Jim Brown
Birthday
1936/02/17
Day of death
2023/05/18 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
Also know as
James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown
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
(1996) Mars Attacks!
as Byron Williams
(1987) The Running Man
as Fireball
(1967) The Dirty Dozen
as Robert Jefferson
(2005) Animal
as Berwell
(2000) Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
as ---
(2004) She Hate Me
as Geronimo Armstrong
(1998) Small Soldiers
as Butch Meathook (voice)
(2020) Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
as Self
(1968) The Split
as McClain
(2006) Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
as Self
(1968) Dark of the Sun
as Ruffo
(1964) Rio Conchos
as Sgt. Franklyn
(2002) Jim Brown: All-American
as Self (uncredited)
(1999) Any Given Sunday
as Montezuma Monroe
(1967) Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
as Self
(1996) Original Gangstas
as Jake Trevor
(1973) The Slams
as Curtis X. Hook
(1969) 100 Rifles
as Lydecker
(1975) Take a Hard Ride
as Pike
(1974) Three the Hard Way
as Jimmy Lait
(1978) Fingers
as Dreems
(1988) I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Slammer
(1968) Ice Station Zebra
as Capt. Leslie Anders
(1970) The Grasshopper
as Tommy Marcott
(2002) BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
(1989) Crack House
as Steadman
(1979) Pacific Inferno
as Clyde
(1973) I Escaped from Devil's Island
as Le Bras
(1973) Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
as Slaughter
(1972) Slaughter
as Slaughter
(1970) … tick… tick… tick…
as Jimmy Price
(1970) El Condor
as Luke
(1969) Riot
as Cully Briston
(2022) Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Self (archive video)
(1976) Kid Vengeance
as Isaac
(1982) One Down, Two to Go
as J
(1972) Black Gunn
as Gunn
(1988) Killing American Style
as Lt. Sunset
(2016) O.J.: Made in America
as Self
(1974) The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali
as Commentator
(2013) Glickman
as Himself
(1989) L.A. Heat
as Captain
(2002) On the Edge
as Chad Grant
(1992) The Divine Enforcer
as King
(1968) Kenner
as ---
(2014) I Am Ali
as Self
(2006) Operation Dirty Dozen
as Self
(1985) Black Orient Express
as ---
(1966) The Fortune Cookie
as Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1990) Twisted Justice
as Morris
(2009) Crips and Bloods: Made in America
as Himself
(2016) Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy
as Himself
(2016) Believeland
as ---
(2004) Sucker Free City
as Don Strickland
(1991) The Record Breakers
as Self
(1979) Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
as ---
(2001) A Huey P. Newton Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1990) Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
as Slammer
(2010) Run Ricky Run
as Self
(2003) The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali
as Himself
(2019) ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
as Self
(2019) The Black Godfather
as Self
(2009) The Black Candle
as Self
(1998) He Got Game
as Spivey
New Jersey Turnpikes
as ---
(2017) Foreman
as Self
(2004) Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
as Self
(2016) Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream
as ---
(1996) The Journey of the African-American Athlete
as Self
(2014) Draft Day
as Self
(1984) Black Hollywood
as Self
(1967) Lionpower from MGM
as ---
(1980) Legends of the Fall
as Self
(2018) United We Stand: The Ali Summit
as self
(1994) UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
as ---
(1995) UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
as ---
(1982) T. J. Hooker
as Frank Barnett
(1983) The A-Team
as Steamroller
(1982) Knight Rider
as C.J. Jackson
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as Warren Brille
(2000) Soul Food
as Willie White
(1984) Cover Up
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1968) The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
as Self
(2023) Bill Russell: Legend
as Self - NFL Legend & Activist
(2018) Shut Up and Dribble
as Self (archive footage)
(2016) O.J.: Made in America
as Self (archive footage)
(1991) Good Sports
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1977) CHiPs
as Romo
(1977) CHiPs
as Parkdale H.S. Shop Teacher John Casey
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1970) The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1956) The NFL on CBS
as Self - Cleveland Browns Fullback
(1982) T. J. Hooker
as Detective Jim Cody