Jimmie Walker
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.
Fotos
Películas (39)
Norman Lear: A Life on Television
2023 · Self
Don't Suck
2023 · Dale
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)
2022 · Self
A Wrestling Christmas Miracle
2020 · Dr. Lemon
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019 · Self
I Am Richard Pryor
2019 · Self - Actor and Comedian
Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here
2018 · Himself, Writer
The Comedian
2016 · Jimmie Walker
Sweet Lorraine
2015 · Rudy ray
David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around
2012 · Preacher
Super Shark
2011 · Dynamite Stevens
Big Money Rustlas
2010 · The Husband
Chasing Robert
2007 · Himself
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
2000 · Pimp
Plump Fiction
1997 · Stingy Costumer
Monster Mash: The Movie
1995 · Hathaway
Open Season
1995 · Homer (as Jimmy Walker)
But... Seriously
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · Celeb #3
The Guyver
1991 · Striker
Kidnapped
1988 · Chester
Going Bananas
1987 · Mozambo
Doin' Time
1985 · Shaker
Water
1985 · Jay Jay
The Jerk, Too
1984 · Card Player (uncredited)
Imps*
1983 · Thomas
Airplane!
1980 · Windshield Wiper Man
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980 · Parks the Pusher
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980 · Self - Village People
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979 · Boisie
Rabbit Test
1978 · Umbuto
Telethon
1977 · Himself
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977 · Morris Bird III
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977 · Self
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular
1976 · Self
Joys
1976 · Self
Let's Do It Again
1975 · Bootney Farnsworth
Sing Sing Thanksgiving
1974 · Self
Forgotten Fortune
Series (42)
Good Times
2024 · Jim Bean (voice)
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
Dark Side of Comedy
2022 · Self
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
2022 · Self
The Comedy Store
2020 · Self
The Very Very Best of the 70s
2019 · Self - Commentator
Gotham Comedy Live
2012 · Self - Host
Traffic Light
2011 · Swinger Dude
Worst Cooks in America
2010 · Self - Contestant
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
Comedy.tv
2009 · Self
Back to the Grind
2007
Everybody Hates Chris
2005 · Gene
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self
George Lopez
2002 · Lionel
Beat the Geeks
2001
Scrubs
2001 · Jimmie Walker
Son of the Beach
2000
Hollywood Squares
1998 · Self - Panelist
The Drew Carey Show
1995 · Lewis' stunt double
ER
1994 · Jay Jay
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
The John Larroquette Show
1993 · Slyde Wilson
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Jimmie Walker
Blossom
1990
Bustin' Loose
1987 · Sonny Barnes
The Bold and the Beautiful
1987 · Count Bouche
At Ease
1983
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Tony Brown
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self
B.A.D. Cats
1980
The White Shadow
1978 · Jimmie Walker
Vacaciones en el mar
1977 · Ronald Baker, Mickey Garner, Wally, Marvin Jones
Donny & Marie
1976 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self (uncredited)
Cher
1975 · Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974 · Self
Good Times
1974 · James "JJ" Evans
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Guest, Self - Co-Host