Jim Brown

Personal Info

Birthday

February 17, 1936

Day of Death

2023-05-18

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA

Also Known As

James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown

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.

Known For

The A-Team

Knight Rider

Highway to Heaven

T. J. Hooker

The Running Man

Mars Attacks!

CHiPs

One Down, Two to Go

Filmography

2022
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Self (archive video)
2020
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
as Self
2019
The Black Godfather
as Self
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
as Self
2018
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
as self
2017
Foreman
as Self
2016
Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy
as Himself
O.J.: Made in America
as Self
2014
I Am Ali
as Self
Draft Day
as Self
2013
Glickman
as Himself
2010
Run Ricky Run
as Self
2009
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
as Himself
The Black Candle
as Self
2006
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
as Self
Operation Dirty Dozen
as Self
2005
Animal
as Berwell
2004
Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted
as Self
Sucker Free City
as Don Strickland
She Hate Me
as Geronimo Armstrong
2003
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali
as Himself
2002
On the Edge
as Chad Grant
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
Jim Brown: All-American
as Self (uncredited)
2001
A Huey P. Newton Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Any Given Sunday
as Montezuma Monroe
1998
Small Soldiers
as Butch Meathook (voice)
He Got Game
as Spivey
1996
Mars Attacks!
as Byron Williams
Original Gangstas
as Jake Trevor
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
as Self
1992
The Divine Enforcer
as King
1991
The Record Breakers
as Self
1990
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
as Slammer
Twisted Justice
as Morris
1989
Crack House
as Steadman
L.A. Heat
as Captain
1988
Killing American Style
as Lt. Sunset
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Slammer
1987
The Running Man
as Fireball
1984
Black Hollywood
as Self
1982
One Down, Two to Go
as J
1980
Legends of the Fall
as Self
1979
Pacific Inferno
as Clyde
1978
Fingers
as Dreems
1976
Kid Vengeance
as Isaac
1975
Take a Hard Ride
as Pike
1974
The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali
as Commentator
Three the Hard Way
as Jimmy Lait
1973
The Slams
as Curtis X. Hook
I Escaped from Devil's Island
as Le Bras
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
as Slaughter
1972
Black Gunn
as Gunn
Slaughter
as Slaughter
1970
El Condor
as Luke
The Grasshopper
as Tommy Marcott
… tick… tick… tick…
as Jimmy Price
1969
100 Rifles
as Lydecker
Riot
as Cully Briston
1968
The Split
as McClain
Ice Station Zebra
as Capt. Leslie Anders
Dark of the Sun
as Ruffo
1967
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
as Self
The Dirty Dozen
as Robert Jefferson
1966
The Fortune Cookie
as Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
Rio Conchos
as Sgt. Franklyn