Person

Jim Bakker

Acting · Born 1940-01-02 · 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.

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  The Front Runner

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  The Jim Bakker Show

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• One Punk Under God

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  Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye

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  The Eyes of Tammy Faye

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• Praise the Lord

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  God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

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  Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

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• The PTL Club

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• Something New to Die for

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• 2024God & Country: The Rise of Christian NationalismSelf (archive footage)
• 2024Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy FayeSelf
• 2018The Front RunnerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2006One Punk Under GodSelf
• 2000The Eyes of Tammy FayeHimself
• 1995SpinSelf (archive footage)
• 1993Something New to Die for
• 1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1988Praise the LordSelf
• 1988Thy Kingdom Come ... Thy Will Be DoneSelf - TV Evangelist
• —The Jim Bakker ShowHimself
• —The PTL ClubHimself - Host