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Geoffrey James Nugent (born 14 February 1977), known professionally as Jim Jefferies, is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He created and starred in the FX sitcom Legit (2013–2014) and the Comedy Central late-night show The Jim Jefferies Show (2017–2019). In 2023, Jefferies began hosting The 1% Club.
He first achieved international attention in 2007, when he was attacked onstage while performing at the Manchester Comedy Festival. Footage of the incident was incorporated into his act and can be seen on his 2008 DVD Contraband. He became known in the United States in 2009, after the release of his debut HBO special I Swear to God.
Jefferies has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Just for Laughs, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, and Glastonbury Festival. He has also performed routines on The World Stands Up, Comedy Blue and Edinburgh and Beyond for Comedy Central.
Following the release of his Netflix special Freedumb in July 2016, he began The Unusual Punishment Tour with all-new material, and filmed his new special This Is Me Now at the Hammersmith Apollo in London in January 2018. On 17 December 2018, he completed his Night Talker Tour with the final performance in Melbourne.
At the 2019 Just for Laughs festival, in Montreal, he was honoured as Stand-up Comedian of the Year.
April 2024 saw Jefferies start his Give 'Em What They Want tour in South Africa, moving on to Australia in August. In September and October 2024, Jefferies toured The Charm Offensive Tour across Canada, co-headlining with Jimmy Carr.
In November 2024, it was announced Jefferies will host a stand-up series for the Seven Network in 2025 titled Jim Jefferies and Friends.
Jefferies appeared on comedy panel shows such as Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, The Heaven and Earth Show and 8 Out of 10 Cats, the US comedy panel show The Green Room with Paul Provenza and Comedy Central's @midnight. He has also been featured on various radio programmes, including BBC Radio 5 Live's Saturday morning sports show, Opie and Anthony, and Fighting Talk. BBC Radio 5 live – Fighting Talk. BBC Online. Retrieved on 5 April 2012.
In 2015, he starred in Australian film Me and My Mates vs the Zombie Apocalypse with comedians Greg Fleet and Alex Williamson. It premiered on 25 July and was released on DVD and Vimeo in Australia and New Zealand in late 2015, and in the UK, Ireland, and the US in 2016.
In 2019, Jefferies and Suzanne Martin developed the sitcom Jefferies for NBC, in which Jefferies will star as a fictionalized version of himself.
Jefferies has hosted the I Don't Know About That podcast alongside Kelly Blackheart, Forrest Shaw, and Jack Hackett since May 2020.
Jefferies began a new podcast At This Moment with co-host Amos Gill on January 21, 2025.
In September 2025, Jefferies was scheduled to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. Joey Shea, Saudi Arabia researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement that the Saudi government is using the comedy festival to whitewash its human rights abuses. Jefferies defended his decision to participate on Theo Von's podcast: "There's been a reporter who they killed. You don't think our government has fucking bumped people? I think Jeffrey Epstein was fucking bumped off" and that it is "not a fucking hill that I'm gonna die on." Following these comments, Jefferies was removed from the festival's lineup, and his representatives did not respond to inquiries about the change.
Jefferies is an Atheism. He was diagnosed as autistic and states he only found out at the age of 36. In 2018, he became a naturalized American citizen.
| 2014 | Me and My Mates vs the Zombie Apocalypse | Joel | |
| 2016 | Punching Henry | Charlie | |
| 2017 | Killing Hasselhoff | Tommy | |
| 2021 | Extinct | Burnie | Voice role |
| 2025 | Him | Marco |
| 2004 | The Last Chancers | Whoppit | Episode: 1x01 |
| 2007 | Comedy Cuts | Various | |
| 2008 | Jim Jefferies: Contraband | Himself | Stand-up special |
| 2009 | Jim Jefferies: I Swear to God | Stand-up special | |
| 2010 | Jim Jefferies Alcoholocaust | Stand-up special | |
| 2012 | Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional | Stand-up special | |
| 2013 | Tainted Love | Priest | |
| 2013–2014 | Legit | Jim Jefferies | Also creator, writer and executive producer; 26 episodes |
| 2014 | Bad Judge | Keith | Episode: "The Cat's Out of the Bag" |
| The Librarians | British Santa | Episode: "And Santa's Midnight Run" | |
| Jim Jefferies: Bare | Himself | Stand-up special | |
| 2016 | Not Safe with Nikki Glaser | Guest (2 episodes) | |
| Jim Jefferies: Freedumb | Stand-up special | ||
| 2017–2019 | The Jim Jefferies Show | Host; also creator, writer and executive producer; 57 episodes | |
| 2018 | Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now | Stand-up special | |
| 2020 | Jim Jefferies: Intolerant | Stand-up special | |
| 2021 | History of Swear Words | 5 episodes | |
| 2023 | Jim Jefferies: High & Dry | Stand-up special | |
| 2023–present | The 1% Club | Host | Game show |
| 2025 | The Snake | Reality show | |
| Jim Jefferies: Two Limb Policy | Himself | Stand-up special |
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