What is Jim Jefferies (comedian)?
[[File:Jim Jeffries.jpg|thumb|Jefferies in April 2012]] '''Geoff James Nugent'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/Five+facts+about+Jefferies/10317847/story.html|title=Five facts about Jim Jefferies|author=Roe, Jon|date=23 October 2014|access-date=13 August 2017|work=Calgary Herald|archive-date=14 October 2016|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6lFIU4fZ3?url=http://www.calgaryherald.com/Five+facts+about+Jefferies/10317847/story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> (born 14 February 1977), better known as '''Jim Jefferies''', is an [[Australia]]n [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up]] [[comedian]], actor and writer. He is well known in the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]]. He also has a number of [[Netflix]] specials. In 2017, he began starring in the [[Comedy Central]] talk show ''[[The Jim Jefferies Show]]''. == Early life == Jefferies was born in February 1977 in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://calgaryherald.com/Five+facts+about+Jefferies/10317847/story.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-26 |archive-date=2016-10-14 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6lFIU4fZ3?url=http://www.calgaryherald.com/Five+facts+about+Jefferies/10317847/story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> His father was a cabinet maker and maintenance worker,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://themusic.com.au/interviews/all/2015/03/26/jim-jefferies-steve-bell/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-01-19 |archive-date=2021-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104150742/https://themusic.com.au/interviews/all/2015/03/26/jim-jefferies-steve-bell |url-status=dead }}</ref> his mother was a teacher. He moved to Perth to study musical theatre and [[classical music]] at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. James began his career in stand-up comedy several months before completing his degree.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://themusic.com.au/interviews/all/2015/03/26/jim-jefferies-steve-bell/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-01-19 |archive-date=2021-11-04 |archive-url=ht