Jimmie Fails is an American actor and writer who rose to fame with the semi-autobiographical film The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019), in which he played a fictionalized version of himself, Jimmie Fails.
Wiki/Biography
Jimmie Fells was born on Thursday, November 10, 1994, in San Francisco, California (age 26 in 2020). During his childhood, Fells lived with his family in a three-story Victorian-style house in the Fillmore District, a historic district in San Francisco. Jimmie Fells’ grandfather was a pastor at a Baptist church. Later, after his grandfather passed away, Jimmie and his family were evicted from their house because they could no longer afford the expenses and upkeep of the house. After being evicted, Jimmie’s family scattered across the country and he spent his childhood in various foster care and housing projects. In an interview, he said,
This was the only place my family could be together and live together… When we lost our house, it was like we never had it again.”
Jimmie Fails attended Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco, California.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 10″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
Family and Race
Jimmie Fails comes from an African-American family.
Parents and siblings
We know very little about his parents.
Relationships, Wife and Children
We know very little about his relationships.
Profession
In 2019, Jimmie Fails made his screen debut in the American drama film The Last Black Man in San Francisco, where he played the role of Jimmie Fails, a young black man struggling to reclaim his childhood home, which is now an expensive Victorian-style house in San Francisco.
In 2020, he starred in the Netflix drama film Pieces of a Woman, in which he played the role of Max.
Awards/Honors
- Winner of the San Francisco Film Critics Association Marlon Riggs Award (2019) with filmmaker Joe Talbot
- Winner of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for New Generation (2019) for the film The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) with filmmaker Joe Talbot and co-star Jonathan Majors
- Nominated for the Western New York Film Critics Association Award in the Breakthrough Performance category for the film The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) GWNYFCA Award (2019)
- Nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award (2019) for the film The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) along with filmmaker Joe Talbot and producer Rob Richert.
- Nominated for the Chlotrudis Awards (2020) for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
- Nominated for the 2020 Vinyl Awards for Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Breakthrough Performance (Male)
Facts/Trivia
- Jimmie Fails smokes occasionally.
- Jimmie Fails was named after his grandfather. In an interview, he said
My grandpa has always been one of my idols. I always heard great stories about him…I wanted to be like him…He was famous, he was the pastor of a major Baptist church…it meant a lot to me, we also had the same name, I think I was the fourth…so I always wanted to build some kind of legacy around that name.”
- Jimmie Faiers met Joe Talbot, co-writer and director of the film The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019), in a park as a teenager. Jimmie shared his true story with Joe, which later became the inspiration for the film. They first shot a concept trailer, a five-minute clip that showed the outline of the storyline, and then they launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the film. After that, they spent five consecutive years to complete the film.
- Prior to starring in the film The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019), Jimmie Fails starred in the short films Last Stop Livermore (2012) and American Paradise (2017). Last Stop Livermore (2012) was recognized at the San Francisco International Film Festival, and American Paradise (2017) received honors for Best Narrative Short at the Nashville Film Festival.
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