O. J. Simpson
- Schauspiel
- 9. Juli 1947 · San Francisco, California, USA
- 10. April 2024
Biografie
Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and broadcaster. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills, and is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time. Once a popular figure with the American public, Simpson's professional success was later overshadowed by his trial and controversial acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994. Simpson played college football for the USC Trojans, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected first overall by the Bills in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. During his nine seasons with the Bills, Simpson received five consecutive Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro selections from 1972 to 1976. He also led the league in rushing yards four times, in rushing touchdowns twice, and in points scored in 1975. In 1973, he became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, earning him NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP), and is the only NFL player to do so in a 14-game regular season. Simpson holds the record for the single-season yards-per-game average at 143.1. After retiring with the San Francisco 49ers in 1979, Simpson pursued an acting and broadcasting career. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985. In June 1994, Simpson was arrested and charged with the murders of Brown and Goldman. He was acquitted in a lengthy and internationally publicized trial, but found liable for the deaths three years later in a civil suit from the victims' families. Prior to his death, Simpson had paid little of the $33.5 million judgment (equivalent to $64 million in 2023). In 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. He served his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center near Lovelock, Nevada. He was granted parole in July 2017, released from prison in October, and granted early release from his parole in December 2021 by the Nevada Division of Parole and Probation. He died in 2024 at the age of 76 from prostate cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article O. J. Simpson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmografie
- OJ Unseen: Exploitation of Evil · Selbst
- O.J. Simpson: Off the Record · Selbst
- Elway - Vom Underdog zum Super Bowl Champion · Selbst
- Detective Tom Lange and the O.J. Simpson Case (Part 1) · Selbst
- American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson · Selbst
- TMZ Presents | O.J.: How He Really Did It · Selbst
- Der tragische Mord an Nicole Brown Simpson · Selbst
- O. J. Simpson: Amerikas spektakulärster Mordprozess · Selbst
- O.J. Simpson: Blood, Lies & Murder · Selbst
- Killer Sally · Selbst
- When Ruby Wax Met... · Selbst
- Tiger King · Selbst
- OJ25
- Dark Side of the Ring
- Basketball: A Love Story · Selbst
- O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession? · Selbst
- O.J.: Guilty in Vegas · Selbst
- Dateline: Secrets Uncovered · Selbst
- O.J. Simpson: Made in America · Selbst
- O.J. Simpson - Eine amerikanische Saga · Selbst
- Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime · Selbst
- O.J. Speaks: The Hidden Tapes · Selbst
- The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Case: The Untold Story · Selbst
- 2012: Time for Change · Selbst
- History of the Buffalo Bills · Selbst
- Juiced with O.J. Simpson · Selbst
- Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition · Selbst
- Murders of Hollywood · Selbst
- It’s Showtime · Selbst
- Absolutely 100% Guilty · Selbst
- O.J. Simpson: The Interview · Selbst
- Ruby Wax Meets
- Nicole's Revenge · archive footage
- O.J. Fitness: Minimum Maintenance Fitness for Men · Selbst
- Fall from Grace: O.J.'s Last Run · Selbst
- Die nackte Kanone 33⅓ · Nordberg
- Cold Heart - Der beste Bulle von L.A. · Allie Wheeler
- C.I.A. Codename: Alexa · Nick Murphy
- Adventures in Wonderland · O.J. Simpson
- Die nackte Kanone 2½ · Nordberg
- The Record Breakers · Selbst
- Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed · Selbst
- Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary · Selbst
- Monday Night Madness · Selbst
- Die nackte Kanone · Nordberg
- Die Herzensbrecher von der letzten Bank · Soccer Coach
- High-Life am Strand · Man At Airport (uncredited)
- Disposable Heroes: The Other Side of Football · Selbst
- 1st & Ten · T.D. Parker
- Hambone and Hillie · Tucker
- Cocaine and Blue Eyes · Michael Brennen, Ausführende Produktion
- Late Night with David Letterman · Selbst
- Entertainment Tonight · Selbst
- Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood · Joe Gallagher, Ausführende Produktion
- The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story · Selbst
- Detour to Terror · Lee Hayes, Ausführende Produktion
- The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's · Selbst
- Goldie and the Boxer · Joe Gallagher, Ausführende Produktion
- Wide World of Sports: 1970's A Decade in Review · (archive footage)
- Firepower · Catlett
- Super Stunt - Die Draufgänger vom Dienst · Selbst
- Mickey's 50 · Selbst
- Unternehmen Capricorn · Cmdr. John Walker
- A Killing Affair · Woodrow York
- Roots · Kadi Touray
- Treffpunkt Todesbrücke · Haley
- The Captain and Tennille · Selbst
- Die Söldner · Alexander
- Saturday Night Live · Selbst
- O.J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose · Selbst
- Flammendes Inferno · Jernigan
- Verflucht sind sie alle · Garth
- Why? · The Athlete
- Owen Marshall – Strafverteidiger · Simms
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
- Monday Night Football · Running Back
- The Dream of Hamish Mose
- Medical Center
- Here's Lucy · O.J. Simpson
- The Name of the Game · Gas Chamber Prison Guard (uncredited)