Jim Bakker
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Acting Credits
Biography
Jim Bakker is an American televangelist, television host and author best known for co-founding the PTL (“Praise The Lord”) ministry and hosting the widely viewed Christian talk show The PTL Club throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Born on January 2, 1940, in Muskegon, Michigan, he became a prominent figure in Christian broadcasting alongside his then-wife Tammy Faye Bakker. Bakker’s career faced major upheaval in the late 1980s following financial and legal scandals, but he later returned to televi...
Known For
The Front Runner
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
Self (archive footage)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Himself
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye
Self
One Punk Under God
Self
Spin
Self (archive footage)
Thy Kingdom Come ... Thy Will Be Done
Self - TV Evangelist
Filmography
God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye
2024
as Self
The Front Runner
2018
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Punk Under God
2006
as Self
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2000
as Himself
Spin
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Something New to Die for
1993
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thy Kingdom Come ... Thy Will Be Done
1988
as Self - TV Evangelist
Praise the Lord
1988
as Self