> He has stated that he underwent a lot of therapy, specifically [[neuro-linguistic programming]], at the time of his crisis in order to help him cope with his loss of faith, and that he is qualified as a therapist.<ref>BBC Radio 4, [[The Museum of Curiosity#Series 4|The Museum of Curiosity, Season 4, episode 1]], broadcast 3 October 2011.</ref>

Carr has dual British and Irish citizenship, and travels on an Irish passport. He has spoken of his pride in having Irish ancestry and was presented in 2013 with a certificate of Irish heritage in his parents' home city of [[Limerick]] by the city's mayor.<ref>[https://ireland-calling.com/citizenship/jimmy-carr-irish-citizenship/  Pat Kehoe, "Comedy star Jimmy Carr speaks about his Irish heritage and dual British and Irish citizenship", ''Ireland Calling'', 12 March 2019]. Retrieved 14 February 2022</ref>

Carr lives in [[North London]] with his Canadian partner Karoline Copping, a [[commissioning editor]] for [[5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]],<ref name=Indy/> with whom he has been in a relationship since 2001.<ref name="Guardian women">{{cite news |author=Jon Bennett |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/mar/09/familyandrelationships2 |title=What I know about women |work=The Guardian |date=9 March 2008 |access-date=10 March 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228003126/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/mar/09/familyandrelationships2 |archive-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Their son was born in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jimmy-carr-son-rockefeller-name-inspiration-152103642.html|title=Jimmy Carr reveals son's unique name and its inspiration|last=Pearce|first=Tilly|date=5 October 2021|publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/comedy/comedian-jimmy-carr-as-an-older-father-ill-never-seem-shocked-by-anything-ill-have-had-so-much-fking-botox-nothing-will-move-40907613.html|title=Jimmy Carr: 'As an older father, I'll never seem shocked by anything – I'll have had so much f**king Botox nothing will move'|last=White|first=Hilary|date=3 October 2021|website=Irish Independent}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] Award: Best Stand-Up (2002)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Jimmy Carr: Funny Business|url=https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/comedy/jimmy-carr-funny-business|access-date=2021-10-20|website=Time Out Hong Kong|date=30 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Edinburgh Comedy Awards|Perrier Award]] Nomination (2002)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jimmy Carr bringing 'Best Of' world tour to NZ|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/jimmy-carr-bringing-best-of-world-tour-to-nz/MERKOVDMPPLMTGW5JTUW6VCCDM/|access-date=2021-10-20|website=The New Zealand Herald|language=en-NZ}}</ref>
* [[Royal Television Society]] Award: Best On-Screen Newcomer (2003)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-04-11|title=Behind Jimmy Carr's wisecracks|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/behind-jimmy-carr-s-wisecracks-7188872.html|access-date=2021-10-20|work=Evening Standard|location=London|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Loaded Lafta Awards|Lafta Award]]: Best Stand-Up (2004)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Ltd|first=Webwax|date=2021-10-19|title=Comedians {{!}} Jimmy Carr|url=https://thecomedyclub.co.uk/comedians/jimmy-carr|access-date=2021-10-20|website=The Comedy Club|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rose d'Or|Rose D'Or]] Nomination: Best Presenter, ''Distraction'' (2004)<ref name=":1"/>
* [[Loaded Lafta Awards|Lafta Award]]: Funniest Man (2005)<ref name=":0"/>
* [[British Comedy Award]]: Best Live Stand-Up (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The British Comedy Awards – The British Comedy Awards – Winners 2006|url=https://www.britishcomedyawards.com/past-winners/2006.aspx|access-date=2021-07-23|website=britishcomedyawards.com}}</ref>
* [[Loaded Lafta Awards|Lafta Award]]: Funniest Man (2007)<ref name=":0"/>
* [[Loaded Lafta Awards|Lafta Award]]: Best Stand-Up (2008)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Comedian Jimmy Carr rapped for 'sick' joke about maimed soldiers|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/comedian-jimmy-carr-rapped-for-sick-joke-about-maimed-soldiers-28501148.html|access-date=2021-10-20|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
* [[Loaded Lafta Awards|Lafta Award]]: Loaded Legend (2011)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2011-02-01|title=Jimmy Carr wins Loaded magazine's Lafta legend award|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-12338087|access-date=2021-10-20}}</ref>

