Jimmy Tingle

Jimmy Tingle is an acclaimed stand-up comedian, social commentator, actor, and Harvard Kennedy School graduate whose three-decade career spans comedy clubs, network television, documentary filmmaking, and the global lecture circuit. Known for his intelligent, politically sharp humor, he rose from the legendary Boston comedy boom of the 1980s alongside Denis Leary, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Paula Poundstone.

From Comedy Stages to Harvard
Jimmy earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2010 and was selected to deliver the commencement address to thousands of graduates and their families. He performed two seasons as the featured commentator on CBS’s 60 Minutes II, contributed as a satirist for MSNBC, and has appeared on The Tonight Show, CNN, Larry King, and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Theatrical and Entrepreneurial Achievements
Jimmy wrote, starred in, and produced four one-person shows, all directed by Larry Arrick. He founded Jimmy Tingle’s OFF BROADWAY theater in Somerville, Massachusetts, earning Boston Magazine’s Best of Boston awards in both stand-up comedy and best alternative theater. His documentary Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream aired on over 60 PBS affiliates nationwide. He continues to tour the country performing for theaters, colleges, nonprofits, and corporate clients.

Keynote Topics
Jimmy speaks on humor in the workplace, political satire and social commentary, leadership, communication, and finding purpose and connection through laughter.

What does Jimmy Tingle speak about?

Jimmy Tingle is an acclaimed stand-up comedian, social commentator, and Harvard Kennedy School graduate whose three-decade career spans comedy clubs, network television, documentary filmmaking, and the global lecture circuit. He speaks on the absurdities of modern life through Uncommon Sense, his intelligent, politically sharp humor, drawing on a career that rose from the legendary 1980s Boston comedy boom alongside Denis Leary and Paula Poundstone.

What is Jimmy Tingle’s background?

Jimmy Tingle is known for: Harvard Kennedy School graduate (selected to deliver the 2010 commencement address), two seasons on 60 Minutes II in the Andy Rooney commentator spot, own HBO comedy special.

Who books Jimmy Tingle to speak?

Meeting planners book Jimmy Tingle for conference openers and closers that want genuinely sharp, intelligent political and social humor from a comedian with an actual Harvard public policy degree behind the wit.

Uncommon Sense

Jimmy Tingle is a brilliant humorist who targets the things in contemporary life that just don’t make sense. Whether it’s politics, parking tickets, automated telephone menus, our frustrations with technology or smoking – Tingle’s eye for the absurd makes his wit a hit with audiences everywhere.