Jimmie Walker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 25, 1947 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 80
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
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992Movie
Celeb #3
Airplane!
1980Movie
Windshield Wiper Man
Everybody Hates Chris
2005TV
Gene
ER
1994TV
Jay Jay
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self (uncredited)
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
2000Movie
Pimp
Filmography
Good Times
2024TV
Jim Bean (voice)
Norman Lear: A Life on Television
2023Movie
Self
Don't Suck
2023Movie
Dale
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)
2022Movie
Self
Sherri
2022TV
Self - Guest
Dark Side of Comedy
2022TV
Self
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
2022TV
Self
A Wrestling Christmas Miracle
2020Movie
Dr. Lemon
The Comedy Store
2020TV
Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019Movie
Self
The Very Very Best of the 70s
2019TV
Self - Commentator
I Am Richard Pryor
2019Movie
Self - Actor and Comedian
Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here
2018Movie
Himself
The Comedian
2016Movie
Jimmie Walker
Sweet Lorraine
2015Movie
Rudy ray
Gotham Comedy Live
2012TV
Self - Host
David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around
2012Movie
Preacher
Super Shark
2011Movie
Dynamite Stevens
Traffic Light
2011TV
Swinger Dude
Big Money Rustlas
2010Movie
The Husband
Worst Cooks in America
2010TV
Self - Contestant
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009TV
Self
Comedy.tv
2009TV
Self
Back to the Grind
2007TV
Chasing Robert
2007Movie
Himself
Everybody Hates Chris
2005TV
Gene
The Tony Danza Show
2004TV
Self
George Lopez
2002TV
Lionel
Beat the Geeks
2001TV
Scrubs
2001TV
Jimmie Walker
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
2000Movie
Pimp
Son of the Beach
2000TV
Hollywood Squares
1998TV
Self - Panelist
Plump Fiction
1997Movie
Stingy Costumer
Monster Mash: The Movie
1995Movie
Hathaway
The Drew Carey Show
1995TV
Lewis' stunt double
Open Season
1995Movie
Homer (as Jimmy Walker)
ER
1994TV
Jay Jay
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994TV
But... Seriously
1994Movie
Self (archive footage)
The John Larroquette Show
1993TV
Slyde Wilson
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992Movie
Celeb #3
The Larry Sanders Show
1992TV
Jimmie Walker
The Guyver
1991Movie
Striker
Blossom
1990TV
Kidnapped
1988Movie
Chester
Bustin' Loose
1987TV
Sonny Barnes
Going Bananas
1987Movie
Mozambo
The Bold and the Beautiful
1987TV
Count Bouche
Doin' Time
1985Movie
Shaker
Water
1985Movie
Jay Jay
The Jerk, Too
1984Movie
Card Player (uncredited)
Imps*
1983Movie
Thomas
At Ease
1983TV
Cagney & Lacey
1982TV
Tony Brown
Late Night with David Letterman
1982TV
Self
Airplane!
1980Movie
Windshield Wiper Man
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980Movie
Parks the Pusher
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980Movie
Self - Village People
B.A.D. Cats
1980TV
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979Movie
Boisie
The White Shadow
1978TV
Jimmie Walker
Rabbit Test
1978Movie
Umbuto
Telethon
1977Movie
Himself
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977Movie
Morris Bird III
The Love Boat
1977TV
Ronald Baker, Mickey Garner, Wally, Marvin Jones
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977Movie
Self
Joys
1976Movie
Self
Donny & Marie
1976TV
Self
Let's Do It Again
1975Movie
Bootney Farnsworth
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self (uncredited)
Cher
1975TV
Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974TV
Self
Sing Sing Thanksgiving
1974Movie
Self
Good Times
1974TV
James "JJ" Evans
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self - Guest, Self - Co-Host
Forgotten Fortune
Movie