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O. J. Simpson
Actor, Producer
Born July 9, 1947Died April 10, 2024 (76 years)
Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and broadcaster. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills, and is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time. Once a popular figure with the American public, Simpson's professional success was later overshadowed by his trial and controversial acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.
Simpson played college football for the USC Trojans, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected first overall by the Bills in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. During his nine seasons with the Bills, Simpson received five consecutive Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro selections from 1972 to 1976. He also led the league in rushing yards four times, in rushing touchdowns twice, and in points scored in 1975. In 1973, he became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, earning him NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP), and is the only NFL player to do so in a 14-game regular season. Simpson holds the record for the single-season yards-per-game average at 143.1. After retiring with the San Francisco 49ers in 1979, Simpson pursued an acting and broadcasting career. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
In June 1994, Simpson was arrested and charged with the murders of Brown and Goldman. He was acquitted in a lengthy and internationally publicized trial, but found liable for the deaths three years later in a civil suit from the victims' families. Prior to his death, Simpson had paid little of the $33.5 million judgment (equivalent to $64 million in 2023).
In 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. He served his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center near Lovelock, Nevada. He was granted parole in July 2017, released from prison in October, and granted early release from his parole in December 2021 by the Nevada Division of Parole and Probation. He died in 2024 at the age of 76 from prostate cancer.
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Simpson played college football for the USC Trojans, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected first overall by the Bills in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. During his nine seasons with the Bills, Simpson received five consecutive Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro selections from 1972 to 1976. He also led the league in rushing yards four times, in rushing touchdowns twice, and in points scored in 1975. In 1973, he became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, earning him NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP), and is the only NFL player to do so in a 14-game regular season. Simpson holds the record for the single-season yards-per-game average at 143.1. After retiring with the San Francisco 49ers in 1979, Simpson pursued an acting and broadcasting career. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
In June 1994, Simpson was arrested and charged with the murders of Brown and Goldman. He was acquitted in a lengthy and internationally publicized trial, but found liable for the deaths three years later in a civil suit from the victims' families. Prior to his death, Simpson had paid little of the $33.5 million judgment (equivalent to $64 million in 2023).
In 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. He served his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center near Lovelock, Nevada. He was granted parole in July 2017, released from prison in October, and granted early release from his parole in December 2021 by the Nevada Division of Parole and Probation. He died in 2024 at the age of 76 from prostate cancer.
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Known For
O. J. Simpson Filmography
| 2020 | OJ25 (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Dark Side of the Ring (TV Series) |
| 2005 | |
| 1996 | Ruby Wax meets... (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult · as Nordberg |
| 1994 | Frogmen · as John 'bullfrog' Burke |
| 1992 | No Place to Hide · as Allie Wheeler |
| 1992 | CIA Code Name: Alexa · as Nick Murphy |
| 1992 | Adventures in Wonderland (TV Series) · as O.j. Simpson |
| 1991 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear · as Nordberg |
| 1988 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! · as Nordberg |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) · as Councilman Lawson Stiles |
| 1987 | Student Exchange · as Soccer Coach |
| 1987 | Back to the Beach · as Man At Airport (uncredited) |
| 1984 | 1st & Ten (TV Series) · as T.d. Parker |
| 1983 | Hambone and Hillie · as Tucker |
| 1983 | Cocaine and Blue Eyes · as Michael Brennen |
| 1981 | Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood · as Joe Gallagher |
| 1980 | Detour to Terror · as Lee Hayes |
| 1979 | Goldie and the Boxer · as Joe Gallagher |
| 1979 | |
| 1978 | Capricorn One · as Cmdr. John Walker |
| 1977 | A Killing Affair · as Woodrow York |
| 1977 | Roots (TV Series) · as Kadi Touray |
| 1976 | The Cassandra Crossing · as Haley |
| 1976 | Killer Force · as Alexander |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno · as Jernigan |
| 1974 | The Klansman · as Garth |
| 1973 | Why · as The Athlete |
