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Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 78
Gender Male
Birthday June 25, 1947 (78 years old)
Place of Birth The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Jimmie 'JJ' Walker
- Jimmie Walker Jr.
- 詹姆斯·沃克
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Jimmie Walker
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James Carter Walker Jr. (born June 25, 1947), known professionally as Jimmie Walker, is an American actor and comedian. Walker is best known for portraying James Evans Jr. (J. J.), the oldest son of Florida and James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times which originally ran from 1974–1979. Walker was nominated for Golden Globe awards Best Supporting Actor In A Television Series in 1975 and 1976 for his role. While on the show, Walker's character was known for the catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!" which he also used in his mid–1970s TV commercial for a Panasonic line of cassette and 8-track tape players. He also starred in Let's Do It Again with John Amos, and The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened with James Earl Jones. Walker continues to tour the country with his stand-up comedy routine.
In 1967, Walker began working full-time with WRVR, the radio station of the Riverside Church. In 1969, Walker began performing as a stand-up comedian and was eventually discovered by the casting director for Good Times, after making appearances on Rowan & Martin's Laugh In and on the Jack Paar Show. He eventually released one stand-up comedy album during the height of his Good Times popularity: Dyn-o-mite on Buddah Records (5635). During Good Times' 1974–75 season, Walker was 26 years old, though his character was much younger. John Amos, the actor who portrayed Walker's father on Good Times, was actually just eight years older than Walker. Walker credits producer/director John Rich for inventing "Dy-no-mite!" which Rich insisted Walker say on every episode. Both Walker and executive producer Norman Lear were skeptical of the idea, but the phrase and Walker's character caught on with the audience. Also, off- and on-camera, Walker did not get along with series' lead, Esther Rolle, who played Florida Evans, in the series, because she and Amos disapproved of Walker's increasingly buffoonish character and his popularity, and Walker felt hurt by their disdain. Dissatisfaction led Amos (before Rolle), to leave the show, making Walker the star of the show. Walker was the only Good Times star to not attend Rolle's funeral.
James Carter Walker Jr. (born June 25, 1947), known professionally as Jimmie Walker, is an American actor and comedian. Walker is best known for portraying James Evans Jr. (J. J.), the oldest son of Florida and James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times which originally ran from 1974–1979. Walker was nominated for Golden Globe awards Best Supporting Actor In A Television Series in 1975 and 1976 for his role. While on the show, Walker's character was known for the catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!" which he also used in his mid–1970s TV commercial for a Panasonic line of cassette and 8-track tape players. He also starred in Let's Do It Again with John Amos, and The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened with James Earl Jones. Walker continues to tour the country with his stand-up comedy routine.
In 1967, Walker began working full-time with WRVR, the radio station of the Riverside Church. In 1969, Walker began performing as a stand-up comedian and was eventually discovered by the casting director for Good Times, after making appearances on Rowan & Martin's Laugh In and on the Jack Paar Show. He eventually released one stand-up comedy album during the height of his Good Times popularity: Dyn-o-mite on Buddah Records (5635). During Good Times' 1974–75 season, Walker was 26 years old, though his character was much younger. John Amos, the actor who portrayed Walker's father on Good Times, was actually just eight years older than Walker. Walker credits producer/director John Rich for inventing "Dy-no-mite!" which Rich insisted Walker say on every episode. Both Walker and executive producer Norman Lear were skeptical of the idea, but the phrase and Walker's character caught on with the audience. Also, off- and on-camera, Walker did not get along with series' lead, Esther Rolle, who played Florida Evans, in the series, because she and Amos disapproved of Walker's increasingly buffoonish character and his popularity, and Walker felt hurt by their disdain. Dissatisfaction led Amos (before Rolle), to leave the show, making Walker the star of the show. Walker was the only Good Times star to not attend Rolle's funeral.
