Jim Brown
- Acting
- February 17, 1936 · St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
- May 18, 2023
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
Filmography
- Bill Russell: Legend · Self
- Say Hey, Willie Mays! · Self
- NFL Icons · Self
- Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story · Self
- The Black Godfather · Self
- ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke · Self
- Shut Up and Dribble · Self
- United We Stand: The Ali Summit · Self
- Foreman · Self
- O.J.: Made in America · Self
- Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy · Self
- O.J.: Made in America · Self
- Believeland
- Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- I Am Ali · Self
- Draft Day · Self
- Glickman · Self
- Run Ricky Run · Self
- Crips and Bloods: Made in America · Self
- The Black Candle · Self
- Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' · Self
- Operation Dirty Dozen · Self
- Animal · Berwell
- Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted · Self
- Sucker Free City · Don Strickland
- She Hate Me · Geronimo Armstrong
- The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali · Self
- On the Edge · Chad Grant
- BaadAsssss Cinema · Self
- Jim Brown: All-American · Self
- A Huey P. Newton Story · Self
- Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
- Soul Food · Willie White
- Any Given Sunday · Montezuma Monroe
- New Jersey Turnpikes · Marcus Brown
- Small Soldiers · Butch Meathook (Voice)
- He Got Game · Spivey
- Between Brothers · Self
- Mars Attacks! · Byron Williams
- Arli$ · Jim Brown
- Original Gangstas · Jake Trevor
- The Journey of the African-American Athlete · Self
- UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
- UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
- The Divine Enforcer · King
- Good Sports · Self
- The Record Breakers · Self
- Hammer, Slammer, & Slade · Slammer
- Twisted Justice · Morris
- Crack House · Steadman
- L.A. Heat · Captain
- We Shall Overcome · Producer
- Killing American Style · Lt. Sunset
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka · Slammer
- The Running Man · Fireball
- Black Hollywood · Self
- Cover Up
- Highway to Heaven · Warren Brille
- Richard Pryor: Here and Now · Executive producer
- The A-Team · Steamroller
- One Down, Two to Go · J
- Knight Rider · C.J. Jackson
- T. J. Hooker · Frank Barnett, Detective Jim Cody
- Legends of the Fall · Self
- Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
- Pacific Inferno · Clyde
- Fingers · Dreems
- CHiPs · Parkdale H.S. Shop Teacher John Casey, Romo
- Playboy's Playmate Party
- Kid Vengeance · Isaac
- Take a Hard Ride · Pike
- The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali · Commentator
- Three the Hard Way · Jimmy Lait
- The Slams · Curtis X. Hook
- I Escaped from Devil's Island · Le Bras
- Slaughter's Big Rip-Off · Slaughter
- Police Story
- Black Gunn · Gunn
- Slaughter · Slaughter