---
name: "Jihmi Kennedy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jihmi-kennedy"
fi1m_id: "jihmi-kennedy"
imdb_id: "nm0448097"
tmdb_id: 58426
wikidata_id: "Q6192486"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 November 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:48:44.232048+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jihmi Kennedy

## Identity

Jihmi Kennedy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jihmi-kennedy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jihmi-kennedy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0448097
- **TMDB ID:** 58426
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6192486
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6192486, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58426

Actor. Born 4 November 1956 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 November 1956, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- **Also known as:** William Kennedy
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6192486, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58426

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Glory*](https://film.one/film/glory.md) (82)

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## Biography

Jihmi Kennedy is an American actor born on 4 November 1956 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He began his career in the mid-1980s with guest roles on television series such as *The Equalizer* and film appearances including *Gung Ho* (1986) as Junior and *Fear City* (1984) as Hawker (credited as William Kennedy).

Kennedy is best known for his role as Pvt. Jupiter Sharts in the 1989 film *Glory*. That year he also appeared in *The Dream Team* as the Tow Man and in *Tour of Duty* as Shakey Williams. He received a 1990 Drama Logue Award for his performance in *Dutchman* at the Mark Taper Forum. After a period teaching high school in North Carolina, he returned to acting with later roles in *Crossing Jordan* (2002) and *Soul Food* (2004).

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Glory* (1989), Fi1m 82, as Pvt. Jupiter Sharts — [page](https://film.one/film/glory.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Chester
- *Soul Food* (2000), series, as Lloyd
- *Glory* (1989), as Pvt. Jupiter Sharts — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/glory.md)
- *The Dream Team* (1989), as Tow Man
- *The Chair* (1988), as Walkman
- *Tour of Duty* (1987), series, as Shakey Williams
- *The Rosary Murders* (1987), as Officer Knight
- *Gung Ho* (1986), as Junior
- *Spenser: For Hire* (1985), series, Actor
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Mosley, Clarence Marshall, Ulysses
- *Fear City* (1984), as Hawker

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