Jimmie Walker
- This article is about the comedian Jimmie Walker. For similarly-named persons, see James Walker.
Jimmie Walker (born June 25, 1947 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actor. Walker has been named "Comedian of the Decade" by Time Magazine.
With appearances in many films and television shows, Walker is perhaps best known for his role as James "J.J." Evans, Jr. on the 1970s CBS sitcom, Good Times. While on the show, he was known for his catchphrase "Dyn-o-mite!"
Walker is a graduate of Theodore Roosevelt High School. Through a federal program known as SEEK, or "Search for Education, Evaluation, and Knowledge", he continued his studies and entered into the field of radio engineering with local station WRBR. In 1967, he began working full time with WRBR. Two years later he began performing as a stand-up comedian and was eventually discovered by the casting director for Good Times after making appearances on Laugh In and the Jack Paar Show. As of 2005, Walker continues to tour the United States with his stand-up routine; in his spare time he writes scripts for television and film.
Trivia
- Jimmie made cameo appearances in the episodes of Scrubs in 2001 called My Bad and again in 2002 My Blind Date
- Jimmie starred in Everybody Hates Chris on March 23, 2006.
- Jimmie Walker was featured in rapper Cam'Ron's video mocking rap rival Jay-Z.
- As a young man, Jimmie Walker was a vendor at Yankee Stadium, starting with the 1964 World Series. He was given a Silver dollar by Mickey Mantle that he still owns.
- Jimmie Walker appeared on Family Feud when Ray Combs hosted a male comedians versus the female comedy stars week.
- He was spoofed on The Man Show during a "Movies Men Don't Want to See" segment. His movie was "Jimmie Walker: Texas Ranger. He's cleaning up the West with DY-NO-MITE!"
- Jimmie was a frequent panelist on Match Game, and his voice and cartoon likeness appears on the Match Game slot machine in North American casinos.
- In Eddie Murphy's stand-up comedy film Eddie Murphy Raw, Murphy reenacts an event that happened to him in which a large italian man punches him in the mouth swelling up his lips. While recovering on a nearby curb, many people come up to him thinking he's Jimmie Walker due to his large swollen lips.