4.9Acting

Jimmy Jam

Jun 6, 1959 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III has a decades-old partnership with Terry Lewis, having both first found success in the Prince-formed-and-directed band The Time (originally Flyte Time) before going out on their own as producers for some of the biggest pop and R&B acts of the 80s and 90s, perhaps most notably Janet Jackson.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1998Motown 40: The Music is ForeverSelf
Movie2023A Grammy Salute to The Beach BoysSelf
Movie2020Herb Alpert Is...Self
Movie2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth CelebrationSelf
Movie2019The Minnesota SoundSelf - Flyte Time Productions
Movie2023Thriller 40Self
Movie1995Michael Jackson's Scream: HIStory in the MakingSelf
Movie20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf - Inductee
Movie2002It's Black EntertainmentSelf
Movie2001MTV Icon: Janet JacksonSelf
Movie2020Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to PrinceSelf
Movie2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)Self
Movie2019The Minneapolis SoundSelf
TV Show2002Half & HalfHimself2
TV Show1999The Late Late Show with Craig KilbornSelf1
TV Show2015Fresh Off the BoatJimmy Jam1
TV Show2024James Brown: Say It LoudSelf4
TV Show2022JANET JACKSON.Self3
TV Show1959The GrammysSelf1

Crew

Media
Movie1993Poetic JusticeOriginal Music ComposerSound
Movie2004Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The VideosMusicalWriting
Movie1989Rhythm Nation 1814Original Music ComposerSound