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- Größe1,80 m
- Jimmy Carr wurde am 15 September 1972 in Isleworth, London, England, UK geboren. Er ist Autor und Produzent, bekannt für 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2012), Roast Battle (2018) und The Fix (2018).
- Very dark humour
- One-line jokes
- Interactions with the audience
- High-pitched laugh with regular intervals.
- Deadpan delivery
- His partner since 2001 has been the Canadian-born editor Karoline Copping, with whom he has a son.
- Obtained the nickname 'Jimmy Carr-nage' after his 'Celebrity In A Reasonably Priced Car' lap on Top Gear, from driving extremely recklessly. Nevertheless, as of 2005, he remains the fastest male 'star in a reasonably -priced car' .... (yachtswoman Ellen Macarthur is the fastest overall as at January 2006)
- In 2012 he was described as "morally wrong" by British Prime Minister David Cameron for investing millions of pounds in the K2 Tax scheme. Although the scheme was not said to be illegal, therefore tax avoidance and not tax evasion, he subsequently apologised.
- Graduated from Cambridge University with a 2:1 in political science. Attended Dulwich College, London, England.
- Once worked in marketing for Shell Oil.
- I do realize that when I laugh, it sounds like a seal is being molested.
- As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.
- I appreciate as a comedian, people will expect me to 'make light' of this situation, but I'm not going to in this statement. As this is obviously a serious matter. I met with a financial advisor and he said to me 'Do you want to pay less tax? It's totally legal'. I said 'Yes'." I now realise I've made a terrible error of judgement. Although I've been advised the K2 Tax scheme is entirely legal, and has been fully disclosed to HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs). I'm no longer involved in it and will in future conduct my financial affairs much more responsibly. Apologies to everyone.
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