- Born
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Jesse Joyce is an Emmy-nominated, Peabody and Writers Guild Award-winning comedy writer/author/comedian. He’s a long-time writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, @midnight, The Comedy Central Roasts and dozens of other TV shows including: The Academy Awards, The Emmy Awards, The Tony Awards, and the ridiculous Guys Choice Awards (the comedy writer’s EGOT).
Jesse has also written for Sacha Baron Cohen, J.J. Abrams, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth MacFarlane, Chris Rock, Mike Judge, Joan Rivers, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (Robert Smigel), Sebastian Maniscalco, Greg Giraldo, Jeff Ross, Dave Attell, Jimmy Carr, Johnny Knoxville, and no longer writes for... brace yourself: Kevin Spacey, Matt Lauer and one time Donald Trump.
As a performer, Jesse has appeared on Kimmel, Comedy Central, History Channel, and many others.
In 2025 Jesse created and produced the Emmy nominated and multi-award winning short form series The Rabbit Hole with Jimmy Kimmel for ABC/Disney.
His first book, Killing the Guys Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln: A Nutty Story About Edwin Booth and Boston Corbett is published by Everand.
Jesse lives in LA with a wife, a dog, and two kids, not in that order.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jesse Joyce
- SpousesEmily Cook(2015 - present)Haley Joy Kozlowski(2010 - 2012) (divorced)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Was the long time writing partner and opening act for comedian Greg Giraldo.
- Briefly worked in advertising right out of college. Won 2 American Advertising Awards "Addys" for writing and graphic design.
- Began doing stand up at the age of 18 while attending Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.
- His uncle Mike Joyce was briefly a stand up comedian and a clown with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
- Wrote numbers 2 and 7 on Comedy Central's list of The Top 10 Best Roast Jokes of All Time. 7: "Ice-T is so old the first thing he bought with his record deal money was his freedom" 2: "Lisa Lampanelli is a lot like the OctoMom. She hasn't had 8 babies, but she has had 80 fingers inside her at the same time.".
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