==Stand-up shows==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Title
!Years
|-
| ''Charm Offensive''
| 2003–2004
|-
| ''A Public Display of Affection''
| 2004–2006
|-
| ''Gag Reflex''
| 2006–2007
|-
| ''Repeat Offender''
| 2007–2008
|-
| ''Joke Technician''
| 2008–2009
|-
| ''Rapier Wit''
| 2009–2010
|-
| ''Laughter Therapy''
| 2010–2011
|-
| ''Gagging Order''
| 2012–2013
|-
| ''Funny Business''
| 2014–2015
|-
| ''The Best Of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits Tour''
| 2016–2018
|-
| ''Terribly Funny''
| 2019–2021
|-
|''Terribly Funny 2.0''
| 2022–2024
|-
|''Laughs Funny''
| 2024–2025
|}

===DVD releases / Netflix specials===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Title
!Released
!Notes
|-
| ''Live''
| 8 November 2004
| rowspan="5" | Live at London's [[Bloomsbury Theatre]]
|-
| ''Stand Up''
| 7 November 2005
|-
| ''Comedian''
| 5 November 2007
|-
| ''In Concert''
| 3 November 2008
|-
| ''Telling Jokes''
| 2 November 2009
|-
| ''Making People Laugh''
| 8 November 2010
| Live at [[Glasgow]]'s [[Clyde Auditorium]]
|-
| ''Being Funny''
| 21 November 2011
| Live at [[Birmingham]]'s [[Symphony Hall, Birmingham|Symphony Hall]]
|-
| ''Laughing and Joking''
| 18 November 2013
| Live at London's [[Hammersmith Apollo]]
|-
| ''Funny Business''
| 18 March 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-announces-premiere-dates-for-early-2016-slate-of-original-stand-up-comedy-specials |title=Netflix Announces Premiere Dates for early 2016 Slate of Original Stand-up Comedy Specials |access-date=15 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223180507/https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-announces-premiere-dates-for-early-2016-slate-of-original-stand-up-comedy-specials |archive-date=23 February 2016}}</ref>
| Netflix special<br />Live at London's [[Hammersmith Apollo]]
|-
| ''The Best Of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits''
| 12 March 2019
| Netflix special<br />Live at Dublin's [[Olympia Theatre, Dublin|Olympia Theatre]]
|-
| ''His Dark Material''
| 25 December 2021
| Netflix special<br />Live at [[Southend-on-Sea]]'s [[Cliffs Pavilion]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81478151|title=His Dark Material|publisher=BBC|access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|''Natural Born Killer''
| 16 April 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Carr apologises : Video 2024 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/video/2024/03/13/55169/jimmy_carr_apologises |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
| Netflix special<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |date=2024-03-13 |title=Jimmy Carr's Netflix special Natural Born Killer launches 16th April |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/fyi/489/jimmy-carr-2024-netflix-special/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref><br />Live at [[Aylesbury Waterside Theatre|Aylesbury Waterside]]
|-
|}

