Jim Hopkins (born 1946) is a New Zealand celebrity well-known for his work in television, radio and theatre.
Hopkins was scriptwriter for "Close to Home", presenter of "Fast Forward", "Don't Tell Me", "The Inventors", "Dateline Monday", a performer on The BNZ Festival Debates, and radio talkback host on Radio Pacific in Auckland and Radio Avon in Christchurch.
In August 1998 Hopkins released his first book, “Blokes and Sheds”, which hit number one on the New Zealand sales list after only a week. The book profiles amateur inventors from across New Zealand. He followed it up with another book, "Inventions from the Shed", in 1999, and also a film documentary with the same name in 2001.