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Jimmie Walker

Highest Rated: 60% Let's Do It Again (1975)

Lowest Rated: 0% Water (1985)

Birthday: Jun 25, 1947

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Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA

As the lanky, comically over-confident eldest son, J.J., on the popular sitcom "Good Times," (CBS, 1973-79), Jimmie Walker was one of the first African-American comics to achieve mainstream success. His run on the popular 1970s sitcom went beyond mere celebrity and transformed the actor into a cultural icon, thanks in large part to his catchphrase "Dy-No-Mite!" which became permanently etched in the public's consciousness, despite Walker's initial reservations in using it. Though he was embraced by white audiences, Walker was the subject of strong criticism from the black community, many of whom felt his character was cartoonish and insulting, particularly because the show centered on a poor inner-city family struggling to get by in a Chicago ghetto. His outlandish depiction of blacks on the show led to tension both on and off the set, causing cast members to air their frustrations in public. Nonetheless, Walker relished an ongoing recognition beyond his "Good Time" years, though he failed to reach that height of popularity ever again.

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Highest rated movies

60% 86% Let's Do It Again
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33% 39% The Guyver
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25% 13% The Concorde: Airport '79
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14% 31% Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
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0% 70% Water
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Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here
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My African Adventure
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26% Super Shark
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44% Monster Mash
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12% Doin' Time
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet 99% CHAAW: Chapter 3 Unknown (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 68% Don't Suck Unknown (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet CHAAW: Chapter 3 Uncle Jr. (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here Self - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweet Lorraine Rudy Ray (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 26% Super Shark Dynamite Stevens (Character) - 2011
14% 31% Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th Pimp (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 44% Monster Mash Hathaway (Character) - 1995
33% 39% The Guyver Striker (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet My African Adventure Mozambo (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 29% Going Bananas Mozambo (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kidnapped Chester (Character) - 1987
0% 70% Water Jay Jay (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 12% Doin' Time Shaker (Character) - 1985
25% 13% The Concorde: Airport '79 Boisie (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened Morris Bird III (Character) - 1977
60% 86% Let's Do It Again Bootney Farnsworth (Character) - 1975

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bold And The Beautiful, The Beginning Count Bouche (Guest Star) 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Superstar Self 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Let's Make a Deal Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Worst Cooks in America Contestant 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Battle of the Network Stars Guest 2017
100% 78% Late Show With David Letterman Guest 2014-2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2012
67% No Score Yet Traffic Light Unknown (Guest Star) 2011
100% No Score Yet Funny or Die Presents Johnson (Character) 2010-2011
96% 98% Everybody Hates Chris Gene (Guest Star) 2006-2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Back to the Grind Self 2007
No Score Yet 81% George Lopez Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
83% 86% Scrubs Jimmie Walker (Guest Star) 2001-2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The John Larroquette Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the House Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
50% No Score Yet Deadly Games Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The White Shadow Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Times James Evans, Jr. (Character) 1974-1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tattletales Unknown (Character),
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1974 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Love Boat Unknown (Guest Star) 1977