{"id":2137273,"date":"2025-11-05T18:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2137273"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:20:19","slug":"savannah-native-actor-jimmie-cummings-is-a-rising-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/savannah-native-actor-jimmie-cummings-is-a-rising-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah native, actor Jimmie Cummings is a rising star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You may recognize him from a popular Netflix television series, movies, commercials, or even music videos.<br \/>Savannah native <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm8067930\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmie Cummings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jimmie Cummings<\/a> is making a name for himself in the acting world and we love to see it!<br \/>He sat down with WSAV\u2019s Kim Gusby to talk more about his career and what lies ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also shared details on a special park renaming ceremony in honor of his late mother, Bertha Mae Cummings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Click the arrow in the video box above to watch the interview.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cummings\u2019 journey into acting began in 1998 when he received his first role as a background actor in the movie, \u201cThe Gingerbread Man\u201d, which was filmed in Savannah. In 2014, worked on \u201cMagic Mike XXL\u201d which he says reignited his passion for the craft. From there, he became more involved in the industry\u2014attending acting mixers, taking classes, and participating in SCAD student films to sharpen his skills and build my experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cummings\u2019 first SAG role came unexpectedly while working on \u201cKillerman\u201d where he started out as a background actor and was bumped up to a SAG role during production. Since then, he\u2019s appeared in a variety of film and television projects, including: \u201cATL Homicide\u201d, \u201cClean Slate\u201d, \u201cThe Florida Girls\u201d TV series, \u201cEmperor\u201d, \u201cHalloween Ends\u201d, and most recently, \u201cBeauty in Black\u201d, a Tyler Perry series on Netflix, where he portrays Judge Harold Wiscollins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsav.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WSAV-TV.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WSAV-TV. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may recognize him from a popular Netflix television series, movies, commercials, or even music videos.Savannah native Jimmie Cummings is making a name for himself in the acting world and we love to see it!He sat down with WSAV\u2019s Kim Gusby to talk more about his career and what lies ahead. 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