Jim Brown

Jim Brown

Known for
Acting
Born
February 17, 1936
Died
May 18, 2023 (aged 87)
Birthplace
St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA

Biography

Jim Brown (February 17, 1936 – May 18, 2023) was an American professional football player and actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back in the NFL with Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. In 2002, he was named by Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever. He is considered to be one of the greatest American professional athletes ever. He also starred in several films, including He’s Got Game and Any Given Sunday.

Known For

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Filmography

2023
Bill Russell: Legend poster

Bill Russell: Legend

TV · as Self - NFL Legend & Activist · 1 ep

2022
Say Hey, Willie Mays! poster

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

Movie · as Self (archive video)

2021
NFL Icons poster

NFL Icons

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story poster

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

Movie · as Self

2019
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke poster

ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke

Movie · as Self

2019
The Black Godfather poster

The Black Godfather

Movie · as Self

2018
United We Stand: The Ali Summit poster

United We Stand: The Ali Summit

Movie · as self

2018
Shut Up and Dribble poster

Shut Up and Dribble

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2017
Foreman poster

Foreman

Movie · as Self

2016
O.J.: Made in America poster

O.J.: Made in America

Movie · as Self

2016
Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy poster

Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy

Movie · as Himself

2016
Believeland poster

Believeland

Movie

2016
Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream

Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream

Movie

2016
O.J.: Made in America poster

O.J.: Made in America

TV · as Self (archive footage)

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
I Am Ali poster

I Am Ali

Movie · as Self

2014
Draft Day poster

Draft Day

Movie · as Self

2013
Glickman poster

Glickman

Movie · as Self

2010
Run Ricky Run poster

Run Ricky Run

Movie · as Self

2009
Crips and Bloods: Made in America poster

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Movie · as Himself

2009
The Black Candle poster

The Black Candle

Movie · as Self

2006
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' poster

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

Movie · as Self

2006
Operation Dirty Dozen poster

Operation Dirty Dozen

Movie · as Self

2005
Animal poster

Animal

Movie · as Berwell

2004
She Hate Me poster

She Hate Me

Movie · as Geronimo Armstrong

2004
Sucker Free City poster

Sucker Free City

Movie · as Don Strickland

2004
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted poster

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

Movie · as Self

2003
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali poster

The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali

Movie · as Himself

2002
Jim Brown: All-American poster

Jim Brown: All-American

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2002
BaadAsssss Cinema poster

BaadAsssss Cinema

Movie · as Self

2002
On the Edge poster

On the Edge

Movie · as Chad Grant

2001
A Huey P. Newton Story poster

A Huey P. Newton Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible poster

Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible

Movie

2000
Soul Food poster

Soul Food

TV · as Willie White · 4 eps

1999
Any Given Sunday poster

Any Given Sunday

Movie · as Montezuma Monroe

1998
Small Soldiers poster

Small Soldiers

Movie · as Butch Meathook (voice)

1998
He Got Game poster

He Got Game

Movie · as Spivey

1998
New Jersey Turnpikes poster

New Jersey Turnpikes

Movie · as Marcus Brown

1997
Between Brothers poster

Between Brothers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Mars Attacks! poster

Mars Attacks!

Movie · as Byron Williams

1996
Original Gangstas poster

Original Gangstas

Movie · as Jake Trevor

1996
The Journey of the African-American Athlete poster

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

Movie · as Self

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as Jim Brown · 1 ep

1995
UFC 6: Clash of the Titans poster

UFC 6: Clash of the Titans

Movie

1994
UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors poster

UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors

Movie

1992
The Divine Enforcer poster

The Divine Enforcer

Movie · as King

1991
The Record Breakers poster

The Record Breakers

Movie · as Self

1991
Good Sports poster

Good Sports

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Twisted Justice poster

Twisted Justice

Movie · as Morris

1990
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade poster

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

Movie · as Slammer

1989
Crack House poster

Crack House

Movie · as Steadman

1989
L.A. Heat poster

L.A. Heat

Movie · as Captain

1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka poster

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

Movie · as Slammer

1988
Killing American Style poster

Killing American Style

Movie · as Lt. Sunset

1987
The Running Man poster

The Running Man

Movie · as Fireball

1985
Black Orient Express poster

Black Orient Express

Movie

1984
Black Hollywood poster

Black Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1984
Highway to Heaven poster

Highway to Heaven

TV · as Warren Brille · 1 ep

1984
Cover Up poster

Cover Up

TV · 1 ep

1983
The A-Team poster

The A-Team

TV · as Steamroller · 1 ep

1982
One Down, Two to Go poster

One Down, Two to Go

Movie · as J

1982
T. J. Hooker poster

T. J. Hooker

TV · as Frank Barnett, Detective Jim Cody · 1 ep

1982
Knight Rider poster

Knight Rider

TV · as C.J. Jackson · 1 ep

1980
Legends of the Fall poster

Legends of the Fall

Movie · as Self

1979
Pacific Inferno poster

Pacific Inferno

Movie · as Clyde

1979
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party poster

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

Movie

1978
Fingers poster

Fingers

Movie · as Dreems

1977
Playboy's Playmate Party poster

Playboy's Playmate Party

Movie

1977
CHiPs poster

CHiPs

TV · as Romo, Parkdale H.S. Shop Teacher John Casey · 2 eps

1976
Kid Vengeance poster

Kid Vengeance

Movie · as Isaac

1975
Take a Hard Ride poster

Take a Hard Ride

Movie · as Pike

1974
Three the Hard Way poster

Three the Hard Way

Movie · as Jimmy Lait

1974
The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali poster

The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali

Movie · as Commentator

1973
The Slams poster

The Slams

Movie · as Curtis X. Hook

1973
I Escaped from Devil's Island poster

I Escaped from Devil's Island

Movie · as Le Bras

1973
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off poster

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

Movie · as Slaughter

1973
Police Story poster

Police Story

TV · 1 ep

1972
Slaughter poster

Slaughter

Movie · as Slaughter

1972
Black Gunn poster

Black Gunn

Movie · as Gunn

1970
The Grasshopper poster

The Grasshopper

Movie · as Tommy Marcott

1970
… tick… tick… tick… poster

… tick… tick… tick…

Movie · as Jimmy Price

1970
El Condor poster

El Condor

Movie · as Luke

1970
The Flip Wilson Show poster

The Flip Wilson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
100 Rifles poster

100 Rifles

Movie · as Lydecker

1969
Riot poster

Riot

Movie · as Cully Briston

1968
The Split poster

The Split

Movie · as McClain

1968
Dark of the Sun poster

Dark of the Sun

Movie · as Ruffo

1968
Ice Station Zebra poster

Ice Station Zebra

Movie · as Capt. Leslie Anders

1968
Kenner poster

Kenner

Movie

1968
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1967
The Dirty Dozen poster

The Dirty Dozen

Movie · as Robert Jefferson

1967
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London poster

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

Movie · as Self

1967
Lionpower from MGM poster

Lionpower from MGM

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966
The Fortune Cookie poster

The Fortune Cookie

Movie · as Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)

1964
Rio Conchos poster

Rio Conchos

Movie · as Franklyn

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 7 eps

1956
The NFL on CBS poster

The NFL on CBS

TV · as Self - Cleveland Browns Fullback · 1 ep