James Christopher Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. His material often addresses fatherhood, laziness, food, religion, and general observations. He is regarded as a "clean" comic, using little profanity in his routines, although he does use it from time to time.[1] He has released several successful comedy specials, includingMr. Universe,Obsessed,Cinco, andQuality Time, all of which have receivedGrammy nominations.
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| Birth name | James Christopher Gaffigan |
| Born | (1966-07-07)July 7, 1966 (age 58) Elgin, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Education | Georgetown University (BS) |
| Years active | 1991–present |
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| Children | 5 |
| Relative(s) | Richard F. Mitchell (grandfather) |
| Website | jimgaffigan |
Gaffigan's memoirDad Is Fat (2013) and his most recent bookFood: A Love Story (2014) were both published byCrown Publishers. He co-created and starred in theTV Land seriesThe Jim Gaffigan Show, based on his life. He collaborates extensively with his wife, actressJeannie Gaffigan, with whom he has five children.
Early life
editGaffigan was born on July 7, 1966,[2] inElgin, Illinois,[3] the youngest of six children born to charity worker and fundraiser Marcia Miriam (née Mitchell) and banker Michael Ambrose Gaffigan.[4][5] Of Irish descent, his family's surname was Gavahan.[5] His maternal grandfather wasIowa Supreme Court JusticeRichard F. Mitchell.[5] Gaffigan was raised inChesterton inNorthwest Indiana, a region that he has stated influenced his comedy because of its authenticity,[6] and often jokes about growing up in a large family.[7] His mother was accomplished atneedlework and received a national award for original design and craftsmanship from the American Needlepoint Guild in 1985.[8] She died of cancer in 1990 at age 53.[8]
Gaffigan's father was the president and CEO of the Mercantile National Bank of Indiana for 15 years until his retirement in 1991.[9] A formerseminarian, he was also actively involved in local charity work.[10] He died oflung cancer in 1999.[10] Gaffigan's father was the first in his family to attend college,[11] and encouraged his children to seek careers that promised job security.[12] However, at about the age of five, Gaffigan announced that he wanted to be an actor.[13]
As a teenager, Gaffigan watchedSaturday Night Live.[11] He attendedLa Lumiere School inLa Porte, Indiana, where he played on the school'sfootball team. He attendedPurdue University for one year, where he was a member of thePhi Gamma Delta fraternity, before transferring toGeorgetown University'sMcDonough School of Business, where he graduated in 1988 with a degree in finance.[12][14] He played football atGeorgetown andPurdue.[15][16] Although he "hated" studying finance, he worked as a litigation consultant for a short time after graduating and "was horrible at it".[17]
Career
editStand-up
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Gaffigan moved to New York in 1990 to pursue comedy,[14] a move that was inspired by his admiration for fellowHoosierDavid Letterman.[18] He worked in advertising during the day[12] and took acting classes at night.[7][18] During this time, he was cast inBlockbuster Video's "Entertainment Squad" series of commercials.[19] His career began in earnest when a friend from his acting class dared him to take astand-up seminar that required a live set at the end.[7][13] He fell in love with stand-up,[7] and began playing comedy clubs nightly—after his evening acting classes—until the early hours of the morning.[18] He was often found sleeping at his day job; his boss had to wake him up to fire him.[18]
For the first seven years of Gaffigan's stand-up career, he tried various styles, ranging from angry comedy to impressions and voices. Live comedy was in decline following its peak in the 1980s, and was further affected by the increased popularity ofcable television.[7] After periodically auditioning forThe Late Show with David Letterman for six years,[20] Gaffigan did a successful stand-up routine on the show in 1999,[21][22] and his career took off.[18]
Gaffigan's style is largelyobservational. Some of his main topics are laziness, eating and parenthood. His famousHot Pocket routine was inspired by a commercial he saw that he mistook for aSaturday Night Live sketch.[13] He often performssoliloquies. For example, in high-pitched voice, he may portray someone giving negative feedback on his own performance (After he made a diarrhea joke in his 2012 special "Mr. Universe", he used the voice to say, "Really, he's using diarrhea jokes?"[23]). He has said, "That inside voice is my connection with the audience".[13]
