Biography
James Christopher Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. His material often addresses fatherhood, laziness, food, religion, and general observations. He has been nominated seven times at the Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny
2024
as Self
Jim Gaffigan provides the skinny on everything from appetite suppressants to raising teenagers.

Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny
2024
Writer, Director
Jim Gaffigan provides the skinny on everything from appetite suppressants to raising teenagers.

An Almost Christmas Story
2024
as Papa Owl (voice)
A young owl meets a lost little girl in New York City. Together, they try to get home for Christmas.

Greedy People
2024
as The Irishman
The eclectic residents of a small, picturesque island town must navigate a sensational murder and the discovery of a million dollars, leading to a ser...

Running on Empty
2024
as Barry
When Mort finds out he has less than a year to live, his fiancé Nicole leaves him and he’s forced to accept his fate. Mort joins a dating service that...

Unfrosted
2024
as Edsel Kellogg III
In a time when breakfast is ruled by milk and cereal, a fierce corporate battle begins over a revolutionary new pastry.

Jim Gaffigan: Dark Pale
2023
as Self
Dark Pale marks Jim’s 10th comedy special, an unprecedented feat for the comedian, who continues to deliver fresh-yet-edgy material, ranging from fune...

Jim Gaffigan: Dark Pale
2023
Executive Producer, Director
Dark Pale marks Jim’s 10th comedy special, an unprecedented feat for the comedian, who continues to deliver fresh-yet-edgy material, ranging from fune...

Susie Searches
2023
as Sheriff Loggins
Susie is an awkward college student who seizes the opportunity to bolster her popularity and her under-the-radar true-crime podcast by attempting to s...

Peter Pan & Wendy
2023
as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
Wendy Darling, a young girl afraid to leave her childhood home behind, meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up. Alongside her brothers and a tin...

Linoleum
2023
as Cameron / Kent
When the host of a failing children’s science show tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by building a rocket ship in his gara...

Reindeer in Here
2022
as Santa Claus (voice)
The story of how Blizzard (Blizz)—a young reindeer living at the North Pole who has an unusual trait: one antler that is significantly smaller than th...

Collide
2022
as Peter
A gripping chronicle of three couples over the course of one fateful night in an LA restaurant named Collide. Hunter finds himself on an awkward blind...

Collide
2022
Executive Producer
A gripping chronicle of three couples over the course of one fateful night in an LA restaurant named Collide. Hunter finds himself on an awkward blind...

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022
as Van Helsing (voice)
When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnn...

Jim Gaffigan: Comedy Monster
2021
as Self
Comedy icon Jim Gaffigan offers some thoughts on the hot mess that was 2021, as well as his takes on marching bands, billionaires in space and more.

Jim Gaffigan: Comedy Monster
2021
Director, Writer
Comedy icon Jim Gaffigan offers some thoughts on the hot mess that was 2021, as well as his takes on marching bands, billionaires in space and more.

Luca
2021
as Lorenzo Paguro (voice)
Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: the...

I've Got Issues
2020
as Narrator
Human lives grappling with all the flavors of exstential despair intersect in a deadpan collage of comic suffering.

Tesla
2020
as George Westinghouse
The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering...

Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist
2020
In The Pale Tourist, Gaffigan boldly goes where no stand-up comedian has gone before: everywhere. The two hour-long specials were filmed as part of Ga...

Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist
2020
Director
In The Pale Tourist, Gaffigan boldly goes where no stand-up comedian has gone before: everywhere. The two hour-long specials were filmed as part of Ga...

Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist 2 - Spanish American
2020
In The Pale Tourist, Gaffigan boldly goes where no stand-up comedian has gone before: everywhere. The two hour-long specials were filmed as part of Ga...

Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist 1 - Canadian American
2020
In The Pale Tourist, Gaffigan boldly goes where no stand-up comedian has gone before: everywhere. The two hour-long specials were filmed as part of Ga...

Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist 1 - Canadian American
2020
Writer, Director
In The Pale Tourist, Gaffigan boldly goes where no stand-up comedian has gone before: everywhere. The two hour-long specials were filmed as part of Ga...

Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist 2 - Spanish American
2020
Writer, Director
In The Pale Tourist, Gaffigan boldly goes where no stand-up comedian has gone before: everywhere. The two hour-long specials were filmed as part of Ga...

Target Number One
2020
as Picker
Ex heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When the deal goes sour, Daniel gets thrown ...

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
as Self
The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal the greatest cult comedies and campy classics of all...

Jim Gaffigan: Asian American
2020
as Self
Thanks for checking out ASIAN AMERICAN, my all new unreleased stand up set. I'm posting this 26 minutes set or mini-special here on my youtube exclusi...

Jim Gaffigan: Florida Man
2020
as Self
Thanks for watching Florida Man, my all new unreleased stand up set. Click Subscribe & turn on notifications for more standup from me, Jim Gaffigan!

Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
as Self
All-star comics perform in support of Feeding America.

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of...

Light from Light
2019
as Richard
Shelia, a single mom and sometime paranormal investigator, is enlisted to investigate a possible “haunting” at a widower’s farmhouse in East Tennessee...

25 Sets
2019
as Self
Aaron Berg is one of the hardest working comics in New York City. As everyone who's anyone in NYC will attest, it is only fitting that he set out to b...

The Day Shall Come
2019
as Lemmy
An impoverished leader of a small religious commune in Miami is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for an...

American Dreamer
2019
as Cam
A down on his luck driver making extra cash chauffeuring a low level drug dealer around town, finds himself in a serious financial bind and decides to...

Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time
2019
as Himself
Comedian Jim Gaffigan performs live at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN.

Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time
2019
Writer
Comedian Jim Gaffigan performs live at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN.

Them That Follow
2019
as Zeke Slaughter
A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret t...

Being Frank
2019
as Frank
A seventeen-year-old boy blackmails his father after discovering his secret second family

Playmobil: The Movie
2019
as Del (voice)
Marla is forced to abandon her carefully structured life to embark on an epic journey to find her younger brother Charlie who has disappeared into the...

Above the Shadows
2019
as Paul Jederman
A young woman who has faded to the point of becoming invisible must find her way back with the help of the one man who can see her.

It Started As a Joke
2019
as Self
This documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival – including a final farewell show. The film celebrates Eugene’s u...

Drunk Parents
2019
as Carl Mancini
Two drunk parents attempt to hide their ever increasing financial difficulties from their daughter and social circle through elaborate neighborhood sc...

Troop Zero
2019
as Ramsey Flint
In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NA...

Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape
2018
as Himself
Jim Gaffigan has made a career out of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary with his hilarious observational style. In his 6th special, he uses hu...

Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape
2018
Executive Producer, Writer
Jim Gaffigan has made a career out of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary with his hilarious observational style. In his 6th special, he uses hu...

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
as Professor Abraham Van Helsing (voice)
Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s capt...

Super Troopers 2
2018
as Larry Johnson
When an international border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers- Mac, Thorny, Foster, Rabbit and Farva, are called in to s...

Chappaquiddick
2018
as Paul Markham
Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign stra...

Duck Duck Goose
2018
as Peng (voice)
After he’s grounded by an injury, a high-flying bachelor is saddled with two wide-eyed orphans as they come face-to-face with the dangers and beauty o...

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
as Self
Jon Stewart returns to television to host a live show presented from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Benefiting NEXT for Autism, the...

Chuck
2017
as John Stoehr
A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner.

Gilbert
2017
as Self
The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried.

Jim Gaffigan: Cinco
2017
as Himself
America's king of clean comedy delivers wickedly funny jokes in his fifth hour-long special.

Jim Gaffigan: Cinco
2017
Writer
America's king of clean comedy delivers wickedly funny jokes in his fifth hour-long special.

Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
2016
as Santa Claus
This holiday special goes back in time to show how Elmo's ancestors--not to mention those of Grover, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch and Cooki...

The Original Image of Divine Mercy
2016
as Self
Filmmakers travel through Europe to uncover the little-known story of a painting said to be inspired by the mystical vision of Saint Faustina.

Experimenter
2015
as James McDonough
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering pain...

Staten Island Summer
2015
as Danny's Dad
Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.

Hot Pursuit
2015
as Red
Straight-arrow policewoman Cooper is excited and thrilled about her next assignment. Her task is to escort Daniella Riva, a wisecracking Colombian bea...

Walter
2015
as Corey
A ticket-taker at the local cinema believes he is the son of God. He has agreed to decide the eternal fate of everyone he comes in to contact with.

Adventures in Comedy
2015
A mockumentary that takes place in the cut throat world of stand-up comedy. It follows the struggles one comic faces as he gives his dream one last sh...

Misery Loves Comedy
2015
as Self
Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad...

The Nobodies
2014
as MC
The lonely husband of a famous female comedian strikes up an unlikely friendship with the neighborhood's sad-sack mailman, ultimately forming a succes...

Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed
2014
as Self
Jim Gaffigan bursts back on the scene with this eagerly anticipated fourth comedy special. Dubbed the "King of Clean Comedy" by The Wall Street Journa...

Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed
2014
Writer
Jim Gaffigan bursts back on the scene with this eagerly anticipated fourth comedy special. Dubbed the "King of Clean Comedy" by The Wall Street Journa...
Howard Cantour.com
2013
as Howard Cantour
This is the story of Howard Cantour. A warrior, a film critic. He lives his live vicariously through movies and in movies. But Howard is no sell out, ...

Kilimanjaro
2013
as Bill
For years, Doug Collins has been wading through a routine unsatisfying job and an increasingly miserable relationship. After his girlfriend moves out,...

Love Sick Love
2012
as Andrew Blythe
Dori and Norman, two stunning and sophisticated serial daters, are destined to endure a terrifying journey through perfect couple-hood: Valentine's, E...

Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe
2012
as Himself
Funnyman Jim Gaffigan offers up his unique take on everything from Disney World to overweight whales in this live show from Washington, D.C.

Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe
2012
Writer
Funnyman Jim Gaffigan offers up his unique take on everything from Disney World to overweight whales in this live show from Washington, D.C.

Salvation Boulevard
2011
as Jerry Hobson
Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born-again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his m...

Give It Up for Greg Giraldo
2011
as Self
A tribute special featuring some of the biggest names in comedy reminiscing about the late, great stand-up. It's a great way to celebrate and remember...

Dying to Do Letterman
2011
as Self
When 35 year old stand-up comedian Steve Mazan learned he was dying of cancer, he dedicated the rest of his life to making his dream come true: perfor...

It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010
as George Gilner
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

Going the Distance
2010
as Phil Berlin
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work ...

I Am Comic
2010
as Self
Through unprecedented backstage access and candid interviews, the film weaves through the absurd world of the working comedian and reveals a crazy and...

The Slammin' Salmon
2009
as Stanley Bellin
The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which...

Just For Laughs: Over The Edge
2009
as Self
A selection of comics from the Montreal International Comedy Festival

Away We Go
2009
as Lowell
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide ...

Jim Gaffigan: King Baby
2009
as Himself
The greatly anticipated follow up to the platinum selling Beyond the Pale. In this Austin performance that capped off the 2008 sold-out stand up tour,...

Jim Gaffigan: King Baby
2009
Writer
The greatly anticipated follow up to the platinum selling Beyond the Pale. In this Austin performance that capped off the 2008 sold-out stand up tour,...

17 Again
2009
as Coach Murphy
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one m...

Shoot First And Pray You Live
2008
as Mart Ryde
Tale of vengeance -- outlaw style -- as Red Pierre hunts down legendary gunman Bob McGurk to avenge the murder of his Mother and Father

The Love Guru
2008
as Trent Lueders
Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skill...

