Happy Birthday, br Jimmy Kimmel!.br James Christian Kimmel br turns 53 years old today.br Here are five fun br facts about the br late-night host.br 1. Kimmel plays the bass clarinet.br 2. He is a co-founder of the annual br Los Angeles Feast of San Gennaro.br 3. He loves cookbooks br and owns over 1,000 br of them.br 4. Kimmel likes to draw br and wanted to be an artist br when he was a kid.br 5. David Letterman is his idol.