In an interview with theDuluth News-Tribune, he explained that he began developing the voice as a teenager, when he disarmed people by talking for them in their presence.[24] He said he also used it to fend off hecklers earlier in his career, when comedy clubs were more "combative".[24] He cursed early in his career, and added cursing to his comedy albumDoing My Time at the request of his label, in the hopes of drawing more teens.[25] He has now largely removed profanity from his routine, as he feels his subject matter doesn't lend itself to cursing and that it reduced the effort he put into crafting his jokes.[25][26]
In 2004, Gaffigan's stand-up material was featured inComedy Central's animated seriesShorties Watchin' Shorties. In October 2005, he filmed a liveComedy Central special that aired the following January,[7] and became the comedy album/DVDBeyond the Pale. The routine consisted primarily of material regarding food and American eating habits, and the comedian unknowingly predicted a future menu item atDunkin' Donuts—the "glazed donut breakfast sandwich"—while commenting on the future of America's eating habits.[27] His 2009 albumKing Baby was also a television special filmed inAustin, Texas, at the end of his "The Sexy Tour". Comedy Central releasedKing Baby on DVD. In a March 2009 interview onAnytime with Bob Kushell, Gaffigan defended his naming of the tour, stating that he thought it would be funny that parents would be unsure about whether to bring their teenage children to the show.[28] Four years later, on March 14, 2013, Gaffigan was named the "King of Clean" by theWall Street Journal.[29]
On February 25, 2012, Gaffigan taped a one-hour stand-up special—Mr. Universe—at theWarner Theater inWashington, D.C.;[30] it was nominated for a Grammy.[12] He announced that, based on the business model used byLouis C.K.'sLive at the Beacon Theater, the stand-up would be available online through his website for $5, with 20% of the total proceeds going to theBob Woodruff Foundation,[31] an organization that provides support to military veterans.[32] In 2012, he was among the top-ten grossing comics in the US, according to Pollstar.[12]
Gaffigan filmed his 2014 comedy special titledJim Gaffigan: Obsessed atBoston'sWilbur Theater on January 18, 2014.[33]Obsessed premiered onComedy Central on April 27 becoming the most watched stand-up comedy special of the year for the network.[34] The accompanying album, also titledObsessed, debuted at number 11 on theBillboard 200 and number 1 on the Billboard Comedy Album charts.[35] 2015 saw him embark on a headlining tour, culminating in a winter show atMadison Square Garden.[11]
Gaffigan has performed stand-up to support charitable causes as well. In 2002, he was part of aUnited Service Organization event atGuantanamo Bay Naval Base.[36] Gaffigan performed at the 2013 Stand Up for Heroes charity event benefitting the Bob Woodruff Foundation alongside fellow stand-up comediansJerry Seinfeld,Bill Cosby andJon Stewart.[37] Gaffigan also performed at the 2013CNN Heroes event, which celebrates everyday heroes doing extraordinary work around the world.[38] In May 2014, Gaffigan performed at theMake It Right Gala, an organization founded byBrad Pitt, which builds sustainable homes and buildings for communities in need.[39] On September 26, 2015, he performed at the Festival of Families, a Catholic event held inPhiladelphia. Gaffigan was the only comedian on the bill at the festival, and the event was visited byPope Francis. The event had more than one million attendees.
As of June 2016, Gaffigan was the most popular comic onPandora.com with over 647 million spins.[40]
In 2016, Gaffigan embarked on hisFully Dressed Tour, performing in the United States, Canada, and the UK.
Gaffigan has appeared at the "Just for Laughs" comedy festival inMontreal, Quebec, numerous times.
Influences
editGaffigan creditsDavid Letterman andBill Murray as influences, and asserted thatRichard Pryor was the greatest stand-up comedian ever.[11] His comedy mentor wasDave Attell, who Gaffigan said was the only person who thought he was funny in his early stand-up years.[41]
On the episode ofComedians in Cars Getting Coffee featuring Gaffigan, he admitted that the show's hostJerry Seinfeld was a big influence for him.
