Jim Brown
Known for acting · Born 17 February 1936 · Died 18 May 2023 · aged 87 · St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
101 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
The Running Man
1987
The Dirty Dozen
1967
100 Rifles
1969
I Am Ali
2014
Fingers
1978
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
Ice Station Zebra
1968
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
2019
Any Given Sunday
1999
Animal
2005
Take a Hard Ride
1975
She Hate Me
2004
Acting (99)
2023Bill Russell: LegendSelf - NFL Legend & ActivistSeries
2022Say Hey, Willie Mays!Self (archive video)Film
2021NFL IconsSelfSeries
2020Ali's Comeback: The Untold StorySelfFilm
2019ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam CookeSelfFilm
2019The Black GodfatherSelfFilm
2018Shut Up and DribbleSelf (archive footage)Series
2018United We Stand: The Ali SummitselfFilm
2017ForemanSelfFilm
2016O.J.: Made in AmericaSelfFilm
2016O.J.: Made in AmericaSelf (archive footage)Series
2016Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White SupremacyHimselfFilm
2016BelievelandFilm
2016Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can DreamFilm
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelfSeries
2014Draft DaySelfFilm
2014I Am AliSelfFilm
2013GlickmanSelfFilm
2010Run Ricky RunSelfFilm
2009Crips and Bloods: Made in AmericaHimselfFilm
2009The Black CandleSelfFilm
2006Operation Dirty DozenSelfFilm
2006Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'SelfFilm
2005AnimalBerwellFilm
2004She Hate MeGeronimo ArmstrongFilm
2004Sucker Free CityDon StricklandFilm
2004Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and ShaftedSelfFilm
2003The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. AliHimselfFilm
2002BaadAsssss CinemaSelfFilm
2002On the EdgeChad GrantFilm
2002Jim Brown: All-AmericanSelf (uncredited)Film
2001A Huey P. Newton StorySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2000Soul FoodWillie White · 4 episodesSeries
2000Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... DivisibleFilm
1999Any Given SundayMontezuma MonroeFilm
1999New Jersey TurnpikesMarcus BrownFilm
1998Small SoldiersButch Meathook (voice)Film
1998He Got GameSpiveyFilm
1997Between BrothersSelfSeries
1996Mars Attacks!Byron WilliamsFilm
1996Original GangstasJake TrevorFilm
1996Arli$$Jim BrownSeries
1996The Journey of the African-American AthleteSelfFilm
1995UFC 6: Clash of the TitansFilm
1994UFC 4: Revenge of the WarriorsFilm
1992The Divine EnforcerKingFilm
1991Good SportsSelfSeries
1991The Record BreakersSelfFilm
1990Twisted JusticeMorrisFilm
1990Hammer, Slammer, & SladeSlammerFilm
1989Crack HouseSteadmanFilm
1989L.A. HeatCaptainFilm
1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaSlammerFilm
1988Killing American StyleLt. SunsetFilm
1987The Running ManFireballFilm
1985Black Orient ExpressFilm
1984Highway to HeavenWarren BrilleSeries
1984Cover UpSeries
1984Black HollywoodSelfFilm
1983The A-TeamSteamrollerSeries
1982Knight RiderC.J. JacksonSeries
1982T. J. HookerFrank Barnett, Detective Jim CodySeries
1982One Down, Two to GoJFilm
1980Legends of the FallSelfFilm
1979Pacific InfernoClydeFilm
1979Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama PartyFilm
1978FingersDreemsFilm
1977CHiPsRomo · 2 episodes, Parkdale H.S. Shop Teacher John CaseySeries
1977Playboy's Playmate PartyFilm
1976Kid VengeanceIsaacFilm
1975Take a Hard RidePikeFilm
1974Three the Hard WayJimmy LaitFilm
1974The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad AliCommentatorFilm
1973I Escaped from Devil's IslandLe BrasFilm
1973Police StorySeries
1973The SlamsCurtis X. HookFilm
1973Slaughter's Big Rip-OffSlaughterFilm
1972SlaughterSlaughterFilm
1972Black GunnGunnFilm
1970El CondorLukeFilm
1970… tick… tick… tick…Jimmy PriceFilm
1970The Flip Wilson ShowSelfSeries
1970The GrasshopperTommy MarcottFilm
1969100 RiflesLydeckerFilm
1969RiotCully BristonFilm
1968Ice Station ZebraCapt. Leslie AndersFilm
1968Dark of the SunRuffoFilm
1968The SplitMcClainFilm
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 3 episodesSeries
1968KennerFilm
1968The Beautiful Phyllis Diller ShowSelfSeries
1967The Dirty DozenRobert JeffersonFilm
1967Tonite Let's All Make Love in LondonSelfFilm
1967Lionpower from MGMSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1966The Fortune CookieRunning Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1964Rio ConchosFranklynFilm
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 7 episodesSeries
1956The NFL on CBSSelf - Cleveland Browns Fullback, Self · 2 episodesSeries
Production (2)
1989We Shall OvercomeProducerFilm
1983Richard Pryor: Here and NowExecutive ProducerFilm