Jim Brown
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Mars Attacks!
1996
The Running Man
1987
The Dirty Dozen
1967
Animal
2005
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
2000
She Hate Me
2004
Small Soldiers
1998
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
2020
The Split
1968
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
2006
Dark of the Sun
1968
Rio Conchos
1964
Jim Brown: All-American
2002
Any Given Sunday
1999
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
Original Gangstas
1996
The Slams
1973
100 Rifles
1969
Take a Hard Ride
1975
Three the Hard Way
1974
Fingers
1978
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
Ice Station Zebra
1968
The Grasshopper
1970
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Crack House
1989
Pacific Inferno
1979
I Escaped from Devil's Island
1973
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
Slaughter
1972
… tick… tick… tick…
1970
El Condor
1970
Riot
1969
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
Kid Vengeance
1976
One Down, Two to Go
1982
Black Gunn
1972
Killing American Style
1988
O.J.: Made in America
2016
The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali
1974
Glickman
2013
L.A. Heat
1989
On the Edge
2002
The Divine Enforcer
1992
Kenner
1968
I Am Ali
2014
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
Black Orient Express
1985
The Fortune Cookie
1966
Twisted Justice
1990
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2009
Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy
2016
Believeland
2016
Sucker Free City
2004
The Record Breakers
1991
Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979
A Huey P. Newton Story
2001
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990
Run Ricky Run
2010
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali
2003
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
2019
The Black Godfather
2019
The Black Candle
2009
He Got Game
1998
New Jersey Turnpikes
1999
Foreman
2017
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
2004
Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream
2016
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996
Draft Day
2014
Black Hollywood
1984
Lionpower from MGM
1967
Legends of the Fall
1980
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
2018
UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
1994
UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
1995
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
T. J. Hooker
1982
The A-Team
1983
Knight Rider
1982
Highway to Heaven
1984
Soul Food
2000
Cover Up
1984
Police Story
1973
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968
Bill Russell: Legend
2023
Shut Up and Dribble
2018
O.J.: Made in America
2016
Good Sports
1991
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
CHiPs
1977
CHiPs
1977
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The NFL on CBS
1956
T. J. Hooker
1982
NFL Icons
2021
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Arli$$
1996
Between Brothers
1997