Jim Brown

Known for: Acting

Born: 1936-02-17 – 2023-05-18 (aged 87)

From: 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 (99)

TV★ 7.2
Bill Russell: Legend
2023
as Self - NFL Legend & Activist
MOVIE★ 6.0
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
as Self (archive video)
TV
NFL Icons
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Black Godfather
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
2019
as Self
TV★ 1.0
Shut Up and Dribble
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
2018
as self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Foreman
2017
as Self
TV★ 8.1
O.J.: Made in America
2016
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy
2016
as Himself
MOVIE★ 8.4
O.J.: Made in America
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Believeland
2016
MOVIE
Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream
2016
TV★ 6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
I Am Ali
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Draft Day
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.7
Glickman
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Run Ricky Run
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2009
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Black Candle
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Animal
2005
as Berwell
MOVIE★ 10.0
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Sucker Free City
2004
as Don Strickland
MOVIE★ 5.2
She Hate Me
2004
as Geronimo Armstrong
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali
2003
as Himself
MOVIE★ 2.3
On the Edge
2002
as Chad Grant
MOVIE★ 6.0
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Jim Brown: All-American
2002
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.4
A Huey P. Newton Story
2001
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
2000
TV★ 7.2
Soul Food
2000
as Willie White
MOVIE★ 6.8
Any Given Sunday
1999
as Montezuma Monroe
MOVIE★ 5.5
New Jersey Turnpikes
1999
MOVIE★ 6.6
Small Soldiers
1998
as Butch Meathook (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
He Got Game
1998
as Spivey
TV★ 9.0
Between Brothers
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Mars Attacks!
1996
as Byron Williams
TV★ 6.8
Arli$$
1996
as Jim Brown
MOVIE★ 5.6
Original Gangstas
1996
as Jake Trevor
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996
as Self
MOVIE
UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
1995
MOVIE
UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
1994
MOVIE★ 2.5
The Divine Enforcer
1992
as King
TV★ 6.5
Good Sports
1991
as Self
MOVIE
The Record Breakers
1991
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990
as Slammer
MOVIE★ 5.8
Twisted Justice
1990
as Morris
MOVIE★ 5.5
Crack House
1989
as Steadman
MOVIE★ 5.2
L.A. Heat
1989
as Captain
MOVIE★ 4.5
Killing American Style
1988
as Lt. Sunset
MOVIE★ 6.4
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
as Slammer
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Running Man
1987
as Fireball
MOVIE
Black Orient Express
1985
MOVIE
Black Hollywood
1984
as Self
TV★ 6.9
Cover Up
1984
TV★ 7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Warren Brille
TV★ 7.5
The A-Team
1983
as Steamroller
MOVIE★ 4.7
One Down, Two to Go
1982
as J
TV★ 7.5
Knight Rider
1982
as C.J. Jackson
TV★ 6.5
T. J. Hooker
1982
as Frank Barnett
MOVIE
Legends of the Fall
1980
as Self
MOVIE★ 1.0
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979
MOVIE★ 5.5
Pacific Inferno
1979
as Clyde
MOVIE★ 6.4
Fingers
1978
as Dreems
TV★ 6.9
CHiPs
1977
as Romo
MOVIE
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
MOVIE★ 5.4
Kid Vengeance
1976
as Isaac
MOVIE★ 5.3
Take a Hard Ride
1975
as Pike
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali
1974
as Commentator
MOVIE★ 6.3
Three the Hard Way
1974
as Jimmy Lait
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Slams
1973
as Curtis X. Hook
MOVIE★ 5.0
I Escaped from Devil's Island
1973
as Le Bras
MOVIE★ 4.8
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
as Slaughter
TV★ 7.0
Police Story
1973
MOVIE★ 6.0
Black Gunn
1972
as Gunn
MOVIE★ 5.6
Slaughter
1972
as Slaughter
TV★ 4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
El Condor
1970
as Luke
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Grasshopper
1970
as Tommy Marcott
MOVIE★ 6.7
… tick… tick… tick…
1970
as Jimmy Price
MOVIE★ 5.9
100 Rifles
1969
as Lydecker
MOVIE★ 5.3
Riot
1969
as Cully Briston
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Split
1968
as McClain
TV★ 8.0
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968
as Self
TV★ 6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.4
Ice Station Zebra
1968
as Capt. Leslie Anders
MOVIE★ 6.6
Dark of the Sun
1968
as Ruffo
MOVIE★ 7.5
Kenner
1968
MOVIE★ 4.5
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Robert Jefferson
MOVIE★ 6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Fortune Cookie
1966
as Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Rio Conchos
1964
as Franklyn
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 7.3
The NFL on CBS
1956
as Self - Cleveland Browns Fullback