James Christopher "Jim" Gaffigan is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. His memoir, Dad Is Fat (2013) and his most recent book, Food: A Love Story (2014), are both published by Crown Publishers.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Full Circle (2023)
Starring as Manny Broward
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Essequibo (Jul 27, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: Loyalty (Jul 27, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Safe in the Circle (Jul 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Jared's Body (Jul 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: Charger (Jul 13, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Something Different (Jul 13, 2023)
Live with Kelly and Mark (2023)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(3 episodes)
- Episode 3x57: Richard Gere, Jim Gaffigan, Live's Thanksgiving Family Favorites w/ Yumna Jawad (Nov 20, 2024)
- Episode 2x125: Jim Gaffigan, DJ Steve Aoki, Lil Jon (Feb 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x31: Mark Cuban, Jim Gaffigan, A Great Big World (Oct 17, 2023)
CBS Mornings (2021)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 2024-04-25: Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Cathy Engelbert (Apr 25, 2024)
The Drew Barrymore Show (2020)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 3x146: Jim Gaffigan (Apr 20, 2023)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 2x194: Sarah Kate Ellis, Rachel Rodgers, Chef Jet Tila, Jim Gaffigan (Jun 21, 2021)
DC's Stargirl (2020)
Guest starring as The Thunderbolt
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Chapter Thirteen (Nov 2, 2021)
- Episode 2x03: Chapter Three (Aug 24, 2021)
Friday Night In with The Morgans (2020)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 1x05: Jim And Jeannie Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn (May 15, 2020)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 1x08: Jim Gaffigan, Antoni Porowski (Sep 26, 2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x129: Jim Gaffigan, Justice Smith, Jennifer Garner, Scotty McCreery (May 1, 2024)
- Episode 1x173: Jim Gaffigan, Stana Katic (Aug 20, 2020)
Lights Out with David Spade (2019)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 1x26: Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Tiana, Fred Armisen & Sean Penn (Sep 18, 2019)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 1x09: The Fastest Food Fiend! (Aug 22, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
Today with Hoda & Jenna (2019)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(3 episodes)
- Episode 6x29: Jim Gaffigan, Chef Jacques Torres (Oct 26, 2023)
- Episode 2x76: Ben & Erin Napier, Chris Lane, Madelyn Fernstrom, Jim Gaffigan, McKenna Grace, Lilliana Vazquez, Scott Tweedie (Jan 8, 2020)
- Episode 2x07: Maria Shriver, Elvis Duran, Daphne Oz, Jeannie & Jim Gaffigan (Oct 1, 2019)
Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum (2018)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 1x254: Jim Gaffigan (Feb 21, 2023)
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (2018)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 7x06: Jets Day (Mar 14, 2024)
Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2016)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2020-09-19: 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards - Part 5 (Sep 19, 2020)
- Episode 2020-09-14: 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards - Part 1 (Sep 14, 2020)
Chelsea (2016)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 1x22: Anna Kendrick & Social Media Snafus (Jul 1, 2016)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 2016-07-05: Jim Gaffigan (Jul 5, 2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(8 episodes)
- Episode 2023-10-24: Jim Gaffigan, Caroline Polachek (Oct 24, 2023)
- Episode 2021-07-01: Jim Gaffigan, JP Saxe, John Mayer (Jul 1, 2021)
- Episode 2020-01-20: Jim Gaffigan, Tom Steyer (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 2019-09-03: Jim Gaffigan, Ann Curry (Sep 3, 2019)
- Episode 2018-05-02: Jim Gaffigan, Michael Avenatti, David Chang (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 2017-06-09: Jim Gaffigan, Anna Chlumsky, Louie Anderson (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 2017-01-20: Jim Gaffigan; Cristela Alonzo; The Avett Brothers (Jan 20, 2017)
