Jim Jefferies

Australian stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, TV host and writer Jim Jefferies is one of the best-known names in comedy in the world today. With an indisputable charisma and commitment to his craft that enables him to charm and challenge in equal measures, Jim has been making audiences roar with laughter for 20 years both live on stage and through the media.

With whip-smart routines spanning topics including alcoholism, celebrities, gun control, religion, sex and relationships, Jim frequently tours the world – selling out massive stadiums and iconic venues including Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall and London’s O2 Arena. At the 2019 Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, Jim was honoured as Stand-up Comedian of the Year.

Jim has hosted the I Don’t Know About That podcast since 2020, and in 2025 began a new podcast with co-host Amos Gill titled At This Moment.

Jim’s talent has been apparent since his teenage years when he was scouted and signed by a talent agent while performing in a high school musical. He went on to be awarded an operatic scholarship at the Sydney Opera House, followed quickly by winning a second scholarship to Australia’s most esteemed arts academy, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Here Jim continued to study musical theatre, ballet and classical music until throat nodules forced him to prematurely retire his burgeoning singing career several months before completing his degree.

Whilst still at WAAPA, Jim began doing stand-up comedy in Perth’s open mic rooms. In the late 90’s he returned to Sydney where he took various jobs and resumed his focus on comedy, hitting the Sydney scene with gusto. In the early 2000’s, buoyed by his now flourishing comedy career, Jim relocated to the UK where he swiftly built a name for himself on the English comedy circuit. In 2007 Jim was punched by a stage-invading heckler during his set at the Manchester Comedy Store. This incident was captured on the venue’s in-house video, and the footage became one of the earliest ‘viral’ videos – very quickly accruing over two million views on YouTube.

Jim has since delivered ten monster comedy specials, a critically-acclaimed sitcom (Legit – written, directed by and starring Jim) and an award-nominated late-night show (The Jim Jefferies Show).

Legit aired for two seasons on the FX network in the USA, as well as being picked up globally and receiving positive attention among the disabled community for its unpatronising portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. The Jim Jefferies Show (Comedy Central), launched in 2017. With the initial ten-episode run extended to twenty episodes and a twenty-episode second season confirmed before the first season had wrapped, it ran three full seasons and in 2018 was honoured with a Writers Guild of America nomination for Best Comedy/Variety Series. His 2024 special High & Dry was nominated for an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) for Best Stand-Up Special.

In April 2023, Jim stepped into his first Prime Time TV hosting role, taking the helm of the Australian version of hit UK game show, The 1% Club. Quickly cementing its place as the top-performing new entertainment series of 2023 across all networks, the show has proven to be one of the Seven Network’s most valuable prime-time players, building its audience exponentially. With 2025 seeing an audience increase of a whopping 11%, needless to say the show has been confirmed for its fourth season in 2026.

With The 1% Club earning AACTA nominations for Best Entertainment Program in 2024 and 2025, Jim was nominated for Best Comedy Performer for his hosting role on the show (2024). With his good-natured, broad appeal largely credited with The 1% Club’s success, Seven’s Director of Unscripted Content, Majella Hay, has said,

Well, he runs up to the line, but he doesn’t cross it. A lot of Jim’s jokes are like those you see in a Disney movie. Your young child takes something different out of it than you do.

(source: Mediaweek).

Now in its third season with a growth rate of 12% year-on-year, The 1% Club is outperforming its launch year, a rarity in Australian television.

In April 2025 the busy comedian was announced as host of Fox/Hulu’s new reality game show The Snake, which premiered in the US in June, while in September his first supporting role in a major motion picture hit the screens in the Jordan Peele-produced HIM, with The Guardian noting in an early review,

The most memorable performances in Him come from the supporting cast… Jim Jefferies shines

And topping off another extremely busy year for the prolific star of stage and screen, in early Jim’s new standup series for the Seven Network titled Jim Jefferies and Friends premiered, with Jim once again winning high ratings for the network.

Fearless, raw, and biting. If Hemingway had a drinking buddy, it would be Jim.

Forbes (USA)

The ultimate rock star – wildly witty, insanely entertaining and incessantly unremorseful.

BEAT Magazine (AUS)

An hour of comedy that increasingly finds a beautiful balance between the jagged and the shrewd, the vicious and the vulnerable.

The Times (UK)