Reception
editGaffigan is widely noted as aneveryman and a clean comic;[12][42] some of his signature routines regardHot Pockets,[42][43] cake, andbacon.[23] His tendency to avoid profanity has drawn mixed responses. One critic compared him toFull House-eraBob Saget (who starred in the 1990s family show), which Gaffigan took as an insult.[25] Hampton Stevens inThe Atlantic wrote that Gaffigan "champions a vital element to standup that[Lenny] Bruce had taken away—the indispensable, but apparently forgotten idea that comedians have no obligation to be provocative, topical, socially conscious, or anything else but funny."[23]
Acting
editI did my set, I walked off stage and they said the executive producer wants to meet you up in his office. I thought maybe it was going to be something good. I thought maybe Dave wants me to be a writer. But they wanted me to develop my ownshow.
As Gaffigan's comedy career stalled in the 1990s, a friend suggested he audition for commercials, a move that turned out to be profitable.[7] He has appeared in over 200 TV commercials,[25] ranging fromRolling Rock toSaturn toChrysler andESPN. His ubiquity earned him the title of 'Salesman of the Year' byBusinessWeek in 1999.[44] He also performed in a trio of Sierra Mist commercials for the2007 Super Bowl as part of the comedy ensemble "The Mis-Takes".[45][46] He appeared in an ad series forSierra Mist alongside fellow comedianMichael Ian Black.[47]
After his first appearance onThe Late Show with David Letterman in 1999, Gaffigan was tapped by the host to develop a sitcom calledWelcome to New York in which he also co-starred alongsideChristine Baranski.[11] The show was cancelled after its first season, despite positive reviews.[48] During the 2000/2001 TV season, he was a cast member ofThe Ellen Show on CBS,Ellen DeGeneres's second sitcom. He appeared in two movies chosen for the 2001Sundance Film Festival:Super Troopers and30 Years to Life. He appeared onThat '70s Show, and was a regular cast member of theTBS original sitcomMy Boys, which he left at the end of its third season.[citation needed]
In 2008, he appeared in the movieThe Love Guru starringMike Myers.[49]
In 2009, Gaffigan guest-starred as the best friend ofMurray Hewitt in an episode of theHBO comedy seriesFlight of the Conchords. Later that year, he appeared in theSam Mendes–directeddramedyAway We Go and the teen comedy17 Again. On June 11, 2009, Gaffigan appeared onThe Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. He appeared onLaw & Order episodes "Flight" and "Reality Bites", and in the "Smile" episode ofLaw & Order: Criminal Intent.[50]
He was in an episode ofThe Daily Show as a man posing as aDaily Show correspondent who knows nothing about the show (he refers to it as "The John Daily Show") and just wants to be seen with Jon Stewart. It was meant as a parody of the2009 White House gatecrash incident.[citation needed]
Gaffigan appeared on Broadway inThat Championship Season, which opened in March 2011, oppositeBrian Cox,Chris Noth,Kiefer Sutherland, andJason Patric.[51]ABC News correspondent Sandy Kenyon praised his performance as "the most moving" and said that he "may steal the show".[52] Gaffigan called being on Broadway "an amazing experience, really hard but really fun".[13]
Gaffigan starred inShia LaBeouf's 2013 short filmHoward Cantour.com, the content of which was later revealed to be mostly plagiarized from Daniel Clowes's 2007 graphic novellaJustin M. Damiano.[53] Reflecting on the incident in an interview forThe Daily Beast, Gaffigan said, "There's no greater sin in the stand-up world than thievery...So you do not want to be associated with thievery," but added, "I don't have any hard feelings about it because I don't think people think I had anything to do with it."[11]
In the 2010s, Gaffigan, his wife, andPeter Tolan began to develop material for a show based loosely on their own life. CBS agreed to shoot a pilot of their show in March 2013, with casting by Marc Hirschfeld,[54] andMira Sorvino playing his wife;[12] but ultimately passed on the project.[55] When the cable networkTV Land began efforts to broadcast original material and attract younger audiences, it offered the Gaffigans complete creative control. The result wasThe Jim Gaffigan Show, a sitcom about a couple raising their five kids in a two-bedroom New York City apartment. After the release of two online-only episodes in June 2015, thepilot episode aired on July 15, 2015. The show stars Gaffigan as a fictionalized version of himself,[56] with his wife Jeannie played byAshley Williams. Other characters include their real-estate agent (and Jeannie's best friend) Daniel (played byMichael Ian Black), Jim's fellow comic and best friend Dave (Adam Goldberg), and their priest, Father Nicholas (Tongayi Chirisa). After 2 seasons of the show, in 2016 Jim and his wife Jeannie decided not to continue with a third season so they could spend more time with their kids.[57]
Gaffigan co-starred in the filmExperimenter, a fictionalized account of the experiments of the Yale professorStanley Milgram.[58] Gaffigan plays an actor hired to collaborate in the experiments.[58]
In February 2016, Gaffigan began appearing inKFC commercials asColonel Sanders,[59] replacingNorm Macdonald.
