Jim Brown
February 17, 1936 (89 years old) in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
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
Credits
- 2018 · Shut Up and Dribble as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Foreman as Self
- 2016 · O.J.: Made in America as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · O.J.: Made in America as Self
- 2016 · Believeland as
- 2014 · I Am Ali as Self
- 2014 · Draft Day as Self
- 2013 · Glickman as Himself
- 2005 · Animal as Berwell
- 2004 · Sucker Free City as Don Strickland
- 2004 · She Hate Me as Geronimo Armstrong
- 2002 · BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
- 2002 · Jim Brown: All-American as Self (uncredited)
- 2000 · Soul Food as Willie White
- 1999 · Any Given Sunday as Montezuma Monroe
- 1998 · Small Soldiers as Butch Meathook (voice)
- 1998 · He Got Game as Spivey
- 1996 · Mars Attacks! as Byron Williams
- 1996 · Original Gangstas as Jake Trevor
- 1990 · Hammer, Slammer, & Slade as Slammer
- 1989 · L.A. Heat as Captain
- 1988 · I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Slammer
- 1987 · The Running Man as Fireball
- 1984 · Cover Up as
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as Warren Brille
- 1983 · The A-Team as Steamroller
- 1982 · Knight Rider as C.J. Jackson
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Frank Barnett
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Detective Jim Cody
- 1979 · Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party as
- 1979 · Pacific Inferno as Clyde
- 1978 · Fingers as Dreems
- 1977 · CHiPs as Romo
- 1977 · CHiPs as Parkdale H.S. Shop Teacher John Casey
- 1976 · Kid Vengeance as Isaac
- 1973 · I Escaped from Devil's Island as Le Bras
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · Slaughter as Slaughter
- 1970 · The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- 1970 · … tick… tick… tick… as Jimmy Price
- 1969 · 100 Rifles as Lydecker
- 1969 · Riot as Cully Briston
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · Kenner as
- 1967 · The Dirty Dozen as Robert Jefferson
- 1964 · Rio Conchos as Franklyn
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Future · New Jersey Turnpikes as
- 2023 · Bill Russell: Legend as Self - NFL Legend & Activist
- 2022 · Say Hey, Willie Mays! as Self (archive video)
- 2020 · Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story as Self
- 2019 · The Black Godfather as Self
- 2019 · ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke as Self
- 2018 · United We Stand: The Ali Summit as self
- 2016 · Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy as Himself
- 2016 · Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream as
- 2010 · Run Ricky Run as Self
- 2009 · Crips and Bloods: Made in America as Himself
- 2009 · The Black Candle as Self
- 2006 · Operation Dirty Dozen as Self
- 2006 · Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' as Self
- 2004 · Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted as Self
- 2003 · The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali as Himself
- 2002 · On the Edge as Chad Grant
- 2001 · A Huey P. Newton Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000 · Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible as
- 1996 · The Journey of the African-American Athlete as Self
- 1995 · UFC 6: Clash of the Titans as
- 1994 · UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors as
- 1992 · The Divine Enforcer as King
- 1991 · Good Sports as Self
- 1991 · The Record Breakers as Self
- 1990 · Twisted Justice as Morris
- 1989 · Crack House as Steadman
- 1988 · Killing American Style as Lt. Sunset
- 1985 · Black Orient Express as
- 1984 · Black Hollywood as Self
- 1982 · One Down, Two to Go as J
- 1980 · Legends of the Fall as Self
- 1977 · Playboy's Playmate Party as
- 1975 · Take a Hard Ride as Pike
- 1974 · The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali as Commentator
- 1974 · Three the Hard Way as Jimmy Lait
- 1973 · The Slams as Curtis X. Hook
- 1973 · Slaughter's Big Rip-Off as Slaughter
- 1972 · Black Gunn as Gunn
- 1970 · El Condor as Luke
- 1970 · The Grasshopper as Tommy Marcott
- 1968 · The Split as McClain
- 1968 · The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show as Self
- 1968 · Ice Station Zebra as Capt. Leslie Anders
- 1968 · Dark of the Sun as Ruffo
- 1967 · Tonite Let's All Make Love in London as Self
- 1967 · Lionpower from MGM as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1966 · The Fortune Cookie as Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1956 · The NFL on CBS as Self - Cleveland Browns Fullback