High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James Frederick "Jimmy" King is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Nick Miles. He made his first appearance on 19 February 2004 and has appeared on the show ever since. As of October 2012, he is the only surviving member of the original King family (Tom, Jimmy himself, Matthew, Carl and later Max), as they have all been either murdered or suffered horrific deaths.