Since April 8, 2016, Gaffigan has appeared with his family in a marketing campaign for the2017 Chrysler Pacifica.[60]
In October 2016, it was announced Gaffigan would be joining the cast of the third season of theanthology drama seriesFargo.[61] However, he was ultimately forced to drop out due to scheduling difficulties; he was replaced byMark Forward. In 2018, he portrayedPaul Markham in the biographical dramaChappaquiddick, starringJason Clarke andKate Mara, to positive reviews.[62] Gaffigan next took on the lead role in the 2018neo-noir filmAmerican Dreamer, which was released on September 20, 2019. Gaffigan's dark portrayal of a broken man driven to desperate actions was very well received by critics,[63] with theChicago Sun-Times review calling it "a career-best dramatic performance" by Gaffigan.[64][65]
Gaffigan portrayedGeorge Westinghouse inMichael Almereyda's 2020 filmTesla.
In 2020, Gaffigan was announced to provide the voice ofThunderbolt in season two ofStargirl.[66] By season three, the role recast toSeth Green.
In January 2021, he joined the cast ofDisney'sPeter Pan & Wendy asMr. Smee.[67] In 2021, Gaffigan voiced Lorenzo Paguro in thePixar filmLuca.[68]
In 2024, Gaffigan began appearing onSaturday Night Live to portray Democratic nominee for vice presidentTim Walz.[69] His portrayal of Walz was widely praised.[70][71][72]
Animation
editGaffigan is also noted for hisvoice-over work. He voiced an animated version of himself onPale Force withConan O'Brien from 2005 to 2008. He has also voiced characters on the animated showsBob's Burgers,Shorty McShorts' Shorts,WordGirl, andStar vs. the Forces of Evil, and the animated featureDuck Duck Goose.[73]
Writing
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Gaffigan produced a series of animated shorts forLate Night with Conan O'Brien, titledPale Force (2005–2008). The animated sketches featured Gaffigan and O'Brien as superheroes who fight crime with their extremely pale skin.[23] The series was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2007 in the category of "Outstanding Broadband Program – Comedy".[74]
Gaffigan's humorous quips have earned him over two and a half million followers onTwitter.[75] He was listed byRolling Stone as one of the "25 funniest people on Twitter" in 2012.[76]
In 2013, Gaffigan releasedDad Is Fat, a title derived from the first complete sentence his eldest son wrote on a dry-erase board at the age of four or five. "He showed it to me," Gaffigan recalled in an interview, "and I laughed, and then I put him up for adoption."[43] The book is a collection of essays dealing with the raising of his children, as well as reminiscences from his own childhood.[77] In support of the volume, he appeared on NPR'sWeekend Edition, ABC'sThe View, and MSNBC'sMorning Joe, spoke at BEA in New York, embarked on a nine-stop bus tour that ended on Father's Day.[78]
It debuted at number five onThe New York Times Best Seller's list, remaining on the list for three months.[79][80] The book received tepid reviews from critics.Kirkus Reviews said of the book that it's "hardly groundbreaking comedy material, but the book will appeal to Gaffigan's fans".[81] Lou Harry of the Indianapolis Business Journal said that while "no new ground is broken in Jim Gaffigan's book...'Dad is Fat' should be a funintermezzo in your summer reading pile."[82] Regarding the audiobook, which Gaffigan read,Audiofile said his "performance strikes the right balance between his near-deadpan comedy delivery and the energy needed to keep a beleaguered parent engaged".[83]
Gaffigan signed withCrown Publishing in June 2013 to write a second book of comic essays. The book,Food: A Love Story, was released in Fall 2014.[84][85][86]Publishers Weekly said the book "packs plenty of laughs".[87]Kirkus Reviews remarked that "Gaffigan somehow manages to work 'clean' without ever becoming sickeninglysaccharine," and that "laughs [are] served up just right on every page".[88] Of the accompanying audiobook, theLibrary Journal said, "The witty commentary is peppered with jokes and funny stories that will have listeners smiling throughout and occasionally laughing out loud."[89]
