Jim Brown

Acting

Born: 1936-02-17 in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA

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.

Acting

Mars Attacks!

Byron Williams

The Running Man

Fireball

The Dirty Dozen

Robert Jefferson

Animal

Berwell

Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible

She Hate Me

Geronimo Armstrong

Small Soldiers

Butch Meathook (voice)

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

Self

The Split

McClain

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

Self

Dark of the Sun

Ruffo

Rio Conchos

Franklyn

Jim Brown: All-American

Self (uncredited)

Any Given Sunday

Montezuma Monroe

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

Self

Original Gangstas

Jake Trevor

The Slams

Curtis X. Hook

100 Rifles

Lydecker

Take a Hard Ride

Pike

Three the Hard Way

Jimmy Lait

Fingers

Dreems

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

Slammer

Ice Station Zebra

Capt. Leslie Anders

The Grasshopper

Tommy Marcott

BaadAsssss Cinema

Self

Crack House

Steadman

Pacific Inferno

Clyde

I Escaped from Devil's Island

Le Bras

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

Slaughter

… tick… tick… tick…

Jimmy Price

El Condor

Luke

Riot

Cully Briston

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

Self (archive video)

Kid Vengeance

Isaac

One Down, Two to Go

Black Gunn

Gunn

Killing American Style

Lt. Sunset

O.J.: Made in America

Self

The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali

Commentator

Glickman

Self

L.A. Heat

Captain

On the Edge

Chad Grant

The Divine Enforcer

King

Kenner

I Am Ali

Self

Operation Dirty Dozen

Self

Black Orient Express

The Fortune Cookie

Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Twisted Justice

Morris

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Himself

Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy

Himself

Believeland

Sucker Free City

Don Strickland

The Record Breakers

Self

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

A Huey P. Newton Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

Slammer

Run Ricky Run

Self

The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali

Himself

ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke

Self

The Black Godfather

Self

The Black Candle

Self

He Got Game

Spivey

New Jersey Turnpikes

Foreman

Self

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

Self

Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

Self

Draft Day

Self

Black Hollywood

Self

Lionpower from MGM

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Legends of the Fall

Self

United We Stand: The Ali Summit

self

UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors

UFC 6: Clash of the Titans

Playboy's Playmate Party

Mars Attacks!

Byron Williams

The Running Man

Fireball

The Dirty Dozen

Robert Jefferson

Animal

Berwell

Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible

She Hate Me

Geronimo Armstrong

Small Soldiers

Butch Meathook (voice)

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

Self

The Split

McClain

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

Self

Dark of the Sun

Ruffo

Rio Conchos

Franklyn

Jim Brown: All-American

Self (uncredited)

Any Given Sunday

Montezuma Monroe

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

Self

Original Gangstas

Jake Trevor

The Slams

Curtis X. Hook

100 Rifles

Lydecker

Take a Hard Ride

Pike

Three the Hard Way

Jimmy Lait

Fingers

Dreems

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

Slammer

Ice Station Zebra

Capt. Leslie Anders

The Grasshopper

Tommy Marcott

BaadAsssss Cinema

Self

Crack House

Steadman

Pacific Inferno

Clyde

I Escaped from Devil's Island

Le Bras

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

Slaughter

… tick… tick… tick…

Jimmy Price

El Condor

Luke

Riot

Cully Briston

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

Self (archive video)

Kid Vengeance

Isaac

One Down, Two to Go

Black Gunn

Gunn

Killing American Style

Lt. Sunset

O.J.: Made in America

Self

The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali

Commentator

Glickman

Self

L.A. Heat

Captain

On the Edge

Chad Grant

The Divine Enforcer

King

Kenner

I Am Ali

Self

Operation Dirty Dozen

Self

Black Orient Express

The Fortune Cookie

Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Twisted Justice

Morris

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Himself

Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy

Himself

Believeland

Sucker Free City

Don Strickland

The Record Breakers

Self

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

A Huey P. Newton Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

Slammer

Run Ricky Run

Self

The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali

Himself

ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke

Self

The Black Godfather

Self

The Black Candle

Self

He Got Game

Spivey

New Jersey Turnpikes

Foreman

Self

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

Self

Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

Self

Draft Day

Self

Black Hollywood

Self

Lionpower from MGM

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Legends of the Fall

Self

United We Stand: The Ali Summit

self

UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors

UFC 6: Clash of the Titans

Playboy's Playmate Party

Other Credits

Richard Pryor: Here and Now

Executive Producer

We Shall Overcome

Producer

Richard Pryor: Here and Now

Executive Producer

We Shall Overcome

Producer