==Filmography==
===Film===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|rowspan=3|2006
|''[[Alien Autopsy (2006 film)|Alien Autopsy]]''
|Gary's manager
|
|-
|''[[Confetti (2006 film)|Confetti]]''
|Antony
|
|-
|''[[Stormbreaker (film)|Stormbreaker]]''
|John Crawford
|
|-
|2007
|''[[I Want Candy (film)|I Want Candy]]''
|Video store employee
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Telstar: The Joe Meek Story]]''
|Gentleman
|
|-
|2016
|''[[The Comedian's Guide to Survival]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2025
|''[[Fackham Hall]]''
|Vicar
|Also writer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=November 7, 2024 |title=Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe and Tom Felton Join Spoof Comedy 'Fackham Hall' (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/fackham-hall-damian-lewis-ben-radcliffe-tom-felton-1236203119/|website=Variety |access-date=December 18, 2024}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Channel
|-
|2002–2003, 2017–2019
|''[[Your Face or Mine?]]''
|Co-presenter
|[[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] <small>(2002–2003)</small><br />[[Comedy Central (UK and Ireland)|Comedy Central]] <small>(2017–2019)</small>
|-
|2003–2004
|''[[Distraction (game show)|Distraction]]''
|Presenter
|[[Channel 4]]
|-
|2003
| rowspan="2" |''[[Have I Got News for You]]''
|Guest presenter
| rowspan="2" |[[BBC One]]
|-
|2003–2010
|Panellist
|-
|{{sort|2004|Since 2004}}
|''[[The Big Fat Quiz of the Year]]''
|Presenter
| rowspan="2" |[[Channel 4]]
|-
|2005
|''[[The Sunday Night Project|The Friday Night Project]]''
|Presenter
|-
|2005–2021
|''[[8 Out of 10 Cats]]''
|Presenter
|[[Channel 4]] <small>(2005–2015)</small><br />[[More4]] <small>(2016–2017)</small><br />[[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] <small>(2017–2021)</small>
|-
|2007
|''[[Live at the Apollo (TV series)|Live at the Apollo]]''
|Guest presenter (3x02)
| rowspan="2" |[[BBC One]]
|-
|2008
|''[[Commercial Breakdown]]''
|Presenter
|-
|2010
|''Channel 4's Alternative Election Night''
|Co-presenter
|rowspan="4"|[[Channel 4]]
|-
|2010–2011
|''[[A Comedy Roast]]''
|Presenter
|-
|2011–2013
|''[[10 O'Clock Live]]''
|Co-presenter
|-
|2012-present
|''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]''
|Presenter
|-
|2014, 2015
|''[[Sunday Night at the Palladium]]''
|Guest presenter
|[[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]
|-
|2015–2017
|''[[Drunk History (UK TV series)|Drunk History]]''
|Narrator
| rowspan="2" |[[Comedy Central (UK and Ireland)|Comedy Central]] 
|-
|2016
|''[[Comedy Central Roast|Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe]]''
|Himself/roaster
|-
|2018
|''[[The Fix (2018 TV series)|The Fix]]''
|Host
|[[Netflix]]
|-
|2018–2020
|''[[Roast Battle]]''
|Presenter
|[[Comedy Central (British TV channel)|Comedy Central]]
|-
|2019
|''[[The Inbetweeners]] Fwends Reunited''
|Host
| rowspan="2" |[[Channel 4]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
|''Back to the 2010s with Jimmy Carr''
|Host
|-
|''[[Blankety Blank]] Christmas Special 2020''
|Participant
| rowspan="2" |[[BBC One]]
|-
|2021–2022
|''[[I Can See Your Voice (British game show)|I Can See Your Voice]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08jknt4|title=I Can See Your Voice|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 March 2021}}</ref>
|Celebrity panellist
|-
|{{sort|2021|Since 2021}}
|''[[I Literally Just Told You]]''<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/jimmy-carr-host-new-channel-4-comedy-gameshow-i-literally-just-told-you-created-richard|title=Jimmy Carr to host new Channel 4 comedy gameshow I Literally Just Told You created by Richard Bacon|website=channel4.com/press|access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref>
|Presenter
| rowspan="2" |[[Channel 4]]
|-
|2022
|''Jimmy Carr Destroys Art''
|Presenter
|-
|2024
|''Battle in the Box ''
|Host
|[[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.uktv.co.uk/news/article/uktv-commissions-groundbreaking-gameshow-battle-in-the-box-for-dave-and-uktv-play-from-interstellar/|title=UKTV's first foray into Korean formats with commission of groundbreaking gameshow Battle in the Box for Dave and UKTV Play from Interstellar|website=corporate.uktv.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2025
|''[[LOL: Last One Laughing UK|LOL: Last One Laughing]]''
|Host
|[[Amazon Prime]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/entertainment/last-one-laughing-uk-trailer-release-date|title=Jimmy Carr will host the new six-part UK original comedy format, exclusively on Prime Video.|website=aboutamazon.co.uk|date=2 October 2024 |access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref>
|-
|''Jimmy Carr's Am I The A******?''
|Host
|[[Comedy Central (British TV channel)|Comedy Central]]
|}

