Jimmie Walker

Film & TV

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Known for

• Good Times — Jim Bean (voice)2024
• Don't Suck — Dale2023
• Norman Lear: A Life on Television — Self2023
• Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It) — Self2022
• Dark Side of Comedy — Self2022
• Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution — Self2022
• The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022
• A Wrestling Christmas Miracle — Dr. Lemon2020
• The Comedy Store — Self2020
• I Am Richard Pryor — Self - Actor and Comedian2019

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1910-05-28

Active to

1975-03-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

326

Total plays

755

James Carter "Jimmie" Walker (born June 25, 1947) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, known for portraying J. J. Evans on the television series Good Times, which ran from 1974 to 1979. 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 appears on a split with Powerviolence pioneers Spazz <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jimmie+Walker">Re

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Walker

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

The Bronx

Occupation

television actor

Political party

Republican Party (United States)

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Official website

www.dynomitejj.com/front.html

Image

Jimmie Walker 2015.jpg

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