- Episode 2015-09-24: Andrew Sullivan, Maria Shriver, Jim Gaffigan, Archbishop Thomas Wenski, YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus, The Choir of St. Jean Baptiste (Sep 24, 2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2021-01-06: Jim Gaffigan, Seventeen (Jan 6, 2021)
- Episode 2019-09-17: Angela Bassett, Jim Gaffigan (Sep 17, 2019)
- Episode 2018-03-07: Lindsey Vonn, Jim Gaffigan, Albert Hammond Jr. (Mar 7, 2018)
- Episode 2017-09-06: Jim Gaffigan, James Van Der Beek, Liam Payne (Sep 6, 2017)
- Episode 2015-07-14: Shiri Appleby, Best Coast & Jim Gaffigan (Jul 14, 2015)
Hot Ones (2015)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 2x13: Jim Gaffigan Rediscovers His Flop Sweat Eating Spicy Wings (Jun 23, 2016)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
Guest starring as Officer Krupke
- Episode 3x13: Kimmy Bites an Onion! (May 19, 2017)
Us & Them (2014)
Guest starring as Theo Lamonaco
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Upstairs & Downstairs (Jul 20, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: Coeds & Carburetors (Jul 19, 2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(11 episodes)
- Episode 2024-11-25: Jim Gaffigan, Allison Tolman (Nov 25, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-29: Jim Gaffigan, Charli XCX, Troye Sivan, Queen Cora Coleman (Apr 29, 2024)
- Episode 2023-03-01: Jim Gaffigan, Richard Kind, Atom Willard (Mar 1, 2023)
- Episode 2021-09-22: John Kerry, Jim Gaffigan, Andē (Sep 22, 2021)
- Episode 2020-04-08: Jim Gaffigan (Apr 8, 2020)
- Episode 2019-11-06: Jim Gaffigan, Jenny Slate, Muna (Nov 6, 2019)
- Episode 2019-06-12: Jim Gaffigan, Linda Cardellini, Ocean Vuong (Jun 12, 2019)
- Episode 2019-01-16: Jim Gaffigan, Frankie Shaw, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie (Jan 16, 2019)
- Episode 2018-01-24: Jim Gaffigan, Van Jones, Josh Gondelman, Brann Dailor (Jan 24, 2018)
- Episode 2017-07-26: Jim Gaffigan, Andrea Mitchell, Fall Out Boy, Brad Wilk (Jul 26, 2017)
- Episode 2015-07-13: Michael Douglas, Jim Gaffigan, Nate Ruess (Jul 13, 2015)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2024-06-05: Jim Gaffigan, Cole Escola, Andrew Huberman, Shaboozey (Jun 5, 2024)
- Episode 2016-06-16: Dwayne Johnson, Jim Gaffigan, Phantogram, Howard Jones (Jun 16, 2016)
- Episode 2015-12-10: Chris Hemsworth, Jim Gaffigan, Jamie Lawson (Dec 10, 2015)
- Episode 2015-06-19: Vince Vaughn, Jim Gaffigan, Ryn Weaver (Jun 19, 2015)
- Episode 2014-11-19: Jon Stewart, Padma Lakshmi, Jim Gaffigan (Nov 19, 2014)
- Episode 2014-11-05: Bette Midler, Jim Gaffigan (Nov 5, 2014)
- Episode 2014-04-23: Cameron Diaz, Jim Gaffigan, Future featuring Pusha T (Apr 23, 2014)
@midnight (2013)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2016-06-30: Jim Gaffigan, Adam Goldberg, Morgan Murphy (Jun 30, 2016)
- Episode 2014-11-04: Jim Gaffigan, Michael Ian Black, Kyle Kinane (Nov 4, 2014)
- Episode 2014-05-01: Nikki Glaser, Jim Gaffigan & Todd Glass (May 1, 2014)
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell (2012)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 2x01: Jim Gaffigan (Sep 4, 2013)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 8x01: Jim Gaffigan: Stick Around for the Pope (Jun 15, 2016)
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2012)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 7x03: No Irish Need Apply (Feb 2, 2021)
Talking Dead (2011)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x22: Sicut Cervus (May 15, 2016)
- Episode 3x10: Inmates (Feb 16, 2014)
Bob's Burgers (2011)
Guest starring as Henry Haber
(7 episodes)
- Episode 15x05: Don't Stop Be-Cheesin (Nov 3, 2024)
- Episode 15x01: The Tina Table: The Tables Have Tina-Ed (Sep 29, 2024)
- Episode 11x05: Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School (Nov 8, 2020)
- Episode 9x09: UFO No You Didn't (Dec 2, 2018)
- Episode 7x15: Ain't Miss Debatin' (Mar 26, 2017)
- Episode 5x12: The Millie-Churian Candidate (Feb 15, 2015)
- Episode 3x22: Carpe Museum (May 5, 2013)
Conan (2010)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2020-07-22: Jim Gaffigan (Jul 22, 2020)
- Episode 2020-01-13: Jim Gaffigan (Jan 13, 2020)
- Episode 2019-05-20: Jim Gaffigan (May 20, 2019)
- Episode 2018-09-27: Jim Gaffigan, Seann William Scott (Sep 27, 2018)
- Episode 2016-06-29: Jim Gaffigan, Julian McMahon, Wild Belle (Jun 29, 2016)
- Episode 2015-09-14: Jim Gaffigan, Chelsea Peretti , Blackberry Smoke (Sep 14, 2015)
Bored to Death (2009)
Guest starring as Drug Counsellor
