Person
Jim Brown
Acting · 1936–2023 · St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The A-Team
Steamroller
Knight Rider
C.J. Jackson
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
T. J. Hooker
Frank Barnett
Highway to Heaven
Warren Brille
Arli$$
Jim Brown
Small Soldiers
Butch Meathook (voice)
Filmography
- 2023Bill Russell: LegendSelf - NFL Legend & Activist
- 2022Say Hey, Willie Mays!Self (archive video)
- 2021NFL IconsSelf
- 2020Ali's Comeback: The Untold StorySelf
- 2019The Black GodfatherSelf
- 2019ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam CookeSelf
- 2018Shut Up and DribbleSelf (archive footage)
- 2018United We Stand: The Ali Summitself
- 2017ForemanSelf
- 2016O.J.: Made in AmericaSelf (archive footage)
- 2016Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White SupremacyHimself
- 2016O.J.: Made in AmericaSelf
- 2016Believeland
- 2016Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
- 2014I Am AliSelf
- 2014Draft DaySelf
- 2013GlickmanSelf
- 2010Run Ricky RunSelf
- 2009Crips and Bloods: Made in AmericaHimself
- 2009The Black CandleSelf
- 2006Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'Self
- 2006Operation Dirty DozenSelf
- 2005AnimalBerwell
- 2004Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and ShaftedSelf
- 2004Sucker Free CityDon Strickland
- 2004She Hate MeGeronimo Armstrong
- 2003The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. AliHimself
- 2002On the EdgeChad Grant
- 2002BaadAsssss CinemaSelf
- 2002Jim Brown: All-AmericanSelf (uncredited)
- 2001A Huey P. Newton StorySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
- 2000Soul FoodWillie White
- 1999Any Given SundayMontezuma Monroe
- 1999New Jersey Turnpikes
- 1998Small SoldiersButch Meathook (voice)
- 1998He Got GameSpivey
- 1997Between BrothersSelf
- 1996Mars Attacks!Byron Williams
- 1996Arli$$Jim Brown
- 1996Original GangstasJake Trevor
- 1996The Journey of the African-American AthleteSelf
- 1995UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
- 1994UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
- 1992The Divine EnforcerKing
- 1991Good SportsSelf
- 1991The Record BreakersSelf
- 1990Hammer, Slammer, & SladeSlammer
- 1990Twisted JusticeMorris
- 1989Crack HouseSteadman
- 1989L.A. HeatCaptain
- 1989We Shall OvercomeProducer
- 1988Killing American StyleLt. Sunset
- 1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaSlammer
- 1987The Running ManFireball
- 1985Black Orient Express
- 1984Black HollywoodSelf
- 1984Cover Up
- 1984Highway to HeavenWarren Brille
- 1983Richard Pryor: Here and NowExecutive Producer
- 1983The A-TeamSteamroller
- 1982One Down, Two to GoJ
- 1982Knight RiderC.J. Jackson
- 1982T. J. HookerFrank Barnett
- 1980Legends of the FallSelf
- 1979Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
- 1979Pacific InfernoClyde
- 1978FingersDreems
- 1977CHiPsRomo
- 1977Playboy's Playmate Party
- 1976Kid VengeanceIsaac
- 1975Take a Hard RidePike
- 1974The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad AliCommentator
- 1974Three the Hard WayJimmy Lait
- 1973The SlamsCurtis X. Hook
- 1973I Escaped from Devil's IslandLe Bras
- 1973Slaughter's Big Rip-OffSlaughter
- 1973Police Story
- 1972Black GunnGunn
- 1972SlaughterSlaughter
- 1970The Flip Wilson ShowSelf
- 1970El CondorLuke
- 1970The GrasshopperTommy Marcott
- 1970… tick… tick… tick…Jimmy Price
- 1969100 RiflesLydecker
- 1969RiotCully Briston
- 1968The SplitMcClain
- 1968The Beautiful Phyllis Diller ShowSelf
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
- 1968Ice Station ZebraCapt. Leslie Anders
- 1968Dark of the SunRuffo
- 1968Kenner
- 1967Tonite Let's All Make Love in LondonSelf
- 1967The Dirty DozenRobert Jefferson
- 1967Lionpower from MGMSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1966The Fortune CookieRunning Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1964Rio ConchosFranklyn
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1956The NFL on CBSSelf - Cleveland Browns Fullback
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