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