Jack Dunham

Biography

Lead vocalist and main songwriter from the Upsetters, which took its named from Small Richard’s band, Jack port Dunham helped to lay down the building blocks of, what became referred to as, the “Tulsa audio”. A lively mixture of rockabilly, rock and roll & move and blues, Dunham’s tunes were included in country vocalist Conway Twitty and influenced such roots-oriented performers as Ry Cooder, David Lindley and J.J. Cale. Given birth to in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dunham was raised, from age one, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Performing combined with the radio since first memory, he created the Upsetters, offering Leo Feathers on acoustic guitar, Jimmy Williams on saxophone, Ron Ryle on electrical bass, Russell “Leon” Bridges on piano and Chuck Blackwell on drums,as students at Oklahoma Condition University or college. Although he continuing to front side the group, after moving to the University or college of Tulsa the next year, he remaining for southern California in 1960. Among the first of many Tulsa music artists who adopted him to LA, Durham authorized with Imperial as Jackie Durham. Although he released two singles, neither demonstrated a commercial discovery. Turning his focus on songwriting, he worked well for Gene Autry’s 4 Celebrity Music Publishing Organization, Central Tunes, Tree International Music Posting, “Twitty Parrot” Music and Checkmate.

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#	Fact
1	His wife Audrey gave birth to twin boys (her 1st and 2nd children) at age 35, Jack Steven Dunham and James Jeffrey Dunham on October 11, 2015 in Los Angeles with 2 hours apart. The baby boys arrived the day before the couple's third anniversary.
2	Has been performing ventriloquism since he was eight, and has never held a "real" job in his life.
3	He owns the 1989 Batmobile from Tim Burton's Batman.
4	When he was in the process of making Achmed, Jeff Dunham was originally going to call him Phil.
5	Parents are Joyce Dunham and Howard Dunham.
6	Received first puppet, at age 8. Was a Christmas gift from his parents.
7	"Peanut" is his only puppet not hand made by himself.
8	"Achmed, Jr." is often referred to as A.J.
9	June 2009: His rep has confirmed that he and his wife are in the process of getting a divorce.
10	Has three daughters: Bree Dunham(adopted), Ashlyn Dunham, and Kenna Dunham, all from his first marriage.
11	Two of his characters are apparent homages to characters performed by previous famous ventriloquists. "Bubba J" strongly resembles Mortimer Snerd, performed by Edgar Bergen. "Jose the Jalapeno on a Stick," who has a face but no body, is similar to the disembodied head in a box performed by Señor Wences.
12	An award-winning ventriloquist.



Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Nut Job 2	2017	filming	Mole (voice)
Angie Tribeca	2016	TV Series	Fisher Price
Achmed Saves America	2014	Video	Achmed Bubba J Himself (voice)
The Nut Job	2014/I		Mole (voice)
Big Top Scooby-Doo!	2012	Video	Schmatko / Conductor (voice)
From Up on Poppy Hill	2011		Gen (English version, voice)
Dinner for Schmucks	2010		Lewis the Ventriloquist
Sonny with a Chance	2009	TV Series	Jeff / Walter
30 Rock	2009	TV Series	Pumpkin
Delta Farce	2007		Amazing Ken
Blue Collar TV	2005	TV Series
One on One	2003	TV Series	Benny / Kenny
She Spies	2002	TV Series	Elvis Presley Ventriloquist
Any Day Now	2002	TV Series	Ventriloquist
Ellen	1996	TV Series	Starky & Gus
Hot Country Nights	1991	TV Series	Ventriloquist

Writer

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood	2015	TV Movie
Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map	2014	TV Special
Achmed Saves America	2014	Video characters / creator
Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters	2012	TV Special
Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos	2011	TV Special
The Jeff Dunham Show		TV Series creator - 1 episode, 2009 writer - 1 episode, 2009
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special	2008	TV Special documentary
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity	2007	TV Special
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself	2006	TV Special
Comedy Central Presents	2003	TV Series documentary writer - 2 episodes

Producer

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map	2014	TV Special executive producer
Achmed Saves America	2014	Video executive producer
Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters	2012	TV Special executive producer
Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos	2011	TV Special executive producer
The Jeff Dunham Show	2009	TV Series executive producer - 1 episode
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special	2008	TV Special documentary executive producer
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity	2007	TV Special executive producer
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself	2006	TV Special executive producer

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special	2008	TV Special documentary lyrics: "Jingle Bombs" / performer: "Jingle Bombs", "Roadkill Christmas"

Art Department

Art Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Achmed Saves America	2014	Video original character design

Editor

Editor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map	2014	TV Special

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Biggest Schmucks in the World	2011	Video short special thanks
Mr. Chili: Too Hot for TV!	2007	Video short special thanks