Prior to meeting his wife, actress Jeannie Noth, Gaffigan largely wrote alone. However, while working on his first show,Welcome to New York, he was overwhelmed and asked for input from her (then his friend). Although initially hesitant to have a collaborator, as their relationship grew, so did Noth's ability to write material for him. Once they married, she left behind her work with her youth theater project (Shakespeare on the Playground) to devote herself to raising their expanding brood, and after a joke she wrote drew big laughs at a show, she and Jim began to collaborate more.[citation needed] She gradually transferred into the position of Jim's chief co-writer, and they are now full writing partners. She has been a credited writer and/or executive producer on all his comedy endeavors sinceBeyond the Pale, including his two books and television show.[55] He also credits her with "coaching" him through his performance inThat Championship Season.[13]
Media appearances
editGaffigan participated on theNPR radio quiz programWait Wait... Don't Tell Me! in 2013.[43] He is also a regular commentator onCBS Sunday Morning, for which he won a Daytime Emmy in 2016.
Personal life
editGaffigan married actressJeannie Gaffigan (née Noth) in 2003.[4][12] They have two daughters and three sons. His oldest child, Marre, was born on May 2, 2004. The second child, Jack, was born on November 27, 2005, at the family's house. Their third child, Katie Louise, was born on May 10, 2009, inNew York City, New York. Their fourth child, Michael, was born on June 19, 2011, at the family's house. Their youngest child, Patrick was born on September 27, 2012.[90] The family of seven lived in a two-bedroom apartment in theManhattan borough ofNew York City[91] before moving to a larger Manhattan home in 2015.
To stay connected to his family, Gaffigan tries to "maintain bedtime rituals while working in the city".[24] When on tour, he reportedly takes his family with him. Jack has opened for his father's shows on occasion.
Gaffigan is a practicingCatholic and has said he avoids working on Sundays,[24] though he has joked that his wife is so much more devout than him that she seems like a "Shiite Catholic" in comparison.[92][93][94] He and his family attendMass atSt. Patrick's Old Cathedral in Manhattan, which is also where he and his wife were married and where their children were baptized.[95][96][97] In May 2016, he and his wife delivered thecommencement address at theCatholic University of America.[98] They also delivered the commencement address at his wife'salma mater,Marquette University, in May 2018. They both received honoraryDoctor of Humane Letters degrees as part of the graduation ceremony.[99]
In 2019, Gaffigan apologized on social media after endorsing the"Moriori First" myth in one of his stand-up shows. The myth falsely claims thatMāori displaced theMoriori as the first people of New Zealand, and has been used to justifywhite settler colonialism.[100] Gaffigan also made disparaging remarks about Māori people, which were described as "offensive" and "ignorant" on New Zealand social media.[101][100][102][103]
Discography
edit- 2001:Luigi's Doghouse[104]
- 2001:Economics II
- 2003:More Moo Moos
- 2004:The Last Supper
- 2004:Doing My Time
- 2006:Beyond the Pale
- 2009:King Baby
- 2012:Mr. Universe
- 2014:Obsessed
- 2017:Cinco
- 2018:Noble Ape
- 2019:Quality Time
- 2020:The Pale Tourist
- 2021:Comedy Monster
- 2023:Dark Pale
- 2024:The Skinny
Filmography
editFilm
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Soul Man | Keats | Episode: "Raising Heck" |
| Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Jim | Episode: "Old Man" | |
| 1998, 2009 | Law & Order | Larry Johnson / George Rozakis | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Conrad Bloom | Oliver | Episode: "How Florrie Got Her Groove Back" |
