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Actor
Jim Brown
- Born February 17, 1936 in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
- Died May 18, 2023
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
Mars Attacks!1996
The Running Man1987
Small Soldiers1998
Any Given Sunday1999
Knight Rider1982
The Dirty Dozen1967
The A-Team1983
He Got Game1998
Filmography
- 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)
- 2016Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White SupremacyFilmHimself
- 2016BelievelandFilm
- 2016Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can DreamFilm
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeriesSelf
- 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
- 2002On the EdgeFilmChad Grant
- 2002Jim Brown: All-AmericanFilmSelf (uncredited)
- 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
- 1996Original GangstasFilmJake Trevor
- 1996Arli$$SeriesJim Brown
- 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
- 1989We Shall OvercomeFilmProducer
- 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
- 1983Richard Pryor: Here and NowFilmExecutive Producer
- 1982Knight RiderSeriesC.J. Jackson
- 1982T. J. HookerSeriesFrank Barnett, Detective Jim Cody
- 1982One Down, Two to GoFilmJ
- 1980Legends of the FallFilmSelf
- 1979Pacific InfernoFilmClyde
- 1979Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama PartyFilm
- 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
- 1973I Escaped from Devil's IslandFilmLe Bras
- 1973Police StorySeries
- 1973The SlamsFilmCurtis X. Hook
- 1973Slaughter's Big Rip-OffFilmSlaughter
- 1972SlaughterFilmSlaughter