mayor. Carr lives in North London with his Canadian girlfriend Karoline Copping, a commissioning editor for Channel 5, with whom he has been in a relationship since 2001. Their son was born in 2019. Awards Time Out Award: Best Stand Up (2002) Perrier Award Nomination (2002) Royal Television Society Award: Best On-Screen Newcomer (2003) LAFTA Award: Best Stand Up (2004) Rose D'Or Nomination: Best Presenter, Distraction (2004) LAFTA Award: Funniest Man (2005) British Comedy Award: Best Live Stand Up (2006) LAFTA Award: Funniest Man (2007) LAFTA Award: Best Stand Up (2008) LAFTA Award: Loaded Legend (2011) Works Tours Comedy specials Filmography Film Television Guest appearances QI (2003–2022) A League of Their Own (2010–2017) Deal or No Deal (2012) Was it Something I Said? (2013) Through the Keyhole (2014, 2015, 2017) Top Gear (2004, 2006, 2013) Celebrity Juice (2014–2019) Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (2015, 2017) Celebrity Squares (2015) Celebrity Benchmark (2015) Crackanory (2015) Virtually Famous (2016, 2017) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016) @midnight (2016) Chelsea (2016) The Chase: Celebrity Special (2012, 2019) Tipping Point: Lucky Stars (2016) The Grand Tour (2016) Play to the Whistle (2017) Catchphrase: Celebrity Special (2018) Room 101 (2018) This Is My House (2021) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special (2021) Books 2004, Distraction Quiz Book (foreword) 2006, with Lucy Greeves, The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World of Jokes (UK), or Only Joking: What's So Funny About Making People Laugh (USA) 2021, Before & Laughter: A Life-Changing Book Discography = (Ed Sheeran, 2021) – backing vocals on "Visiting Hours" References External links BBC Radio 4 – Jimmy Carr, Desert Island Discs, March 2017 1972 births Living people 20th-century British comedians 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British comedians 21st-century British male actors Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Antiziganism in the United Kingdom British atheists British game show hosts British male comedians British male film actors British people of Irish descent British stand-up comedians British television personalities Comedians from London Critics of religions Former Roman Catholics Male actors from Berkshire Male actors from London People educated at Burnham Grammar School People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe People from Hounslow People from Isleworth People from Slough