| 1999 | LateLine | The Del-Ex Kid | Episode: "Pearce on Conan" |
| 2000 | Third Watch | Portis | Episode: "Journey to the Himalayas" |
| Comedy Central Presents | Jim Gaffigan | 1 episode | |
| Cry Baby Lane | Dan | Television film | |
| 2000–01 | Welcome to New York | Jim Gaffigan | 13 episodes |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Oliver Tunney | Episode: "Countdown" |
| Sex and the City | Doug | Episode: "Defining Moments" | |
| 2001–02 | The Ellen Show | Rusty Carnouk | 18 episodes |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Marty Palin / Russell Matthews | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Hope & Faith | Brad | Episode: "Anger Management" |
| 2003–04 | Ed | Toby Gibbons | 4 episodes |
| That '70s Show | Roy Keene | 7 episodes | |
| 2004 | Bad Apple | Butters | Television film |
| Strip Search | Reverend Craig Peterson | ||
| The Jury | Mr. Nifco | Episode: "Mail Order Mystery" | |
| 2005 | Cheap Seats | Jerome Block | Episode: "Gimmick Sports" |
| 2006 | Love, Inc. | Jamie | Episode: "Anything But Love" |
| Shorty McShorts' Shorts | Og, Henrichven (voice) | Episode: "My Mom Married A Yeti" | |
| 2006–09 | My Boys | Andy Franklin | 40 episodes |
| 2009 | Flight of the Conchords | Jim | Episode: "Murray Takes It to the Next Level" |
| WordGirl | Mr. Dudley (voice) | 3 episodes | |
| 2010 | Bored to Death | Drug Counsellor | Episode: "Super Ray Is Mortal!" |
| 2011 | Royal Pains | Pete Stanbleck | Episode: "Astraphobia" |
| 2012–13 | Portlandia | Donald | 2 episodes |
| 2013–24 | Bob's Burgers | Henry Haber (voice) | 7 episodes |
| 2014 | Us & Them | Theo | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Wallykazam! | Mr. Trollman (voice) | Episode: "Rock and Troll" |
| 2015–19 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Father Time / additional voices | 3 episodes |
| 2015–16 | The Jim Gaffigan Show | Himself | 23 episodes; also co-creator, writer, executive producer |
| 2017 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Officer Krupke | Episode: "Kimmy Bites an Onion!" |
| Gilbert | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2019 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Himself (voice) | Episode: "The Fastest Fast Food Fiend!" |
| 2021 | Stargirl | Thunderbolt (voice) | 2 episodes |
| Rick and Morty | Hoovy (voice) | Episode: "Mort Dinner Rick Andre" | |
| 2022 | Reindeer in Here | Santa Claus (voice) | Television special[107] |
| 2023 | Full Circle | Manny Broward | Miniseries |
| 2024 | Jersey Shore: Family Vacation | Himself | Episode: "Jets Day" |
| Hit-Monkey | Snail (voice) | Episode: "Never Too Late" | |
| Saturday Night Live | Tim Walz | 4 episodes[108] |
Awards and nominations
editOn April 26, 2014, Gaffigan received the award for Concert Comedian at theAmerican Comedy Awards for his work.[109][110]
In 2007,Pale Force was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Broadband Program in the Comedy category. Gaffigan served as executive producer, writer, and lead actor.
In 2016, he won theDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program for his contributions as a commentator toCBS Sunday Morning.[111]
Grammy Awards
editTheGrammy Awards are awarded annually by theNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Gaffigan has been nominated eight times.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Best Comedy Album | Mr. Universe | Nominated | [112] |
| 2015 | Obsessed | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Cinco | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | Noble Ape | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | Quality Time | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | The Pale Tourist | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | Comedy Monster | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | The Prisoner | Nominated |
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