Cast & creator
Jimmie Walker
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Mike Douglas Show
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.
Also known as: Jimmie 'JJ' Walker , Jimmie Walker Jr., 詹姆斯·沃克
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film credits
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television credits
84
1961–2024 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (85)
Showing 85 of 85 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Guest
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Scrubs
Jimmie Walker
2001
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
1982
The Love Boat
Ronald Baker
1977The Love Boat
Mickey Garner
1977The Love Boat
Wally
1977The Love Boat
Marvin Jones
1977
ER
Jay Jay
1994
The Drew Carey Show
Lewis' stunt double
1995
Cagney & Lacey
Tony Brown
1982The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
The Larry Sanders Show
Jimmie Walker
1992
Everybody Hates Chris
Gene
2005
The Bold and the Beautiful
Count Bouche
1987
The John Larroquette Show
Slyde Wilson
1993
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Blossom
1990
Worst Cooks in America
Self - Contestant
2010
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Celeb #3
1992
Good Times
James "JJ" Evans
1974
Gotham Comedy Live
Self - Host
2012
Son of the Beach
2000
Airplane!
Windshield Wiper Man
1980
Donny & Marie
Self
1976
The White Shadow
Jimmie Walker
1978
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
George Lopez
Lionel
2002
Good Times
Jim Bean (voice)
2024
Traffic Light
Swinger Dude
2011
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
1974
Dark Side of Comedy
Self
2022Comedy.tv
Self
2009
Beat the Geeks
2001
Cher
Self
1975The Very Very Best of the 70s
Self - Commentator
2019
At Ease
1983
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
Pimp
2000
The Comedy Store
Self
2020
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
Self
2022
The Concorde... Airport '79
Boisie
1979
B.A.D. Cats
1980
Bustin' Loose
Sonny Barnes
1987
Water
Jay Jay
1985
The Comedian
Jimmie Walker
2016
Super Shark
Dynamite Stevens
2011
The Guyver
Striker
1991Back to the Grind
2007
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Self
2019
Let's Do It Again
Bootney Farnsworth
1975
I Am Richard Pryor
Self - Actor and Comedian
2019
Plump Fiction
Stingy Costumer
1997
Don't Suck
Dale
2023
A Wrestling Christmas Miracle
Dr. Lemon
2020
Open Season
Homer (as Jimmy Walker)
1995
Monster Mash: The Movie
Hathaway
1995
Murder Can Hurt You!
Parks the Pusher
1980
Big Money Rustlas
The Husband
2010
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)
Self
2022
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self - Village People
1980
Doin' Time
Shaker
1985
Imps*
Thomas
1983
Joys
Self
1976Norman Lear: A Life on Television
Self
2023
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Self
1977
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Morris Bird III
1977
The Jerk, Too
Card Player (uncredited)
1984
Kidnapped
Chester
1988
Rabbit Test
Umbuto
1978
David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around
Preacher
2012
Telethon
Himself
1977
Going Bananas
Mozambo
1987
Sing Sing Thanksgiving
Self
1974
Chasing Robert
Himself
2007
Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here
Himself
2018Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here
Writer
2018But... Seriously
Self (archive footage)
1994Sweet Lorraine
Rudy ray
2015