Jim Brown
Actor, Producer
February 17, 1936 — May 18, 2023 (87 years)
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
Filmography
| 2025 | Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet · as Cast |
| 2013 | Youngstown Boys · as Cast |
| 2010 | Dream Street · as Cast |
| 2005 | Animal · as BerwellOn Plex |
| 2004 | Sucker Free City · as Don Strickland |
| 2004 | She Hate Me · as Geronimo Armstrong |
| 2002 | On the Edge · as Chad Grant |
| 2000 | Soul Food · as Willie White |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday · as Montezuma Monroe |
| 1999 | New Jersey Turnpikes · as Cast |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers · as Butch Meathook |
| 1998 | He Got Game · as Spivey |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! · as Byron WilliamsOn Plex |
| 1996 | Original Gangstas · as Jake Trevor |
| 1992 | The Divine Enforcer · as King |
| 1990 | Hammer, Slammer, & Slade · as Slammer |
| 1990 | In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands · as Tortured Siamese Twin |
| 1990 | Twisted Justice · as MorrisOn Plex |
| 1989 | Crack House · as Steadman |
| 1989 | L.A. Heat · as Captain |
| 1988 | Killing American Style · as Lt. Sunset |
| 1988 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka · as Slammer |
| 1987 | The Running Man · as Fireball |
| 1985 | Lady Blue · as Stoker |
| 1984 | Cover Up · as Calvin Tyler |
| 1983 | The A-Team · as Steamroller |
| 1982 | One Down, Two to go · as JOn Plex |
| 1982 | Knight Rider · as C.j. Jackson |
| 1982 | T.J. Hooker · as Detective Jim Cody |
| 1979 | Pacific Inferno · as Clyde |
| 1978 | Fingers · as Dreems |
| 1977 | CHiPs · as Romo |
| 1976 | Vengeance · as IsaacOn Plex |
| 1975 | Take a Hard Ride · as Pike |
| 1974 | Three the Hard Way · as Jimmy Lait |
| 1973 | I Escaped from Devil's Island · as Le Bras |
| 1973 | The Slams · as Curtis X. Hook |
| 1973 | Slaughter's Big Rip-Off · as Slaughter |
| 1973 | Police Story · as Pete Gerard |
| 1972 | Black Gunn · as Gunn |
| 1972 | Slaughter · as Slaughter |
| 1971 | Soul Train · as Guest |
| 1970 | The Grasshopper · as Tommy Marcott |
| 1970 | El Condor · as Luke |
| 1970 | Tick, Tick, Tick · as Jimmy Price |
| 1969 | Riot · as Cully Briston |
| 1969 | 100 Rifles · as Lyedecker |
| 1968 | The Split · as Mcclain |
| 1968 | Ice Station Zebra · as Capt. Leslie Anders |
| 1968 | Dark of the Sun · as Ruffo |
| 1968 | Kenner · as Roy Kenner |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen · as Robert T. Jefferson |
| 1966 | The Fortune Cookie · as Running Back #32On Plex |
| 1965 | I Spy · as Tommy |
| 1964 | Rio Conchos · as Franklyn |
| 2023 | Bye Bye Barry · as Self |
| 2023 | Bill Russell: Legend · as Self - Pro Fooiball Hall Of Fame |
| 2022 | Say Hey, Willie Mays! · as Self |
| 2021 | NFL Icons · as Self |
| 2021 | My Name Is Lopez · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2021 | Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage · as Self |
| 2020 | Ali's Comeback · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2019 | NFL 100 All-Time Team · as Self |
| 2019 | Peyton's Places · as Self |
| 2019 | The Black Godfather · as Self - Legendary Pro Football Hall Of Famer |
| 2019 | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali · as Self |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Hugh Hefner's After Dark: Speaking Out in America · as Self - Activist |
| 2018 | Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes · as Self |
| 2018 | 1968 · as Self |
| 2017 | Foreman · as Self - All-Pro Running Back |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America · as Self - Cleveland Browns |
| 2015 | Kareem: Minority of One · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · as Self - Featured Audience |
| 2015 | In Their Own Words (2015) · as Self - Nfl Hall Of Fame |
| 2014 | I Am Ali · as Self |
| 2014 | Draft Day · as Jim BrownOn Plex |
| 2014 | Unsung Hollywood · as Self |
| 2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | Glickman · as Self |
| 2013 | 60 Minutes Sports · as Self - Former Nfl Player (segment "bobby Mitchell") |
| 2012 | Larry King Now · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | NBA's Open Court · as Self |
| 2011 | A Football Life · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton · as Self |
| 2010 | NFL Rush Zone · as Self |
| 2010 | In Depth With Graham Bensinger · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 · as Self - Mentor |
| 2009 | Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel · as Self - Social Activist |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | The Black Candle · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2008 | Say It Loud · as Self |
| 2008 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2007 | Classified X · as Self |
| 2006 | Prime Video Thursday Night Football · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | The Outsider · as Self |
| 2005 | The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame · as Self |
| 2004 | ESPN25: Who's #1? · as Self |
| 2003 | Beef · as Self - Nfl Hall Of Famer, Gang Mediator |
| 2002 | Baadasssss Cinema · as Self |
| 2002 | Jim Brown: All American · as Self |
| 2002 | Heroes Of Black Comedy · as Self |
| 2001 | The Best Damn Sports Show Period · as Self |
| 2001 | A Huey P. Newton Story · as Self |
| 2000 | Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible · as Self |
| 1999 | Unitas · as Self |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | SportsCentury · as Self |
| 1998 | Fox and Friends (USA) · as Self |
| 1997 | Between Brothers · as Jim Brown |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story · as Self |
| 1996 | Arli$$ · as Jim Brown |
| 1995 | UFC VI: Clash of the Titans · as Self |
| 1995 | UFC 5: The Return of the Beast · as Self |
| 1995 | Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel · as Self - Former Football Player (segment "legends") |
| 1994 | UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors · as Self - Fight Commentator |
| 1994 | FOX NFL Sunday · as Self - Declaration Of Independence Reciter |
| 1994 | UFC 3: The American Dream · as Self - Fight Commentator |
| 1994 | UFC 2: No Way Out · as Self - Fight Commentator |
| 1993 | UFC 1: The Beginning · as Self - Fight Commentator |
| 1993 | Living Single · as Jim Brown |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose · as Self |
| 1991 | Good Sports · as Jim Brown |
| 1990 | Outside the Lines · as Self |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show · as Self |
| 1988 | Later with Bob Costas · as Self |
| 1985 | Larry King Live · as Self |
| 1984 | Black Hollywood · as Self |
| 1979 | Nightline · as Self |
| 1977 | The 49th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1971 | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour · as Self |
| 1971 | The 43rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show · as Self |
| 1969 | Playboy After Dark · as Self |
| 1968 | What's My Line? (1968) · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1968 | Black Journal · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show · as SelfOn Plex |
| 1967 | Tonite Let's All Make Love in London · as Self |
| 1967 | Personality · as Self |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon · as Self |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show · as Self |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares · as Self - Panelist |
| 1964 | Valentine's Day · as Jim Brown |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self - Actor |
| 1956 | The NFL on CBS · as Self - Cleveland Browns Fullback |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show · as Self |
| 1983 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now · as Executive Producer |
| 1979 | Pacific Inferno · as Executive Producer |