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Known For
Acting
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| 2024 | Sherri 1 episode as Self - Guest | | 2024 | Thời tươi đẹp 2 episodes as Jim Bean (voice) | |
| 2023 | Norman Lear: A Life on Television as Self | | 2023 | Don't Suck as Dale | | 2023 | The Bold and the Beautiful 2 episodes as Count Bouche | |
| 2022 | Dark Side of Comedy 1 episode as Self | | 2022 | Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It) as Self | | 2022 | Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 2 episodes as Self | |
| 2020 | A Wrestling Christmas Miracle as Dr. Lemon | | 2020 | The Comedy Store 5 episodes as Self | |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Self | | 2019 | The Very Very Best of the 70s 1 episode as Self - Commentator | | 2019 | Worst Cooks in America 1 episode as Self - Contestant | | 2019 | I Am Richard Pryor as Self - Actor and Comedian | |
| 2018 | Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here as Himself | |
| 2016 | The Comedian as Jimmie Walker | |
| 2015 | Sweet Lorraine as Rudy ray | |
| 2014 | Gotham Comedy Live 1 episode as Self - Host | |
| 2013 | Celebrity Ghost Stories 1 episode as Self | |
| 2012 | David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around as Preacher | |
| 2011 | Super Shark as Dynamite Stevens | |
| 2010 | Big Money Rustlas as The Husband | |
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| 2007 | Back to the Grind 1 episode | | 2007 | Chasing Robert as Himself | |
| 2006 | Everybody Hates Chris 3 episodes as Gene | |
| 2005 | The Tony Danza Show 1 episode as Self | |
| 2003 | ER 1 episode as Jay Jay | | 2003 | George Lopez 1 episode as Lionel | |
| 2002 | Beat the Geeks 1 episode | | 2002 | Son of the Beach 1 episode | |
| 2001 | Scrubs 2 episodes as Jimmie Walker | | 2001 | The Drew Carey Show 1 episode as Lewis' stunt double | |
| 2000 | Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth as Pimp | |
| 1999 | Hollywood Squares 1 episode as Self - Panelist | |
| 1997 | Plump Fiction as Stingy Costumer | |
| 1996 | The John Larroquette Show 1 episode as Slyde Wilson | | 1996 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast 1 episode | |
| 1995 | Monster Mash: The Movie as Hathaway | | 1995 | Saturday Night Live 1 episode as Self - Cameo (uncredited) | | 1995 | Open Season as Homer (as Jimmy Walker) | |
| 1994 | The Larry Sanders Show 1 episode as Jimmie Walker | | 1994 | But... Seriously as Self (archive footage) | | 1994 | Blossom 1 episode | |
| 1992 | Ở Nhà Một Mình 2: Lạc Ở New York as Celeb #3 | |
| 1991 | The Guyver as Striker | |
| 1988 | Kidnapped as Chester | |
| 1987 | Bustin' Loose 26 episodes as Sonny Barnes | | 1987 | Going Bananas as Mozambo | |
| 1985 | Doin' Time as Shaker | | 1985 | Water as Jay Jay | |
| 1984 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts 1 episode as Self | | 1984 | The Jerk, Too as Card Player (uncredited) | |
| 1983 | Imps* as Thomas | | 1983 | Cagney & Lacey 1 episode as Tony Brown | | 1983 | At Ease 14 episodes | |
| 1980 | The White Shadow 1 episode as Jimmie Walker | | 1980 | The Love Boat 2 episodes as Marvin Jones | | 1980 | Chuyến Bay Tình Yêu as Windshield Wiper Man | | 1980 | Murder Can Hurt You! as Parks the Pusher | | 1980 | B.A.D. Cats 8 episodes | | 1980 | The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self - Village People | |
| 1979 | The Love Boat 1 episode as Wally | | 1979 | Sân Bay Concorde... '79 as Boisie | |
| 1978 | The Love Boat 1 episode as Mickey Garner | | 1978 | Rabbit Test as Umbuto | |
| 1977 | Telethon as Himself | | 1977 | The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened as Morris Bird III | | 1977 | The Love Boat 1 episode as Ronald Baker | | 1977 | The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? as Self | | 1977 | The Mike Douglas Show 4 episodes as Self | |
| 1976 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1 episode as Self | | 1976 | Joys as Self | | 1976 | Donny & Marie 1 episode as Self | |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again as Bootney Farnsworth | | 1975 | The Merv Griffin Show 3 episodes as Self | | 1975 | The Mike Douglas Show 3 episodes as Self - Co-Host | | 1975 | Cher 1 episode as Self | |
| 1974 | Tony Orlando and Dawn 1 episode as Self | | 1974 | Sing Sing Thanksgiving as Self | | 1974 | Good Times 133 episodes as James "JJ" Evans | |
Writing
| 2018 | Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here … Writer | |
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