Jim Brown
Acting • Born 1936-02-17 – Died 2023-05-18
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.
Filmography
101 credits
Mars Attacks!
Movie • 1996
Byron Williams
The Running Man
Movie • 1987
Fireball
The Dirty Dozen
Movie • 1967
Robert Jefferson
Animal
Movie • 2005
Berwell
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
Movie • 2000
She Hate Me
Movie • 2004
Geronimo Armstrong
Small Soldiers
Movie • 1998
Butch Meathook (voice)
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
Movie • 2020
Self
The Split
Movie • 1968
McClain
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
Movie • 2006
Self
Dark of the Sun
Movie • 1968
Ruffo
Rio Conchos
Movie • 1964
Franklyn
Jim Brown: All-American
Movie • 2002
Self (uncredited)
Any Given Sunday
Movie • 1999
Montezuma Monroe
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Movie • 1967
Self
Original Gangstas
Movie • 1996
Jake Trevor
The Slams
Movie • 1973
Curtis X. Hook
100 Rifles
Movie • 1969
Lydecker
Take a Hard Ride
Movie • 1975
Pike
Three the Hard Way
Movie • 1974
Jimmy Lait
Fingers
Movie • 1978
Dreems
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Movie • 1988
Slammer
Ice Station Zebra
Movie • 1968
Capt. Leslie Anders
The Grasshopper
Movie • 1970
Tommy Marcott
BaadAsssss Cinema
Movie • 2002
Self
Crack House
Movie • 1989
Steadman
Pacific Inferno
Movie • 1979
Clyde
I Escaped from Devil's Island
Movie • 1973
Le Bras
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Movie • 1973
Slaughter
Slaughter
Movie • 1972
Slaughter
… tick… tick… tick…
Movie • 1970
Jimmy Price
El Condor
Movie • 1970
Luke
Riot
Movie • 1969
Cully Briston
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Movie • 2022
Self (archive video)
Kid Vengeance
Movie • 1976
Isaac
One Down, Two to Go
Movie • 1982
J
Black Gunn
Movie • 1972
Gunn
Killing American Style
Movie • 1988
Lt. Sunset
O.J.: Made in America
Movie • 2016
Self
The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali
Movie • 1974
Commentator
Glickman
Movie • 2013
Self
L.A. Heat
Movie • 1989
Captain
On the Edge
Movie • 2002
Chad Grant
The Divine Enforcer
Movie • 1992
King
Kenner
Movie • 1968
I Am Ali
Movie • 2014
Self
Operation Dirty Dozen
Movie • 2006
Self
Black Orient Express
Movie • 1985
The Fortune Cookie
Movie • 1966
Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Twisted Justice
Movie • 1990
Morris
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Movie • 2009
Himself
Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy
Movie • 2016
Himself
Believeland
Movie • 2016
Sucker Free City
Movie • 2004
Don Strickland
The Record Breakers
Movie • 1991
Self
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
Movie • 1979
A Huey P. Newton Story
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Movie • 1990
Slammer
Run Ricky Run
Movie • 2010
Self
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali
Movie • 2003
Himself
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Movie • 2019
Self
The Black Godfather
Movie • 2019
Self
The Black Candle
Movie • 2009
Self
He Got Game
Movie • 1998
Spivey
New Jersey Turnpikes
Movie • 1999
Foreman
Movie • 2017
Self
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
Movie • 2004
Self
Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream
Movie • 2016
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Movie • 1996
Self
Draft Day
Movie • 2014
Self
Black Hollywood
Movie • 1984
Self
Lionpower from MGM
Movie • 1967
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legends of the Fall
Movie • 1980
Self
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
Movie • 2018
self
UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
Movie • 1994
UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
Movie • 1995
Playboy's Playmate Party
Movie • 1977
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Frank Barnett
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Steamroller
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
C.J. Jackson
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Warren Brille
Soul Food
TV • 2000
Willie White
Cover Up
TV • 1984
Police Story
TV • 1973
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
TV • 1968
Self
Bill Russell: Legend
TV • 2023
Self - NFL Legend & Activist
Shut Up and Dribble
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
O.J.: Made in America
TV • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Good Sports
TV • 1991
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Romo
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Parkdale H.S. Shop Teacher John Casey
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Flip Wilson Show
TV • 1970
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
The NFL on CBS
TV • 1956
Self - Cleveland Browns Fullback
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Detective Jim Cody
NFL Icons
TV • 2021
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Arli$$
TV • 1996
Jim Brown
Between Brothers
TV • 1997
Self