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Carr in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: James Anthony Patrick Carr
Place of Birth: Hounslow, Middlesex, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 15 September, 1972
Ethnicity: Irish
Jimmy Carr is a British stand-up comedian, presenter, writer, and actor.
Jimmy is the son of Nora Mary and James Patrick Carr, who was an accountant and treasurer. His parents were Irish emigrants, from Limerick. Some sites have said that Jimmy’s mother has Romanichal ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate. He was mostly raised in Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire. Jimmy has U.K. and Irish citizenship.
He has a son with his partner, Canadian commissioning editor Karoline Copping.
Jimmy’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Lawlor.