Acting
Jim Brown
Born 17 February 1936 in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA · Died 18 May 2023
97 credits
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
Acting 95
- 2023Bill Russell: LegendSeriesSelf - NFL Legend & Activist
- 2022Say Hey, Willie Mays!FilmSelf (archive video)
- 2021NFL IconsSeriesSelf
- 2020Ali's Comeback: The Untold StoryFilmSelf
- 2019ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam CookeFilmSelf
- 2019The Black GodfatherFilmSelf
- 2018Shut Up and DribbleSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2018United We Stand: The Ali SummitFilmself
- 2017ForemanFilmSelf
- 2016O.J.: Made in AmericaFilmSelf
- 2016O.J.: Made in AmericaSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2016BelievelandFilm
- 2016Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White SupremacyFilmHimself
- 2016Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can DreamFilm
- 2014Draft DayFilmSelf
- 2014I Am AliFilmSelf
- 2013GlickmanFilmSelf
- 2010Run Ricky RunFilmSelf
- 2009Crips and Bloods: Made in AmericaFilmHimself
- 2009The Black CandleFilmSelf
- 2006Operation Dirty DozenFilmSelf
- 2006Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'FilmSelf
- 2005AnimalFilmBerwell
- 2004She Hate MeFilmGeronimo Armstrong
- 2004Sucker Free CityFilmDon Strickland
- 2004Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and ShaftedFilmSelf
- 2003The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. AliFilmHimself
- 2002BaadAsssss CinemaFilmSelf
- 2002Jim Brown: All-AmericanFilmSelf (uncredited)
- 2002On the EdgeFilmChad Grant
- 2001A Huey P. Newton StoryFilmSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000Soul FoodSeriesWillie White
- 2000Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... DivisibleFilm
- 1999Any Given SundayFilmMontezuma Monroe
- 1999New Jersey TurnpikesFilmMarcus Brown
- 1998Small SoldiersFilmButch Meathook (voice)
- 1998He Got GameFilmSpivey
- 1997Between BrothersSeriesSelf
- 1996Mars Attacks!FilmByron Williams
- 1996Arli$$SeriesJim Brown
- 1996Original GangstasFilmJake Trevor
- 1996The Journey of the African-American AthleteFilmSelf
- 1995UFC 6: Clash of the TitansFilm
- 1994UFC 4: Revenge of the WarriorsFilm
- 1992The Divine EnforcerFilmKing
- 1991Good SportsSeriesSelf
- 1991The Record BreakersFilmSelf
- 1990Twisted JusticeFilmMorris
- 1990Hammer, Slammer, & SladeFilmSlammer
- 1989Crack HouseFilmSteadman
- 1989L.A. HeatFilmCaptain
- 1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaFilmSlammer
- 1988Killing American StyleFilmLt. Sunset
- 1987The Running ManFilmFireball
- 1985Black Orient ExpressFilm
- 1984Highway to HeavenSeriesWarren Brille
- 1984Cover UpSeries
- 1984Black HollywoodFilmSelf
- 1983The A-TeamSeriesSteamroller
- 1982Knight RiderSeriesC.J. Jackson
- 1982T. J. HookerSeriesDetective Jim Cody, Frank Barnett
- 1982One Down, Two to GoFilmJ
- 1980Legends of the FallFilmSelf
- 1979Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama PartyFilm
- 1979Pacific InfernoFilmClyde
- 1978FingersFilmDreems
- 1977CHiPsSeriesParkdale H.S. Shop Teacher John Casey, Romo
- 1977Playboy's Playmate PartyFilm
- 1976Kid VengeanceFilmIsaac
- 1975Take a Hard RideFilmPike
- 1974Three the Hard WayFilmJimmy Lait
- 1974The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad AliFilmCommentator
- 1973Police StorySeries
- 1973I Escaped from Devil's IslandFilmLe Bras
- 1973Slaughter's Big Rip-OffFilmSlaughter
- 1973The SlamsFilmCurtis X. Hook
- 1972SlaughterFilmSlaughter
- 1972Black GunnFilmGunn
- 1970The Flip Wilson ShowSeriesSelf
- 1970El CondorFilmLuke
- 1970… tick… tick… tick…FilmJimmy Price
- 1970The GrasshopperFilmTommy Marcott
- 1969100 RiflesFilmLydecker
- 1969RiotFilmCully Briston
- 1968Ice Station ZebraFilmCapt. Leslie Anders
- 1968Dark of the SunFilmRuffo
- 1968The SplitFilmMcClain
- 1968The Beautiful Phyllis Diller ShowSeriesSelf
- 1968KennerFilm
- 1967The Dirty DozenFilmRobert Jefferson
- 1967Tonite Let's All Make Love in LondonFilmSelf
- 1967Lionpower from MGMFilmSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1966The Fortune CookieFilmRunning Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1964Rio ConchosFilmFranklyn
- 1956The NFL on CBSSeriesSelf, Self - Cleveland Browns Fullback
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Filmography from TMDB.