| 1971 | Cade's County (TV Series) · as Jeff Hughes |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Simms |
| 1971 | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter · as Townsman |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) · as O.j. Simpson |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Gas Chamber Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Airplane Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Onlooker (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Dragnet (TV Series) · as Potential Recruit (uncredited) |
| 2025 | Elway · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2025 | Downey Wrote That · as Self - Acquitted Murderer |
| 2025 | Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything · as Self - Acquitted Of Double Murder |
| 2025 | TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy His Defense · as Self - On Trial For Murder |
| 2025 | American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2025 | David Lynch: A Hollywood Enigma · as Self |
| 2024 | Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency · as Self - Actor |
| 2024 | The Menendez Brothers · as Self - Hertz Spokesman |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | TMZ Presents: O.J. Simpson - How He Really Did It · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Most Famous Murder: The O.J. Simpson Trial · as Himself (archival) |
| 2024 | An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th · as Self - Alleged Murderer |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | The Perfect 10 · as Self |
| 2022 | Killer Sally (TV Series) · as Self - Acquitted Of Double Homicide (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | OJ Simpson: Skin Deep · as Self |
| 2021 | When Ruby Wax Met... (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Tiger King (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project · as Self |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Who Killed Nicole? · as Self |
| 2019 | Killing Michael Jackson · as Self |
| 2019 | Lorena (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Basketball: A Love Story (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Who Is America? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession? · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | OJ: Guilty in Vegas · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Dateline: Secrets Uncovered (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | The Oscars · as Self |
| 2016 | Behind the Fear · as Self |
| 2016 | Kardashian: The Man Who Saved OJ Simpson · as Self |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | O.J. Speaks: The Hidden Tapes · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | OJ: Trial of the Century · as Self |
| 2013 | How Video Games Changed the World · as Self |
| 2013 | The Battle of the Sexes · as Self |
| 2012 | Addicted to Fame · as Self |
| 2010 | 2012: Time for Change · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | OJ Simpson: Monster or Myth? · as Self |
| 2009 | The Dr. Oz Show (TV Series) · as Self - Freeman |
| 2009 | History of the Buffalo Bills · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Strictly Courtroom · as Self |
| 2008 | Waiting for Hockney · as Self |
| 2007 | 1968 with Tom Brokaw · as Self |
| 2007 | 50 Most Shocking Celebrity Scandals · as Self |
| 2006 | Juiced · as Himself |
| 2006 | Wanderlust · as Self |
| 2005 | I Love the 90's Part Deux (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire · as Self - During Trial |
| 2004 | ESPN25: Who's #1? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Hit Celebrity TV Commercials · as Self - For Chevrolet |
| 2003 | |
| 2000 | Bamboozled · as Self (archive Footage)(uncredited) |
| 2000 | The Natural History of the Chicken · as Self |
| 1999 | SportsCentury (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Merchandising Murder · as Self |
| 1995 | The Trial of O.J. Simpson · as Self |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers · as Self |
| 1993 | Super Bowl XXVII · as Self - Ceremonial Coin Toss |
| 1992 | American Justice (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary · as Self |
| 1988 | Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Later with Bob Costas (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self - Caller |
| 1984 | TV Bloopers And Practical Jokes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story · as Self |
| 1976 | The Captain and Tennille (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1976 | The 48th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1975 | 47th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | O.J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose · as Self |
| 1974 | The Mac Davis Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | ESPN Monday Night Football (TV Series) · as Self - Color Commentator |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The NFL on NBC (TV Series) · as Self - Buffalo Bills Running Back |
| 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 |
| 1956 | The NFL on CBS (TV Series) · as Self - Buffalo Bills Running Back |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | The Linkletter Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | Cocaine and Blue Eyes · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood · as Executive Producer |
| 1980 | Detour to Terror · as Executive Producer |
| 1979 | Goldie and the Boxer · as Executive Producer |