
Jimmy White
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Male
birthday
1962-05-02
place-of-birth
Tooting, South London, England, United Kingdom
also-known-as
James Warren White
The Whirlwind
biography
James Warren White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won four seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, swift and attacking style of play. White has won two of snooker's three majors: the UK Championship (in 1992) and the Masters (in 1984) and a total of ten ranking events. He is currently eleventh on the all-time list of ranking event winners. He reached six World Championship finals but never won the event.