The American actor and comedian Jimmie Walker has a net worth of $800 thousand.
James Evans Jr. is the character that Walker is most recognized for.
“J.J.” was a character on the CBS sitcom “Good Times” (1974–1979) who coined the catchphrase “Dyn-O-Mite!” Jimmie began his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1960s and has over 50 acting credits, including “Let’s Do It Again” (1975) and “Airplane!” (1980), as well as “The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened” (1977), and the TV shows “At Ease” (1983).
“Dynomite!: Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times–A Memoir” was published by Jimmie Walker, the son of James Carter Walker Jr., in 2012.
On June 25, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York,
His upbringing in The Bronx includes his mother Lorena, father James Sr., and sister Beverly.
James Sr.
While working as a Pullman porter, Lorena was in charge of the hospital’s nursing department.
Jimmie was a student at Theodore Roosevelt High School and was involved in the SEEK program, which was sponsored by New York State.
SEEK introduced Walker to radio engineering and he was employed by WRVR, a radio station in New York City.
As a teenager, Jimmie worked at Yankee Stadium as a vendor starting with the 1964 World Series, and Mickey Mantle once gave him a silver dollar.