Jim Gaffigan's 5 Kids: All About Marre, Jack, Katie, Michael and Patrick

Fatherhood has given comedian Jim Gaffigan plenty of material.

The actor, who is a father of five, shares Marra (20), Jack (18), Katie (15), Michael (12) and Patrick (11) with his wife Jeannie Gaffigan. He he was joking to X (formerly Twitter) in April 2013 that “the hardest part of parenting is when I’m with my kids.”

“I have five because I’m secretly starting my own nationality,” Jim joked to PEOPLE in 2016. He added that each of his children “made me a more decent person and a better person, and based on that, all I’d want is 34 more to be decent guy.”

All kidding aside, it’s “fun chaos” for Jim. “I come from a big family and my wife comes from a big family,” he said. “I think there’s great value in sibling chaos. But there is a lot of organizing, it’s like a circus.”

Jim previously told PEOPLE in 2022 that he is “constantly surprised” by how much he learns from his children.

From how they followed in his footsteps to their individual talents, here’s everything you need to know about Jim Gaffigan’s five children.

Marre Gaffigan, 20

Marre Gaffigan at graduation in June 2022.

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Marre is Jim and Jeannie’s oldest child. Marre was born on May 2, 2004 in their family home.

Jim’s first-born child, who uses the pronouns they/them, has been outspoken about his support for the LGBTQ+ community, occasionally sharing posts on his Instagram of them attending Pride events.

“As an advocate for this community, I can’t explain how lucky I am to live and to be surrounded by such a beautiful and accepting family,” they captioned one post in 2019. “I have found safety in every person who doesn’t care what I identify with or I don’t identify, and that’s all I can ask.”

Jim called his oldest child a “social justice fighter.” “[Marre] he teaches me about things in a non-judgmental way, which is amazing,” the comedian told PEOPLE in 2022.

In 2016, Marre played the teenage version of their father’s sister, Pam, on The Jim Gaffigan Show.

Years later, in June 2022, Marre graduated from high school in New York City. Jim marked the special occasion with a post praising Marre for the person they had become.

“I am so proud of my Marre. [They] I graduated from high school today, but I was most impressed by that person [they have] become,” he wrote. “I am so grateful to be related to this amazing man.”

The following fall, Marre began college at Georgetown University where he seemed to follow in his father’s footsteps as an actor. They acted in productions such as Seed in April 2024.

Jack Gaffigan, 18

Jim Gaffigan and his son Jack Gaffigan.

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Jim and Jeannie’s second child, Jack, was born on November 27, 2005. Like Marre, Jack was born at home.

When he was 10 years old, Jack played a young version of his father The The Jim Gaffigan Show.

Jack followed his comedian father’s footsteps, even occasionally opening for him as a teenager. The duo even has “the obligatory ‘slap’ part,” according to Jim.

In 2022, Jim admitted to PEOPLE that he’s “constantly surprised” by how funny his oldest son is, adding that Jack is “truly one of the funniest people” he knows.

“I lived with him for 16 years. I saw that he was funny, always fast. He doesn’t fight it,” he said.

At the time of the interview, Jack had recently performed in an arena in front of 7,000 people. Jim noted that it was the “biggest spot” in his son’s career so far. “I didn’t assume, I didn’t make him want to continue getting up,” Jim told PEOPLE. “I mean, he’s 16, too. He wants to do it now. But when he’s 18, he might say, ‘I’ll never do it.’ ”

Katie Gaffigan, 15

Katie Gaffigan and Jim Gaffigan at the premiere of “Linoleum” during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festival on March 12, 2022 in Austin, Texas.

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Jim and Jeannie welcomed their third child, daughter Katie Louise Gaffigan, on May 10, 2009, in NYC. Following her arrival, Jim’s rep told PEOPLE, “The family is home, healthy and happily enjoying the new addition to their family.”

Jeannie described her younger daughter as a “clearly supernatural gift” and a “direct answer to my prayers,” while Jim described Katie to PEOPLE as “a true rebel.”

In a post to celebrate Katie’s 12th birthday in 2022, the mum-of-five wrote: “12 years ago today I got the greatest Mother’s Day gift of all time. My beautiful, bright, brilliantly funny, unsinkable Katherine Louise.”

Although Katie is still a teenager, she has already shown an interest in musical theatre. In 2019, Jeannie posted a video of Katie “channeling her insides” Sutton Foster while performing a musical number.

That same year, Katie joined her father and Marre at the premiere of the film Cats in New York

Michael Gaffigan, 12

Michael Gaffigan helps his dad harvest vegetables in August 2020.

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The Gaffigan family grew by one on June 19, 2011 with the birth of Michael. Jim joked at his expense Mr. Universe special, “If you want to know what it’s like to have a fourth, just imagine you’re drowning, and then someone hands you a baby.”

Like his older siblings, Michael was born at home. As he grew up, Jim joked CBS Sunday Morning in May 2021 that Mikey “likes it so much, I question his judgment a little bit.”

Speaking to PEOPLE in 2022, Jim said that Michael is “a lot more athletically built than anyone in our family.” Like his siblings, Michael joined his dad at various events. In 2018, Michael was ready for the red carpet with his family at a movie screening Mary Poppins is back in New York

Together, Jim and Michael, as well as his younger brother Patrick, enjoy harvesting vegetables in their garden. In July 2023, Jim shared some of the crops they had grown, including radishes and carrots.

Patrick Gaffigan, 11

Patrick Gaffigan celebrates his 11th birthday in September 2023.

Jeannie Gaffigan’s Instagram

The youngest member of the Gaffigan family arrived on September 27, 2012. Jeannie reflected on his birth in an Instagram tribute to his 8th birthday in 2020, sharing that Patrick was her “stubborn baby who was born at the last minute for a beautiful birth.”

She also wrote that her “baby” brings us “such joy” and thanked Patrick “for making #5 so special to our family!” Jeannie described her son as “tough as nails, funny and smart and always adorable.”

Jim told PEOPLE in 2022 that his youngest child “surprises” him with the “crazy” level of knowledge he has about “science stuff.”

In the clip for CBS Sunday MorningJim calls Patrick his “mini-Jan” who seems to “have the same view of humanity” as he does.

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