1998 Outstanding Comedian

Jim David will forever be grateful to the Bistros, his first award for comedy, and he has hosted numerous Bistro Awards shows in the years since. He’s also a three-time MAC Award winner, was the first openly gay man to have a “Comedy Central Presents” special, and has appeared in many other TV shows. He toured the U.S. with his theatre comedy South Pathetic and has performed around the world over nearly 40 years. He can currently be seen in the Netflix documentary Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, about the history of LGBT comedy. His comic novel about showbiz, You’ll Be Swell, is available on Amazon. Instagram/TikTok: @comicjimdavid; comicjimdavid.com