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