Jimmie Fails

Jimmie Fails (born November 10, 1994) is an American actor. His feature film debut was the title role in the semi-autobiographical movie The Last Black Man in San Francisco.

Life and career Fails was born and raised in San Francisco. Until he was three years old he lived in a Victorian house that his grandfather, a Baptist preacher, had bought in the predominantly Black middle-class Fillmore district of San Francisco. After his grandfather died, the house was foreclosed on because his relatives could not afford the expense and he spent the remainder of his childhood in foster care and public housing. Only he and his father remained in the city; the rest of the relatives moved out. and later attended college but left after one year. They soon became close friends and first began making short movies together during high school. Their short film Last Stop Livermore, made in collaboration with Joe's brother Nat, was a finalist in the Golden Gate Awards. Their second, official short American Paradise premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. and the pair eventually created a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 to fund it.

In 2019, Talbot and Fails formed a production company called Longshot Features.

Personal life Fails resides in San Francisco. 2026 Newborn Keith Newborn Post-production