Born:

September 6, 1958

Jeff Foxworthy Overview:

Known for his signature bit "You might be a redneck if...," Jeff Foxworthy has been performing stand-up comedy for nearly 30 years and is a founder of the Blue Collar Comedy movement. Known for his gentle, Southern style of comedy, Foxworthy's act consists mostly of observational humor and jokes about marriage and family. Identifying as a Christian, Foxworthy's religious beliefs play a big part not in his act but in his life.

Quick Jeff Foxworthy Facts:

• Jeff Foxworthy was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.
• He began performing stand-up comedy in the early '80s, and won the 1984 Great Southeastern Laugh-off at the Punchline comedy club in Atlanta while still working in tech support at IBM.
• He released his first stand-up comedy album, You Might Be a Redneck If... in 1995, and the titular bit became the signature of Foxworthy's act.
• In 2000, Foxworthy joined with three other comics to form the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, a massively successful stand-up tour that inspired three concert movies, a sketch series and a comedy channel on SIRIUS radio.
• Foxworthy starred on his own sitcom, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, for two seasons in the mid-1990s.
• In addition to stand-up comedy and acting, Foxworthy has found success as both an author and a game show host.

Jeff Foxworthy Comedy Albums and Specials:

• You Might Be a Redneck If... (1993)
• Games Rednecks Play (1995)
• Crank it Up (1996)
• Totally Committed (1998)
• Big Funny (2000)
• Have Your Loved Ones Spayed or Neutered (2004)

Jeff Foxworthy on Television:

In 1995, Foxworthy got his own sitcom, The Jeff Foxworthy Show on ABC. It lasted only one season and was canceled. It was picked up by NBC, where it again lasted only one season. The show continued on in reruns on various cable outlets, though, and found a second life.

Foxworthy began hosting the primetime game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? on FOX in 2007. The show was a hit in its time slot and continued in prime time until 2009, when it was picked up as a syndicated series. Foxworthy hosted the syndicated version of the game show for two more seasons until it was canceled in 2011.

In 2012, Foxworthy began hosting The American Bible Challenge on the Game Show Network. The following year, he added The American Baking Competition, a competitive cooking series on CBS.

Jeff Foxworthy and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour:

Beginning in 2000, Foxworthy teamed with Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Ron White to form the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, which lasted a whopping six years. The group recorded a live album together and three concert films: Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie in 2003, Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again in 2004 and finally Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road in 2006. The tour also inspired a short-lived sketch series, Blue Collar TV, which ran for two seasons from 2004 to 2006 on the WB. SIRIUX/XM Satellite Radio also introduced Blue Collar Radio, a 24 comedy channel that plays bits from Foxworthy and other "Blue Collar" comics.

Additional Jeff Foxworthy Facts:

• Foxworthy won the 1990 American Comedy Award for Best Stand-up Comedian.
• For 10 years, Foxworthy hosted his own syndicated radio show, The Foxworthy Countdown, from 1999 to 2009.
• His 1995 comedy album Games Rednecks Play was nominated for the Outstanding Comedy Album Grammy in 1996. He was nominated again in 1999 and 2001, but has still never won.
• Foxworth was the guest of honor at the Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy in 2005.
• He launched his own line of hunting and outdoor products in 2011, called Foxworthy Outdoors.
• Foxworthy has hosted the TNN's Music City News Country Awards three times.
• Since 2005, he has written six books (three of them being volumes of The Redneck Dictionary) and three children's book, Dirt on My Shirt (2008), Silly Street (2009) and Hide!! in 2010.