====Guest appearances====
{{div col |colwidth=30em}}
*''[[QI]]'' (2003–2022)
*''[[A League of Their Own (British game show)|A League of Their Own]]'' (2010–2017)
*''[[Deal or No Deal (British game show)|Deal or No Deal]]'' (2012)
*''[[Was it Something I Said?]]'' (2013)
*''[[Through the Keyhole]]'' (2014, 2015, 2017)
*''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' (2004, 2006, 2013)
*''[[Celebrity Juice]]'' (2014–2019)
*''[[Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled]]'' (2015, 2017)
*''[[Celebrity Squares]]'' (2015)
*''[[Benchmark (game show)|Celebrity Benchmark]]'' (2015)
*''[[Crackanory]]'' (2015)
*''[[Virtually Famous]]'' (2016, 2017)
*''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]'' (2016, 2025)
*''[[@midnight]]'' (2016)
*''[[Chelsea (TV series)|Chelsea]]'' (2016)
*''[[The Chase (British game show)|The Chase: Celebrity Special]]'' (2012, 2019)
*''[[Tipping Point (game show)|Tipping Point: Lucky Stars]]'' (2016)
*''[[The Grand Tour]]'' (2016)
*''[[Play to the Whistle]]'' (2017)
*''[[Catchphrase (British game show)|Catchphrase: Celebrity Special]]'' (2018)
*''[[Room 101 (British TV series)|Room 101]]'' (2018)
*''This Is My House'' (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000typl|title=This Is My House|publisher=BBC|access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
*''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special]]'' (2021)
{{div col end}}

==Books==
* 2004, ''[[Distraction (game show)|Distraction]], the Quiz Book: For the Bright, the Bold and the Brave'' (foreword to the TV [[tie-in]]) {{ISBN|9-781-844425-488}}
* 2006, with Lucy Greeves, ''The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World of Jokes'' (London: Michael Joseph) {{ISBN|9-780-718148-713}}
:: US title: ''Only Joking: What's So Funny About Making People Laugh?'' (New York: Gotham Books) {{ISBN|9-781-592402-359}}
* 2020, ''Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You'', edited by [[Adam Kay (writer)|Adam Kay]] (Carr contributed a story)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sturges |first=Fiona |date=2020-07-08 |title=Dear NHS, edited by Adam Kay – celebrities say thank you |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/08/dear-nhs-edited-by-adam-kay-celebrities-say-thank-you |access-date=2024-04-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |quote=The comedian Jimmy Carr abandons his customary archness in favour of warmth and profundity as he remembers his mother's final days. 'Bearing witness to a death is an incredibly intimate thing,' he explains. 'You should be there, not because it's easy – it isn't – but because one day you'll want someone to hold your hand.'}}</ref> {{ISBN|9-781-398701-182}}
* 2021, ''Before & Laughter: A Life-Changing Book'' {{ISBN|9-798-469515-678}}
:: UK title: 2022, ''Before & Laughter: The Hilarious Guide to Changing your Life'' (London: Quercus) {{ISBN|9-781-529413-113}}

==Discography==
* ''[[= (album)|=]]'' ([[Ed Sheeran]], 2021) – [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]] on "[[Visiting Hours (song)|Visiting Hours]]"<ref>{{cite web |title=Jimmy Carr makes singing cameo on Sheeran's new album |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0915/1246924-jimmy-carr-makes-singing-cameo-on-sheerans-new-album/ |website=rte.ie |date=15 September 2021 |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.jimmycarr.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0139743}}
* {{British Comedy Guide|people|jimmy_carr}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08gwk5g ''BBC Radio 4 – Jimmy Carr, Desert Island Discs'', March 2017]

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[[Category:People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe]]
[[Category:People from Hounslow]]
[[Category:Television personalities from the London Borough of Hounslow]]