James Anthony Patrick Carr (Jimmy Carr) is a distinguished English-Irish comedian, television presenter and writer.
He is widely known for his distinctive laughter and his irresistible sense of humor. In 2000, he ditched his work as a Marketing Executive to pursue a career in comedy.
Carr was born on 15th September 1972 in Hounslow, London. He is the second of three sons born to Patrick James Carr and Nora Mary.
Jimmy Carr Education
Most of Carr’s early life were spent in Farnham Common village, South Buckinghamshire. He attended the Farnham Common School and the Burnham Grammar School.
It was after he completed sixth form at the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe that his academic potential was developed.
Carr earned four ‘A’s’ at the GCE Advanced Level exams. He read social science and political science at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
In 1994, Carr earned his first degree and secured a job at the marketing department at Shell.
However, in 2000, Carr took “voluntary redundancy” from Shell, citing that he felt miserable. He then went on to pursue a career in comedy.
Jimmy Carr Net Worth
Jimmy Carr has a net worth of 12 million pounds.
Jimmy Carr Wife
Carr is married to Karoline Copping.
Jimmy Carr Height
Carr is 1.83 m tall.
Jimmy Carr Tax Issue
In June 2012, Carr’s involvement in an alleged K2 Tax Avoidance Scheme came to light after an investigation by The Times newspaper. The scheme is understood to involve UK earners “quitting” their job and signing new employment contracts with offshore shell companies based in the low tax jurisdiction of Jersey.
Commenting on the issue, the then Prime Minister, David Cameron said:
“People work hard, they pay their taxes, they save up to go to one of his shows. They buy the tickets. He is taking the money from those tickets and he, as far as I can see, is putting all of that into some very dodgy tax avoiding schemes.”
Carr subsequently pulled out of the scheme and apologized for “a terrible error of judgement”.
The viewing figures of the episode of his topical show, 8 out of 10 Cats, recorded on the day of his apology and broadcast the following day, almost doubled compared with the previous week.
