Jimmy Dore is an American comedian who has been performing stand-up comedy for 19 years. He was born and raised into a catholic family of 12 on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois. Jimmy is the star of several Comedy Central specials, and a writer performer for the Off-Broadway hit "The Marijuana -Logues", His latest effort "CITIZEN JIMMY" a one hour Comedy Central Special currently airing was chosen BestOf2008 by iTunes, and was named one the the Top 5 Comedy DVDs of 2008 by Punchline Magazine.

He currently lives in Pasadena, California, and hosts his own monthly show "Pop and Politics" @ the UCB theater. Much of his recent material is focused on the absurdity of modern politics. He also co-hosted the podcast Comedy And Everything Else with fellow comedian Todd Glass and wife Stefane Zamorano until Episode 61, after which Glass officially departed the podcast in a November 28th announcement on the podcast.

Jimmy frequently guests on the popular podcast Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo as well. He has also appeared on the movie podcast Battleship Pretension. Dore is a well known face on late night television with dozens of appearances on shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show on CBS, and NBC's Late Friday.

He has performed as well at the Montreal Comedy Festival, the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Aspen, CO, The Melbourne Comedy in Australia, The Amsterdam Comedy Festival, and for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. He also appears regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles, California.

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