Jonathan Kimmel

Jonathan Kimmel (born November 4, 1976) is an American television and film director, writer, producer, actor, and composer.

Early life

Kimmel was born on November 4, 1976 the youngest of the three children of Joan (née Iacono) and James John Kimmel, who worked at American Express and was an IBM executive. Kimmel's mother is of Italian descent; her grandparents migrated to the United States from Ischia, Naples after the 1883 earthquake. Two of his paternal great-great-grandparents were German immigrants. His family's surname was ( in German) several generations back. According to a DNA test, Kimmel is also of partial Albanian descent. Career Kimmel's writing credits include six seasons of South Park, during which the show won three Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. He has also contributed several voice-overs for South Park, including the voice of Peter the Family Guy, Gandalf, John Travolta, the Israeli Egg Assassin, and his brother Jimmy in the "Fishsticks" episode. After that, he served as co-executive producer and head writer for MTV's The Andy Milonakis Show. Additionally, he assisted on Crank Yankers, where he was also a composer and voice-over performer. Other writing credits include: That's My Bush!, Drawn Together, and The Bonnie Hunt Show.

Kimmel's performing credits include: SXSW feature The Prank starring Rita Moreno, ABC's Trophy Wife ABC's Life with Bonnie; the character Xavier on the ABC pilot "Let Go"; the voice of Scab in Disney's The Wild; the Singing Ass in Sarah Silverman's Jesus Is Magic; the voice of the King on Drawn Together; the Boneologist and as The Fog on Minoriteam, as well as dozens of voices and characters on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Kimmel has also guest-starred in several roles on The Sarah Silverman Program. He directed the music video for The Killers' ninth charity Christmas single, "Joel the Lump of Coal", which features his brother Jimmy (who also co-wrote the song).

Kimmel is executive producer, director and showrunner on the reboot of Crank Yankers, for Comedy Central.

Kimmel is executive producer and co-showrunner of the Kelly Ripa hosted Generation Gap, for ABC.

Personal life Kimmel married his wife Carly Hirsch on August 12, 2006. Together they have two children, a son, Wesley Kimmel (b. 2009) who is also an actor and a daughter, Beatrix (b. 2012).

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2006 The Wild Scab (voice) 2008 Imaginationland: The Movie Additional voices (voice) Direct-to-video 2022 The Prank Joe

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 2001 That's My Bush! The Gut Busters! Episode: "A Poorly Executed Plan" 2003–2007 Crank Yankers Sonny; Jon the Businessman (voices) 2 episodes 2004 Life with Bonnie Xavier Episode: "Nightshift" 2004–2005 Drawn Together The King (voice) Credited as Jon KimmelEpisodes: "Dirty Pranking Number 2" & "Ghosteses in the Slot Machine" 2005–2009, 2023–present South Park Peter Griffin; Jimmy Kimmel; various (voices) 13 episodesCredited as Juan Kimmelini 2006 Minoriteam Boneologist; various (voices) Episodes: "Tribe & Prejudice" & "FOG" 2006 Let Go Xavier Television movie 2007 Saul of the Mole Men Dr. Lawrence "Brad" Perkins; Molemen (voices) 9 episodes 2007–2008 The Sarah Silverman Program Pageant host; Bob; Homeless Blind Willy Joe 3 episodes 2008–2018 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Writer; segment director 2014 Trophy Wife Farmer Rick Episode: "Mother's Day" 2019–2021 Crank Yankers Executive producer; director; showrunner 40 episodes 2022 Generation Gap Executive producer; co-showrunner 10 episodes