Jimmie Walker
American actor · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1947 · age 79
James Carter Walker Jr. is an American actor and comedian. He portrayed James ("J.J.") Evans Jr., the older son of James Evans Sr. and Florida Evans, on the CBS television comedy series Good Times. The show ran from 1974 to 1979, and Walker was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1975 and 1976 for his role as J.J.
Jimmie Walker is read about 838 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 111 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Don't SuckFilm, Dale2022
SherriSeries2020
A Wrestling Christmas MiracleFilm, Dr. Lemon2018
Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still HereFilm, Writer2015Sweet LorraineFilm, Rudy ray2010
Worst Cooks in AmericaSeries
Big Money RustlasFilm, 2010The Husband2005
Everybody Hates ChrisSeries, Gene2001
ScrubsSeries, Jimmie Walker2000
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13thFilm, Pimp1995
The Drew Carey ShowSeries, Lewis' stunt double
Monster Mash: The MovieFilm, 1995Hathaway1993
The John Larroquette ShowSeries, Slyde Wilson1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkFilm, Celeb #31990
BlossomSeries1988
KidnappedFilm, Chester1985
Doin' TimeFilm, Shaker1980
Airplane!Film, Windshield Wiper Man1978
Rabbit TestFilm, Umbuto1977
The Love BoatSeries, Ronald Baker1976
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled SpectacularFilm1974
Good TimesSeries, James "JJ" Evans
Sing Sing ThanksgivingFilm, 19741961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1947Born25 June 1947People around Jimmie
Close ties
David Lowell Rich Directed The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1980)
Mink Stole Also in Monster Mash and Monster Mash: The Movie
Joel Cohen Directed Monster Mash (1995)
Alec Sokolow Directed Monster Mash (1995)- Conrad Palmisano Also in The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1980)
- Jennings Lang Produced The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1980)
Alain Delon Also in The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979)
Sylvia Kristel Also in The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979)
Cicely Tyson Also in The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979)
Mercedes McCambridge Also in The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979)
Eddie Albert Also in The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1980)
Ossie Davis Also in Ripper and Let's Do It Again
Eric Roth Wrote The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979)
Robert Wuhl Directed Open Season (1995)
Carrie Ann Inaba Also in Monster Mash and Monster Mash: The Movie
Brian Yuzna Produced The Guyver (1991)
Jamie Farr Also in Murder Can Hurt You (1980)
Todd Bridges Also in Big Money Rustlas (2010)
Boaz Davidson Directed Going Bananas (1988)
John Davidson Also in The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979)
Marty Allen Also in Murder Can Hurt You (1980)
Avery Schreiber Also in The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1980)- Phil Parmet Directed Ripper (1996)
Steve Wang Directed The Guyver (1991)
Known for
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Airplane! 1980
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992
The Comedian 2016
The Guyver 1991
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th 2000
Filmography 39
86 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
About this person
On Good Times, Walker's character was known for his catchphrase "Dyn-o-mite!", and the actor later used it in his mid-1970s TV commercials for Panasonic cassette and 8-track tape players and in a 2021-2023 public announcement for Medicare. Walker also starred in Let's Do It Again (1975) with John Amos, and The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977) with James Earl Jones. Walker continues to tour the country with his stand-up comedy routine.
