Jimmie Walker
Acting
Born: June 25, 1947 (age 79) · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
Airplane!
1980
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
ER
1994
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
2000
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
The Guyver
1991
The Love Boat
1977
The Drew Carey Show
1995
The Comedian
2016
Scrubs
2001
The Bold and the Beautiful
1987
Photos (1)
Movies (24)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Celeb #3
Airplane!
Windshield Wiper Man
The Concorde... Airport '79
Boisie
The Comedian
Jimmie Walker
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
Pimp
The Guyver
Striker
Monster Mash: The Movie
Hathaway
Let's Do It Again
Bootney Farnsworth
Open Season
Homer (as Jimmy Walker)
Water
Jay Jay
Super Shark
Dynamite Stevens
Murder Can Hurt You!
Parks the Pusher
Don't Suck
Dale
Imps*
Thomas
The Jerk, Too
Card Player (uncredited)
Plump Fiction
Stingy Costumer
A Wrestling Christmas Miracle
Dr. Lemon
Rabbit Test
Umbuto
Big Money Rustlas
The Husband
Going Bananas
Mozambo
Doin' Time
Shaker
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Morris Bird III
David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around
Preacher
Kidnapped
Chester
TV Shows (24)
The Love Boat
Ronald Baker · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Mickey Garner · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Wally · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Marvin Jones · 2 eps
ER
Jay Jay · 1 eps
Scrubs
Jimmie Walker · 2 eps
The Drew Carey Show
Lewis' stunt double · 1 eps
Everybody Hates Chris
Gene · 3 eps
Cagney & Lacey
Tony Brown · 1 eps
The Larry Sanders Show
Jimmie Walker · 1 eps
Blossom
1 eps
The Bold and the Beautiful
Count Bouche · 2 eps
Good Times
James "JJ" Evans · 133 eps
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1 eps
The John Larroquette Show
Slyde Wilson · 1 eps
Son of the Beach
1 eps
George Lopez
Lionel · 1 eps
The White Shadow
Jimmie Walker · 1 eps
Beat the Geeks
1 eps
Good Times
Jim Bean (voice) · 2 eps
Traffic Light
Swinger Dude · 1 eps
At Ease
14 eps
Bustin' Loose
Sonny Barnes · 26 eps
B.A.D. Cats
8 eps
Self / Appearances (29)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 3 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · 3 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist · 1 eps
Sherri
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with David Letterman
Self · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 3 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · 1 eps
Gotham Comedy Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Worst Cooks in America
Self - Contestant · 1 eps
Donny & Marie
Self · 1 eps
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self · 1 eps
Dark Side of Comedy
Self · 1 eps
Cher
Self · 1 eps
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self · 1 eps
The Comedy Store
Self · 5 eps
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
Self · 2 eps
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Self
Joys
Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self - Village People
I Am Richard Pryor
Self - Actor and Comedian
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Self
Chasing Robert
Himself
Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here
Himself
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular
Self
Telethon
Himself
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)
Self
Sing Sing Thanksgiving
Self
