Jimmy King (Emmerdale)
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| Jimmy King | |
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| Played by | Nick Miles |
| Duration | 2004- |
| Date of birth | 1st March 1965 |
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| Marital status | Divorced |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Family | Tom, Rosemary, Matthew, Carl |
James "Jimmy" King is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Nick Miles.
[edit] About Jimmy
Jimmy King has got money, power and the opportunity to live a perfect life - but he just can’t help messing it up.
Born when his father was still climbing the ladder of success, Jimmy didn’t have the privileges of university that his younger siblings have had - and it often shows. He began working for his father at fifteen, after Tom bought out his boss' failing factory. Charles Maguire was to be a thorn between Jimmy and Tom for some time, as an idealistic Jimmy disputed his fathers tactics.
His marriage to Sadie seemed to be perfect from the outside. A stunning blonde who was determined to see her husband succeed, Sadie seemed to share the same goals as Jimmy. But, sadly for him, there was one issue they fundamentally disagreed on.
While he was desperate for children, Sadie never had any intention of having them and had continued to have contraceptive injections behind his back. When her deception was revealed, Jimmy was horrified she’d been so sly and moved into the spare bedroom.
Sick of being made a fool of by his wife and his family, Jimmy soon fell into an elaborate trap set up by Charity Tate.
Having been framed by Sadie, Charity was desperate to clear her name and decided Jimmy was the just the man to help her do it. She lured him to a hotel room after having passionate sex with him, Charity videotaped him confirming that Sadie had set the whole thing up and then showed the tape to Tom.
The results were catastrophic for Jimmy. Estranged from his wife and disowned by his family, Jimmy joined forces with a rival businessman to the Kings - but his defection didn’t last long.
When Tom forgave him and welcomed him back into the fold, Jimmy was quick to take his chance while he could - and, besides, he had a very bitter divorce battle looming.
Relations between himself and Sadie had descended into all out war and Jimmy had further inflamed the situation by concealing most of his assets so Sadie would get a tiny divorce settlement. So when his clever wife manipulated her way back into the family business, Jimmy was horrified.
But while Sadie was causing him grief at work, Jimmy decided to enjoy a bit of play with village vixen Kelly Windsor. The couple enjoyed a brief romance which was all about sex for Jimmy and money for Kelly but when it was revealed that his young lover had a less than perfect past, Jimmy ditched her.
He went on to try and pull Woolpack barmaid Toni Daggert, but didn’t get very far so went back to concentrating on his business. Jimmy was determined to make Tom proud of him after Matthew walked away from King & Sons for the love of Sadie, leaving Jimmy in charge.
But the wily pair had already started plotting to ruin Jimmy – who was trying to secure a deal to buy out rival Don Clough’s firm. When their scheming made Jimmy lose the deal, he was incensed but he threw himself into trying to get the new development launched by the proper date.
The problem is that Jimmy has no qualms about cutting corners and engaging in dodgy business practices that have his brother Carl King fuming.
After Kings River Show Home was vandalised Jimmy didn't bother to get it properly repaired and the result was a gas leak that lead to massive explosions in the house which collapsed claiming the lives of three people: Dawn Woods, Noreen Bell and David Brown. Jimmy was in the house at the time of collapse and as a result his back was seriously injured. Tom has sent him away both to help him recover and also to keep him away from where people know and hate the name King. Jimmy was only back for a few months before his father became involved with Rosemary. he tried unsuccessfully with Matthew and Carl to end the relationship, but a Christmas day wedding went ahead to end in tragedy, when Tom was murdered.
After his funeral Jimmy and his brothers were shocked to find they have a sister. Matthew tries to throw money at the problem, Carl ignores it, but family man Jimmy begins to embrace his new sibling almost becomming a surrogate father in Tom's place but is it enough. Jimmy wants a family and children above all else, but what if he has that already, could it really be a case of like father like son after all??
[edit] Family
- Father: Tom King (deceased)
- Mother: Mary King (deceased)
- Brothers: Matthew King, Carl King, Max King (deceased)
- Sister Georgina King
- Half-sister: Scarlett Nicholls
- Nephew: Thomas King
- Niece: Anya King
