
James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel is an American comedian, actor, voice artist and television host. He is the host and creator of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money. Kimmel is also a television producer, having produced shows such as Crank Yankers, Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, and The Andy Milonakis Show.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 13, 1967 (58)
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Actor and producer, also writer
- 53 on MovieCove · 73 credits in all
What are Jimmy Kimmel's films like?
Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 17
Light 15 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 11 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 0
Gentle 11 · Charged 6 · Intense 1
Steady 14 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 9
A split, not a type: Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 1
Casual 15 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 15 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 16 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy14
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous8
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jimmy Kimmel's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 53 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (9).
- A Million Little Things (2018) · actor
- Scandal (2012) · actor
- Family Guy (1999) · actor
- It's Just Unfortunate (2025) · producer
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2020) · actor, producer
- High Hopes (2024) · producer
- 4X20: Quick Hits (2026) · producer
- Love Thy Nader (2025) · producer
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) · actor, writer, producer
Subscription and free streaming for Jimmy Kimmel's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
73 credits, 53 with a MovieCove page; 105 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
4X20: Quick Hits(2026)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Love Thy Nader(2025)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Smurfs(2025)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Bad Thoughts(2025)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
It's Just Unfortunate(2025)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Ezra(2023)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
High Hopes(2024)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
The Prank Panel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

SmartLess: On the Road(2023)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Mark Rober's Revengineers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Super Maximum Retro Show(2023)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Generation Gap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Once Upon a Time in Queens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

PAW Patrol: The Movie(2021)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Hacks(2021)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
A Million Little Things(2018)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Man of the House(2018)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Sandy Wexler(2017)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Boss Baby(2017)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Year in Memoriam(2017)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Pitch(2016)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
The Grinder(2015)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Ted 2(2015)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all filmsMiss Famous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Pitch Perfect 2(2015)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Howard Stern's Birthday Bash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

The Smurfs 2(2013)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Blind Ref (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Step Up: Revolution(2012)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Scandal(2012)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Project X(2012)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Buccaneers and Bones(2010)

Hot in Cleveland(2010)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
The Middle(2009)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all showsJamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

The Adam Carolla Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Too Late with Adam Carolla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

The Andy Milonakis Show(2005)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
The Most Extraordinary Space Investigations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
My Crazy Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Drawn Together(2004)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Entourage(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Garfield: The Movie(2004)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Windy City Heat(2003)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
I'm with Her (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!(2003)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Like Mike(2002)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Crank Yankers(2002)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Donner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Road Trip(2000)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Down to You(2000)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
The Man Show(1999)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Family Guy(1999)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Win Ben Stein's Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

The Oscars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
High Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 70 titles, 69 of them dated from 1953 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office
The Boss Baby (2017)

Highest rated
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021)

Most popular right now
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2020)
Film career
Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1999Screen debut· The Man Show
- 2000First film· Down to You
- 2017Career best· The Boss Baby
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
4 Primetime Emmys and 3 other major awards from 50 major nominations, 2009–2026.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Host for a Game Show
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, won · Short Form Streaming
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Host for a Game Show
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Game Show
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Talk Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Specials
Show 9 earlier yearsShow fewer
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
+2 other major bodies · 3 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/VarietyMusic, Awards, TributesSpecials
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Special Class Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) - Specials
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Writers Guild Award, won · Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) - Specials
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Talk Series
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Series
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
+2 other major bodies · 3 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Series
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Writers Guild Award, won · Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety: Special (Musical/Award/Tribute)
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jimmy Kimmel's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up14
- 50th to 74th13
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th14
Shape of the crowd
20 of their 52 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive4
- Cult Classic6
- Crowd Pleaser19
- Mixed20
Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jimmy Kimmel's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jimmy Kimmel work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jimmy Kimmel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Norman Lear shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Andy FisherShared titles: Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Andy Fisher

- James BurrowsShared titles: Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019)See all 3 shared titles with James Burrows

- Tom McGrathShared titles: The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021), The Boss Baby (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Tom McGrath

Writers
- Marla FrazeeShared titles: The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021), The Boss Baby (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Marla Frazee
- Michael McCullersShared titles: The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021), The Boss Baby (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Michael McCullers

Actors
- Ike BarinholtzShared titles: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2020), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Ike Barinholtz

- Norman LearShared titles: Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter (2022), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021), The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019)See all 5 shared titles with Norman Lear

- Amy SedarisShared titles: Smurfs (2025), The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Amy Sedaris

- Chris DistefanoShared titles: It's Just Unfortunate (2025), Super Maximum Retro Show (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Distefano

Composers and cinematographers
- Aaron DrakeShared titles: Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Aaron Drake

- Gary BaumShared titles: Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Gary Baum
- Hans ZimmerShared titles: The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021), The Boss Baby (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Hans Zimmer

- Steve MazzaroShared titles: The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021), The Boss Baby (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Mazzaro

Producers
- Scott LonkerShared titles: 4X20: Quick Hits (2026), It's Just Unfortunate (2025), Love Thy Nader (2025), High Hopes (2024), Super Maximum Retro Show (2023)See all 5 shared titles with Scott Lonker
- Brent MillerShared titles: Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter (2022), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Brent Miller

- Eric CookShared titles: Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter (2022), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Eric Cook

- James DixonShared titles: Love Thy Nader (2025), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021), Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019)See all 3 shared titles with James Dixon



