Jim Bakker
January 2, 1940 (85 years old) in Muskegon, Michigan, USA
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 television with The Jim Bakker Show, focusing on evangelical commentary, survivalist themes and prophetic discussions. Despite controversy, he remains a recognizable and influential figure in American televangelism.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye as
- 2018 · The Front Runner as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2006 · One Punk Under God as Self
- 2000 · The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Himself
- 1995 · Spin as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Something New to Die for as
- 1990 · Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1988 · Praise the Lord as Self
- Future · The Jim Bakker Show as Himself
- Future · The PTL Club as Himself - Host
- 1988 · Thy Kingdom Come ... Thy Will Be Done as Self - TV Evangelist