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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 25, 1947
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
Jimmie Walker
1.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
5.9
Jim Bean (voice)
Good Times
2024
🎬
0.0
Self
Norman Lear: A Life on Television
2023
5.3
Dale
Don't Suck
2023
6.0
Self
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)
2022
3.0
Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
8.2
Self
Dark Side of Comedy
2022
6.0
Self
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
2022
4.0
Dr. Lemon
A Wrestling Christmas Miracle
2020
7.7
Self
The Comedy Store
2020
6.1
Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
Credits
Good Times
as Jim Bean (voice)
2024
5.9
🎬
Norman Lear: A Life on Television
as Self
2023
0.0
Don't Suck
as Dale
2023
5.3
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)
as Self
2022
6.0
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Dark Side of Comedy
as Self
2022
8.2
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
as Self
2022
6.0
A Wrestling Christmas Miracle
as Dr. Lemon
2020
4.0
The Comedy Store
as Self
2020
7.7
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Self
2019
6.1
🎬
The Very Very Best of the 70s
as Self - Commentator
2019
0.0
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Actor and Comedian
2019
6.9
Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here
as Himself
2018
0.0
The Comedian
as Jimmie Walker
2016
5.7
🎬
Sweet Lorraine
as Rudy ray
2015
0.0
Gotham Comedy Live
as Self - Host
2012
5.5
David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around
as Preacher
2012
4.3
Super Shark
as Dynamite Stevens
2011
4.1
Big Money Rustlas
as The Husband
2010
3.8
Worst Cooks in America
as Self - Contestant
2010
6.6
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
🎬
Comedy.tv
2009
9.0
🎬
Back to the Grind
2007
0.0
Chasing Robert
as Himself
2007
2.0
Everybody Hates Chris
as Gene
2005
8.1
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2004
6.1
George Lopez
as Lionel
2002
7.6
Beat the Geeks
2001
4.2
Scrubs
as Jimmie Walker
2001
8.0
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
as Pimp
2000
4.7
Son of the Beach
2000
6.5
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
7.3
Plump Fiction
as Stingy Costumer
1997
3.7
Monster Mash: The Movie
as Hathaway
1995
4.6
The Drew Carey Show
as Lewis' stunt double
1995
6.5
Open Season
as Homer (as Jimmy Walker)
1995
4.2
ER
as Jay Jay
1994
7.8
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
7.8
🎬
But... Seriously
as Self (archive footage)
1994
10.0
The John Larroquette Show
as Slyde Wilson
1993
6.7
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Celeb #3
1992
6.8
The Larry Sanders Show
as Jimmie Walker
1992
7.7
The Guyver
as Striker
1991
5.5
Blossom
1990
6.1
Kidnapped
as Chester
1988
3.7
Bustin' Loose
as Sonny Barnes
1987
5.0
Going Bananas
as Mozambo
1987
3.0
The Bold and the Beautiful
as Count Bouche
1987
5.5
Doin' Time
as Shaker
1985
4.5
Water
as Jay Jay
1985
5.9
The Jerk, Too
as Card Player (uncredited)
1984
3.0
Imps*
as Thomas
1983
3.8
At Ease
1983
0.0
Cagney & Lacey
as Tony Brown
1982
7.0
Airplane!
as Windshield Wiper Man
1980
7.3
Murder Can Hurt You!
as Parks the Pusher
1980
0.0
B.A.D. Cats
1980
5.0
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self - Village People
1980
4.0
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Boisie
1979
4.7
The White Shadow
as Jimmie Walker
1978
7.1
Rabbit Test
as Umbuto
1978
4.2
Telethon
as Himself
1977
5.0
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as Morris Bird III
1977
0.0
The Love Boat
as Ronald Baker
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Mickey Garner
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Wally
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Marvin Jones
1977
6.3
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
as Self
1977
6.0
Joys
as Self
1976
4.0
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
6.7
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Let's Do It Again
as Bootney Farnsworth
1975
6.9
Cher
as Self
1975
6.2
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
1974
3.5
Sing Sing Thanksgiving
as Self
1974
10.0
Good Times
as James "JJ" Evans
1974
8.0
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
Forgotten Fortune
N/A
0.0