Tingle was the American correspondent for David Frost’s show for PBS and the BBC, The Strategic Humor Initiative.

Other film credits include the role of the neighborhood bartender in Next Stop Wonderland, a priest in Boondock Saints, and a restaurant owner in By the Sea.

He co-starred in the PBS Travels series special "America with the Top Down" and appeared in But Seriously and But Seriously '94, Showtime documentaries featuring prominent social satirists from Lenny Bruce to the present.

The show made its Los Angeles debut at the Coast Playhouse in 1998 and was nominated by The L.A. Weekly for "best male solo performance" for their 20th Annual Theater Awards.

From 2002 to 2007 he served as owner, principal performer and producing director of Jimmy Tingle's OFF BROADWAY Theater in Somerville, Massachusetts, which presented over 200 productions and/or co productions from the worlds of comedy, music, theater, television, radio, political events and kids shows during its five years of existence.