- Has enjoyed a sporadic pop career. His cover of Rose Royce's 'Love Don't Live Here Anymore' was a big UK hit in 1985. It was 7 years before he returned to the charts with 'Ain't No Doubt', which became his biggest hit, reaching number 1 in the UK charts in the summer of 1992. Further 90s hits included 'Crocodile Shoes' (the title track of the miniseries in which Nail starred), 'Cowboy Dreams', 'Big River', 'Love', and 'Country Boy'.
- He used to sing and play guitar in a band called The Crabs. He would sometimes perform on stage in a frock and wearing Hobnail Boats. They used to gig all over the northwest of England.
- Is real life brother of Val McLane, who starred as "Norma" in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983).
- Doing voice-overs in TV adverts for Tesco supermarket. (April 2005)
- Started acting by accident after going for extra work on Auf Weidersen Pet and winding up as one of the main characters and the lead role in the series Spender which was filmed all round Newcastle and which he created with writer Ian la Frenais, He's also made one or two films including Morons From Outer Space in 1985. Acting is in the family as his sister is actress Val MacLane.
- Educated Benfield Comprehensive, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Has a Boxers nose. He has had his nose broken five times in fights when he was younger.
- Jimmy was in a film called The Vendor with Saffron Burrows, Michael Elphick and John Gordon Sinclair which had it's premier screening at the Lumiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival on the 16th August 2000. A street newspaper seller becomes the main suspect in a strange series of murders in which the victims are found wrapped in newspapers.
- Sons: Thomas Bradford-Jones and Frederick Jones.
- Made a film called The Vendor with Saffron Burrows, Michael Elphick, John Gordon Sinclair and Gary Lewis which was screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival 16 August 2000 It was about a street corner news vendor who becomes the main suspect in a bizarre series of murders.
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