JB
James Brown
Actor, Composer, Additional Credits
Born May 3, 1933Died December 25, 2006 (73 years)
James Brown (May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter, eventually referred to as "The Godfather of Soul"(GFOS). Brown started singing in gospel groups and worked his way on up. He has been recognized as one of the most iconic figures in the 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing. He was also called "the hardest-working man in show business".
Brown began his professional music career in 1956 and rose to fame during the late 1950s and early 1960s on the strength of his thrilling live performances and string of smash hits. In spite of various personal problems and setbacks he continued to score hits in every decade through the 1980s. In addition to his acclaim in music, Brown was also a presence in American political affairs during the 1960s and 1970s.
Brown began his professional music career in 1956 and rose to fame during the late 1950s and early 1960s on the strength of his thrilling live performances and string of smash hits. In spite of various personal problems and setbacks he continued to score hits in every decade through the 1980s. In addition to his acclaim in music, Brown was also a presence in American political affairs during the 1960s and 1970s.
James Brown Filmography
| 2014 | |
| 2006 | Web Junk 20 (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Robots · as Diesel (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2002 | Beat the Devil · as Mr. James Brown |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 · as Cleophus James |
| 1994 | Duckman (TV Series) · as Hostage Negotiator (voice) |
| 1991 | The Lost James Brown Tapes · as Vocals |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as James Brown (voice) |
| 1986 | Amen (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Throb (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Rocky IV · as The Godfather Of Soul |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) · as Lou De Long |
| 1983 | Doctor Detroit · as Bandleader |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers · as Cleophus James |
| 1969 | The Music Scene (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Playboy After Dark (TV Series) |
| 2025 | Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · as Self - Musical Guest December 13, 1980 (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary · as Self - Singer |
| 2024 | James Brown: Say It Loud (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Thriller 40 · as Self |
| 2023 | The Hustle of @617MikeBiv · as Self |
| 2023 | Little Richard: I Am Everything · as Self |
| 2023 | Death by Fame (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Loudmouth · as Self |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Nueva York : une histoire musicale du New York latino · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Woodstock 99: Peace Love and Rage · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Belushi · as Self |
| 2020 | MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! · as James Brown |
| 2020 | Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President · as Self |
| 2019 | ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas · as Self |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | The Apollo · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast · as Self - Singer (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Hugh Hefner's After Dark: Speaking Out in America · as Self - Singer |
| 2018 | 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Zaina Juliette & Friends (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Pavarotti, chanteur populaire · as Self |
| 2017 | Dolores · as Self |
| 2017 | American Epic · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Keith Richards: Under the Influence · as Self |
| 2015 | Miss Sharon Jones! · as Self |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as James Brown |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Finding the Funk · as Self |
| 2013 | The Millers (TV Series) · as James Brown |
| 2013 | The Rocket · as Self |
| 2013 | The Power of Soul · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | The Real Rocky · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Self (clip From The T.a.m.i. Show (1964)) |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Soul Power · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | James Brown Live At The Apollo '68 · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | The Night James Brown Saved Boston · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2006 | Let's Go to Prison · as Self |
| 2006 | TV Junkie · as Self |
| 2006 | Glastonbury · as Self |
| 2005 | Live 8 · as Self |
| 2005 | Soul Deep (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The 47th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2005 | James Brown: The Golden Greats · as James Brown |
| 2004 | James Brown: Live · as Self |
| 2004 | Casey Kasem's Rock 'n' Roll Goldmine: The Soul Years · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts · as Self - Honoree |
| 2003 | The Michael Jackson Story · as Self |
| 2003 | James Brown: Soul Survivor · as Self |
| 2003 | 3rd Annual BET Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | The Tuxedo · as James Brown |
| 2002 | 2002 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
| 2002 | MC Hammer: 2 Legit - The Videos · as Self (segment: Too Legit To Quit) |
| 2002 | Undercover Brother · as Self |
| 2002 | The New Guy · as James Brown |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | The Hire (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | The BET 20th Anniversary Celebration · as Self |
| 2000 | WCW SuperBrawl 2000 · as Self |
| 2000 | Isn't She Great · as Self |
| 2000 | Playboy 2000: The Party Continues · as Self |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | TV Total (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | 30th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1998 | Holy Man · as James Brown |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Soulmates · as Self |
| 1997 | Super Bowl XXXI · as Self - Halftime Show Performer |
| 1996 | When We Were Kings · as Self |
| 1996 | Dancing in the Street (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | SMAP×SMAP (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1996 | TFI Friday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Rock & Roll (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | The History of Rock 'n' Roll (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Cincinnati's Rock 'N Roll Legends · as Self |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The 19th Annual American Music Awards · as Self |
| 1992 | The 34th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1991 | A Party for Richard Pryor · as Self |
| 1991 | 1991 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
| 1991 | The Commitments · as Self |
| 1990 | The Word (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | In Living Color (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues · as Self |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Legends of Rock 'n' Roll 1989 · as James Brown |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The 28th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Motown Returns to the Apollo · as Self |
| 1985 | James Brown: Live at Chastain Park · as Himself |
| 1983 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1983 | Thicke of the Night (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Na sowas! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Les enfants du rock (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | James Brown: Live at Montreux · as Self |
| 1980 | Solid Gold (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | James Brown: Body Heat · as Self |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | Sha Na Na (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | World Heavyweight Championship: Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner · as Self - Ringside Commentator |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Tattletales (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Tomorrow with Tom Snyder (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Music Shop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | BBC In Concert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | The Phynx · as James Brown |
| 1968 | What's My Line? (1968) (TV Series) · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Happening '68 (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewed Via Telephone |
| 1967 | The Jerry Lewis Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Beat Club (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Ski Party · as Self |
| 1965 | Where The Action Is (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | The T.A.M.I. Show · as Self |
| 1964 | Shindig (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Late Night Line-Up (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Ready Steady Go! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Match Game (TV Series) · as Self - Team Captain |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Slaughter's Big Rip-Off · as Original Music Composer |
| 1973 | Black Caesar · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Get on Up · as Songs |
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder · as Songs |