Jeff Foxworthy

Jeffrey Marshall Foxworthy (born September 6, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and radio and television host. He is a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, with Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, and formerly Ron White. Known for his "You might be a redneck" one-liners, Foxworthy has released six major-label comedy albums, the first two each certified triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. He has written several books based on his redneck jokes, as well as an autobiography titled No Shirt, No Shoes... No Problem!

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Foxworthy graduated from Hapeville High School and attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, leaving just before graduating. He worked for five years in mainframe computer maintenance at IBM, where his father also worked, and at the urging of his co-workers entered and won the Great Southeastern Laugh-off at Atlanta's Punchline comedy club in 1984. In 1993 he released You Might Be a Redneck If..., which topped the comedy albums chart and went 3x platinum by 1996. His albums Games Rednecks Play (1995) and Totally Committed (1998) received Grammy nominations, with Totally Committed also issued as a one-hour HBO special.

Foxworthy starred in his own sitcom, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, from 1995. He appeared in Blue Collar television specials including Blue Collar TV for The WB, was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2005, and hosted the game shows Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? on Fox from 2007 to 2015 and The American Bible Challenge from 2012 to 2014, as well as the food competition The American Baking Competition in 2013. He also hosted the radio program The Foxworthy Countdown and appeared as a guest "Shark" on ABC's Shark Tank in 2011.