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JIMMY CARR, 48, is a comedian and television presenter who has earned a staggering fortune during his career and has been named one of the richest comedians in the UK. How has he made his millions?
By Sarra Gray
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Jimmy Carr is known for his dark sense of humour and one liner jokes. He has built up a fortune through sell out tours, presenting gigs and appearances as a comedian.
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The TV regular has around £11.7million in the bank, Celebrity Net Worth reported.
His successful career landed him at number four on the list of the highest paid UK comedians by Spear's magazine in 2017.
Jimmy is known for regularly performing as a comedian and as a presenter on various Channel 4 shows.
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However, his career was not always in the art of making people laugh.
Jimmy was born in Hounslow, London, on September 15, 1972.
He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in political science in 1994.
After getting his qualification, the TV personality worked in marketing with oil and gas company Shell for six years.
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Jimmy took voluntary redundancy in 2000 and decided to forge his career in comedy.
Before long, he was performing comedy routines including sold out appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
He made his first appearance on TV in 2003 when he became the host of Channel 4 game shows Distraction and Your Face or Mine?.
While the television shows were short-lived, it was just the start of Jimmy's career as a game show host.
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Jimmy landed a job presenting the annual game show The Big Fat Quiz of the Year in 2004 and has hosted every edition to date.
He has topped up his bank balance with many more television appearances over the years.
Since 2005, the comedian has fronted the comedy panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats.
Jimmy has also hosted the spin-off show 8 Out of 10 Cat Does Countdown since 2012.
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In 2018, he became the presenter of the Netflix US comedy panel show The Fix.
Jimmy has added to his fortune with guest appearances on a number of popular shows.
While working on various television programmes, Jimmy has continued his career as a stand-up comedian.
He has regularly toured the UK with his comedy shows with the most recent tour taking place in 2019.
Jimmy has released DVDs of his tours that are sure to have topped up his fortune.
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