The Living Wake
2007
as Lampert Binew
A dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best an...

Stephanie Daley
2007
as Joe Daley
Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the blood is the after-effects of giving birth. Soon aft...

Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale
2006
as Himself
The affable, towheaded comic demonstrates his hysterical brand of self-effacing comedy and deadpan delivery at two sold-out shows at Chicago's Vic The...

Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale
2006
Writer
The affable, towheaded comic demonstrates his hysterical brand of self-effacing comedy and deadpan delivery at two sold-out shows at Chicago's Vic The...
Pale Force
2005
as Pale Man/Conan
Superhero Jim Gaffigan and his weakling sidekick Conan O'Brien fire lasers from their nipples and use their blinding white skin to make evil criminals...
Pale Force
2005
Writer
Superhero Jim Gaffigan and his weakling sidekick Conan O'Brien fire lasers from their nipples and use their blinding white skin to make evil criminals...

Trust the Man
2005
as Gordon
Overachieving actress Rebecca must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad Tom. While Rebecca's slacker brother Tobey can't seem t...

The Great New Wonderful
2005
as Sandie
The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.

Strip Search
2004
as Reverend Craig Peterson
Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an...

13 Going on 30
2004
as Chris Grandy
A girl who's sick of the social structures of junior high is transformed into a grownup overnight. In this feel-good fairy tale, teenager Jenna wants ...

Bad Apple
2004
as Butters
Black Comedy about a undercover FBI agent in New York who falls for his informant's sister resulting in a deadly game between the criminals and cops.

Season of Youth
2003
as Dr. Gelding
Obsessed with the notion that all African-Americans are not only inferior but also criminals, privileged prep school student Taylor (Jonathan Bennett)...

Igby Goes Down
2002
as Hilton Manager
Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophre...

No Sleep 'til Madison
2002
as Owen
30-year-old Owen Fenby loves his girlfriend. But he loves high school hockey more. Or does he? One by one, his friends are deserting his annual pilgri...

Final
2001
as Dayton
Waking up in a nearly empty room, Bill has strange recollections of his father's death and a car crash, and occasional paranoid delusions. Ann, a psyc...

Super Troopers
2001
as Larry Johnson
Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling...

Cry Baby Lane
2000
as Bob
Andrew and his older brother Carl enjoy listening to ghost stories that the local undertaker tells them. One night he tells the tale of a local farmer...

Puppet
1999
as Mr. Kamen
Lori Myers has no idea of the terrifying danger she attracts after accepting a gift from her husband Rick to celebrate their marriage. For the beautif...

Entropy
1999
as Bucky
Entropy is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls...

Kimberly
1999
as Jim at the Ad Agency
Four young men fall in love with the same woman. When they all find themselves attracted by Kimberly, hey vow not to fight for her affections during t...

Three Kings
1999
as Cuts Troy's Cuff Soldier
A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gol...

Not Afraid to Say...
1999
as Larry
A woman comes between two best friends.
Hook'd Up
1999
as Waiter
Romance - Keith, a freelance journalist, knows sex sells. With the help of a personal ad, he decides to combine business and pleasure through a piece ...

The Real Howard Spitz
1998
as Storekeeper
Howard Spitz is a cranky, has-been detective novelist out of money and out of luck - until he meets eight-year-old Samantha, who convinces him he has ...

Fool's Paradise
1997
as Chester
A man deeply in debt to a vengeful creditor tries to repay his loan by diverting funds to a Caribbean island.

Eugene the Marine
N/A
as Jackie
A former marine fights to keep his life from unraveling as his son tries to force him out of his longtime family home and a series of gruesome murders...
Untitled Mitch Hedberg documentary
N/A
as Self
The life of comedian Mitch Hedberg, master of the one-liner and a talent beloved by fellow comics.