Jim Brown
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1936
- Died
- May 18, 2023
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Say Hey, Willie Mays! 2022
as Self (archive video)
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story 2020
as Self
The Black Godfather 2019
as Self
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke 2019
as Self
United We Stand: The Ali Summit 2018
as self
Foreman 2017
as Self
Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy 2016
as Himself
O.J.: Made in America 2016
as Self
Believeland 2016
Actor
- Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream
Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream 2016
Actor
I Am Ali 2014
as Self
Draft Day 2014
as Self
Glickman 2013
as Self
Run Ricky Run 2010
as Self
Crips and Bloods: Made in America 2009
as Himself
The Black Candle 2009
as Self
Operation Dirty Dozen 2006
as Self
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' 2006
as Self
Animal 2005
as Berwell
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted 2004
as Self
Sucker Free City 2004
as Don Strickland
She Hate Me 2004
as Geronimo Armstrong
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali 2003
as Himself
On the Edge 2002
as Chad Grant
BaadAsssss Cinema 2002
as Self
Jim Brown: All-American 2002
as Self (uncredited)
A Huey P. Newton Story 2001
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible 2000
Actor
Any Given Sunday 1999
as Montezuma Monroe
New Jersey Turnpikes 1998
as Marcus Brown
Small Soldiers 1998
as Butch Meathook (voice)
He Got Game 1998
as Spivey
Mars Attacks! 1996
as Byron Williams
Original Gangstas 1996
as Jake Trevor
The Journey of the African-American Athlete 1996
as Self
UFC 6: Clash of the Titans 1995
Actor
UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors 1994
Actor
The Divine Enforcer 1992
as King
The Record Breakers 1991
as Self
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade 1990
as Slammer
Twisted Justice 1990
as Morris
Crack House 1989
as Steadman
L.A. Heat 1989
as Captain
We Shall Overcome 1989
Producer
Killing American Style 1988
as Lt. Sunset
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1988
as Slammer
The Running Man 1987
as Fireball
Black Orient Express 1985
Actor
Black Hollywood 1984
as Self
Richard Pryor: Here and Now 1983
Executive Producer
One Down, Two to Go 1982
as J
Legends of the Fall 1980
as Self
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party 1979
Actor
Pacific Inferno 1979
as Clyde
Fingers 1978
as Dreems
Playboy's Playmate Party 1977
Actor
Kid Vengeance 1976
as Isaac
Take a Hard Ride 1975
as Pike
The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali 1974
as Commentator
Three the Hard Way 1974
as Jimmy Lait
The Slams 1973
as Curtis X. Hook
I Escaped from Devil's Island 1973
as Le Bras
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off 1973
as Slaughter
Black Gunn 1972
as Gunn
Slaughter 1972
as Slaughter
El Condor 1970
as Luke
The Grasshopper 1970
as Tommy Marcott
… tick… tick… tick… 1970
as Jimmy Price
100 Rifles 1969
as Lydecker
Riot 1969
as Cully Briston
The Split 1968
as McClain
Ice Station Zebra 1968
as Capt. Leslie Anders
Dark of the Sun 1968
as Ruffo
Kenner 1968
Actor
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London 1967
as Self
The Dirty Dozen 1967
as Robert Jefferson
Lionpower from MGM 1967
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fortune Cookie 1966
as Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rio Conchos 1964
as Franklyn
Credits from TMDB.