Jim Brown

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Jim Brown

Acting February 17, 1936

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…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.1 2015 TV Show
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

6.4 1996 Movie
The Running Man

The Running Man

6.5 1987 Movie
Small Soldiers

Small Soldiers

6.6 1998 Movie
Knight Rider

Knight Rider

7.5 1982 TV Show
Any Given Sunday

Any Given Sunday

6.8 1999 Movie
The A-Team

The A-Team

7.5 1983 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen

7.6 1967 Movie
Draft Day

Draft Day

6.7 2014 Movie
He Got Game

He Got Game

6.8 1998 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    Bill Russell: Legend

    TV show Self - NFL Legend & Activist

  2. 2022
    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    Movie Self (archive video)

  3. 2021
    NFL Icons

    TV show Self

  4. 2020
    Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

    Movie Self

  5. 2019
    The Black Godfather

    Movie Self

  6. 2019
    ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke

    Movie Self

  7. 2018
    Shut Up and Dribble

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  8. 2018
    United We Stand: The Ali Summit

    Movie self

  9. 2017
    Foreman

    Movie Self

  10. 2016
    O.J.: Made in America

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  11. 2016
    Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy

    Movie Himself

  12. 2016
    O.J.: Made in America

    Movie Self

  13. 2016
    Believeland

    Movie

  14. 2016
    Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream

    Movie

  15. 2015
    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    TV show Self

  16. 2014
    I Am Ali

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2014
    Draft Day

    Movie Self

  2. 2013
    Glickman

    Movie Self

  3. 2010
    Run Ricky Run

    Movie Self

  4. 2009
    Crips and Bloods: Made in America

    Movie Himself

  5. 2009
    The Black Candle

    Movie Self

  6. 2006
    Operation Dirty Dozen

    Movie Self

  7. 2006
    Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

    Movie Self

  8. 2005
    Animal

    Movie Berwell

  9. 2004
    Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

    Movie Self

  10. 2004
    Sucker Free City

    Movie Don Strickland

  11. 2004
    She Hate Me

    Movie Geronimo Armstrong

  12. 2003
    The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali

    Movie Himself

  13. 2002
    On the Edge

    Movie Chad Grant

  14. 2002
    BaadAsssss Cinema

    Movie Self

  15. 2002
    Jim Brown: All-American

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  16. 2001
    A Huey P. Newton Story

    Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  17. 2000
    Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible

    Movie

  18. 2000
    Soul Food

    TV show Willie White

  19. 1999
    Any Given Sunday

    Movie Montezuma Monroe

  20. 1999
    New Jersey Turnpikes

    Movie Marcus Brown

  21. 1998
    Small Soldiers

    Movie Butch Meathook (voice)

  22. 1998
    He Got Game

    Movie Spivey

  23. 1997
    Between Brothers

    TV show Self

  24. 1996
    Mars Attacks!

    Movie Byron Williams