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
60 Minutes Wednesday	2005	TV Series documentary	Himself - Ventriloquist (segment "Ventriloquist Convention")
TV Land's Top Ten	2005	TV Series documentary	Himself
Just for Laughs	2005	TV Series	Himself
Hollywood Squares	2004	TV Series	Guest Appearance
Comedy Central Presents	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself Melvin the Superhero Guy Peanut ...
The Test	2001	TV Series	Himself - Panelist
The Rosie O'Donnell Show	1998	TV Series	Himself
Xuxa	1993	TV Series	Himself
Bob Hope and Other Young Comedians: The World Laughs, Young and Old	1992	TV Special	Himself
Hot Country Nights	1991-1992	TV Series	Himself
The Chuck Woolery Show	1991	TV Series	Himself
Jonathan Winters and His Traveling Road Show	1990	TV Movie	Himself
The Comedy Concert II	1990	TV Movie	Himself
Halloween Baking Championship	2016	TV Series	Himself - Host
Hell's Kitchen	2016	TV Series	Himself - Restaurant Patron
Jay Leno's Garage	2015	TV Series documentary	Himself - Ventriloqust-Comedian
Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood	2015	TV Movie	Himself Walter Bubba J ...
Today	2014-2015	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Himself
Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map	2014	TV Special	Himself Walter Bubba J ...
Late Show with David Letterman	2006-2014	TV Series	Himself - Comedian / Himself - Guest / Ventriloquist Perfomer / ...
The O'Reilly Factor	2012	TV Series	Himself
Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters	2012	TV Special	Himself Achmed Jr. Walter ...
The Wendy Williams Show	2012	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Fox and Friends	2012	TV Series	Himself
The Batmobile	2012	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	1996-2012	TV Series	Himself / Walter
Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy	2011	TV Special	Himself Walter Peanut ...
Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos	2011	TV Special	Himself Walter Achmed the Dead Terrorist ...
The Biggest Schmucks in the World	2011	Video short	Himself
The 2010 American Country Awards	2010	TV Special	Himself
The Jeff Dunham Show	2009	TV Series	Himself Walter Achmed the Dead Terrorist ...
The Jay Leno Show	2009	TV Series	Himself
I'm No Dummy	2009	Documentary	Himself
Boogie	2009	TV Series	Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly	2009	TV Series	Himself
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special	2008	TV Special documentary	Himself Walter Achmed the Dead Terrorist ...
Live at Gotham	2008	TV Series	Himself
History of the Joke	2008	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity	2007	TV Special	Himself Walter Achmed the Dead Terrorist ...
Mr. Chili: Too Hot for TV!	2007	Video short	Himself
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself	2006	TV Special	Himself Walter Sweet Daddy Dee ...

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
CMT's Biggest Laughs	2012	TV Movie	Himself - Comic / Walter
Aangenaam... Comedy 2009	2009	Video	Himself

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1998	American Comedy Award	American Comedy Awards, USA	Funniest Male Stand-Up Comic



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#	Quote
1	The only way a ventriloquist speaks differently is that he forgoes using his or her lips, and learns to reproduce sounds using the tongue, upper palate, and teeth only. Those 'difficult' letters are B, F, M, P, V, W, and Y.
2	Up until college age I was using the typical little-boy dummy that sits on the knee and makes woodpecker jokes. My first original character didn't happen until later, and that was Jose the Jalapeno on a Stick.
3	We just got a tour bus. I didn't know tour buses could be this nice. It's just me, Brian Haner the guitar guy, the tour manager and a writer. We laugh ourselves silly. Apparently we're going to have a road dog, a miniature pincher. It's the smallest they've ever seen. How masculine am I going to look, working with dolls and a miniature dog?
4	When I was in third grade I taught myself ventriloquism... What's hard is to learn to be an entertainer and make people laugh. I was a few years out of college before I felt I had enough material. Then in 1988 I moved to L.A. and started to do some shows at comedy clubs.
5	I had a happy, dramafree youth, growing up in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. The only thing that was slightly unusual compared to most of my friends was that I was an only child... I don't think that's why my parents gave me a dummy, at least they've never copped to it.
6	In 1980, when I graduated from high school, my goal was to be on 'The Tonight Show' with Johnny Carson at least once before our ten-year class reunion. Our class reunion was in June of 1990, and I was on 'The Tonight Show' in April 1990, so I made it by a few months.
7	It's strange because even in the vaudeville days, ventriloquists were never the main attraction. They were the guys brought out to stand in front of the curtain while sets were being changed. Ventriloquism wasn't even celebrated as an art until Edgar Bergen came along in the 1930s.
8	My mother and my father have always supported me. Now in their eighties, they actually clamor onto the tour bus with me once or twice a year so they can watch the performances and hear the crowds. Traveling with eighty-something-year-olds on a tour bus... there has to be some sort of reality show in that.
9	The best place to find material is in real life. I've always maintained that it's not until the mid-20s that you have enough of a life to draw from. There's nothing better for a comic than to go through some bad stuff - and some good stuff, like getting married.
10	I've always said that instead of watching a guy juggle seven things amazingly I would rather see a really bad juggler who's really funny.
11	Stand-up comedy is tough right now. Anybody can come to a concert, tape you, and put you up on the Internet. You either fight it or embrace it.
12	Growing up doing those Kiwanis Clubs, doing those Cub Scout banquets, doing those church shows, I learned to find that sensibility that most people could laugh at - that all ages and demographics could laugh at.
13	When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and sat in front of the bathroom mirror, practising. I did my first show in the third grade and just kept going; there was no reason to quit.
14	But the mechanics of learning to 'throw your voice' are pretty simple. Anyone with a tongue, an upper palate, teeth, and a normal speaking voice can learn ventriloquism.
15	As humans we like to laugh at our fears, we like to whistle in the dark.
16	I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make sure the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech.
17	A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things.
18	I try to make the majority of my audience laugh. That's my audience. They'll laugh at the dead terrorist.
19	I'm a geek to the bone.



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