- Episode 2x08: Super Ray is Mortal! (Nov 14, 2010) [Special Guest Star]
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(6 episodes)
- Episode 21x77: Jim Gaffigan, Kyra Sedgwick (May 1, 2024)
- Episode 20x126: Jim Gaffigan, Alex Moffat (Jul 25, 2023)
- Episode 18x162: Anthony Anderson and Jim Gaffigan (Oct 7, 2021)
- Episode 16x139: Sheryl Crow & Jim Gaffigan (Sep 11, 2019)
- Episode 14x149: Jim Gaffigan & Kumail Nanjiani (Sep 20, 2017)
- Episode 12x139: Martha Stewart & Jim Gaffigan (Sep 9, 2015)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
Guest starring as Guest Host
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2015-01-21: Jim Gaffigan (guest host), Adam Goldberg, Dave Koechner, Tig Notaro (Jan 21, 2015)
- Episode 2015-01-20: Jim Gaffigan (guest host), Sarah Silverman, Kumail Nanjiani, Wolfgang Puck (Jan 20, 2015)
- Episode 2015-01-19: Jim Gaffigan (guest host), Michael Ian Black, Ashley Williams, Justin Willman (Jan 19, 2015)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 2014-09-29: Wolfgang Puck, Jim Gaffigan (Sep 29, 2014)
Senkveld med Thomas og Harald (2003)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 28x01: Kåre Magnus Bergh, Ingrid Gjessing Linhave, Vegard Hansen, Jim Gaffigan, Kevin Hart, Ice Cube, Oslo Ess, Onkl P (Jan 29, 2016)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 14x22: Gary Johnson, Jim Gaffigan, Barbara Lee, Ari Melber, Louise Mensch (Jul 1, 2016)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2024-11-21: Jim Gaffigan, Jason Kelce (Nov 21, 2024)
- Episode 2022-01-11: Jim Gaffigan, Ann Dowd, Ryan Hurd (Jan 11, 2022)
- Episode 2019-08-14: Jim Gaffigan, Dave Salmoni, Snoop Dogg (Aug 14, 2019)
- Episode 2018-07-19: Jim Gaffigan, Antonio Brown, Imagine Dragons (Jul 19, 2018)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Oliver Tunney
- Episode 2x15: Countdown (Feb 23, 2001)
That '70s Show (1998)
Guest starring as Roy Keene
(7 episodes)
- Episode 6x13: Won't Get Fooled Again (Feb 25, 2004) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 6x10: A Legal Matter (Feb 4, 2004) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 6x08: I'm a Boy (Jan 7, 2004) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 6x06: We're Not Gonna Take It (Dec 3, 2003) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 5x22: You Shook Me (Apr 16, 2003)
- Episode 5x20: No Quarter (Apr 2, 2003) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 5x18: Hey Hey What Can I Do (Mar 12, 2003) [Special Guest Star]
Access Hollywood (1996)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 2016-06-30: 2016-06-30 (Jun 30, 2016)
The Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1999-07-20: U.S. 1999 World Cup Women's Soccer Team, Jim Gaffigan (Jul 20, 1999)
- Episode 1999-01-08: Jon Stewart, Marv Albert, Jim Gaffigan (Jan 8, 1999)
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2024-09-01: Ketanji Brown Jackson, Mia Farrow, Patti Lupone, Ryan Seacrest, Natasha Lyonne (Sep 1, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-11: President Joe Biden, Zoë Kravitz, Post Malone, Carol Burnett, Sutton Foster, Jim Gaffigan (Aug 11, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-07: Jelly Roll, Taylor Tomlinson, Jodie Foster, Jim Gaffigan (Jan 7, 2024)
- Episode 2023-12-31: Episode 53 (Dec 31, 2023)
- Episode 2023-12-24: Episode 52 (Dec 24, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-19: Episode 47 (Nov 19, 2023)
- Episode 2023-10-08: Episode 41 (Oct 8, 2023)
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2024-11-19: Tieghan Gerard, Josh Brolin, Jim Gaffigan (Nov 19, 2024)
- Episode 2023-07-03: Jim Gaffigan, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (Jul 3, 2023)
- Episode 2023-04-25: Jude Law, Jim Gaffigan, Dolly Parton (Apr 25, 2023)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(4 episodes)
- Episode 50x05: John Mulaney / Chappell Roan (Nov 2, 2024)
- Episode 50x03: Ariana Grande / Stevie Nicks (Oct 12, 2024)
- Episode 50x02: Nate Bargatze / Coldplay (Oct 5, 2024)
- Episode 50x01: Jean Smart / Jelly Roll (Sep 28, 2024)
Grammy Awards (1959)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
- Episode 2018-01-28: The 60th Annual Grammy Awards (Jan 28, 2018)
Today (1952)
Guest starring as Jim Gaffigan
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2024-04-25: Jim Gaffigan, Vivica A. Fox (Apr 25, 2024)
- Episode 2023-10-27: Paul Russell, Jim Gaffigan (Oct 27, 2023)
- Episode 2023-02-28: Dierks Bentley, Jim Gaffigan (Feb 28, 2023)