Jim Brown

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-02-17 (87 years old)

Deathday

2023-05-18

Place of Birth

St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA

Jim Brown

Biography

Jim Brown was an American former professional football player who also made his mark as an actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back for the NFL 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 professional athletes the U.S. has ever produced. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Brown, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1996

Mars Attacks!

as Byron Williams

1987

The Running Man

as Fireball

1967

The Dirty Dozen

as Robert Jefferson

2005

Animal

as Berwell

2004

She Hate Me

as Geronimo Armstrong

1998

Small Soldiers

as Butch Meathook (voice)

1968

The Split

as McClain

1968

1964

Rio Conchos

as Sgt. Franklyn

2002

Jim Brown: All-American

as Self (uncredited)

1999

Any Given Sunday

as Montezuma Monroe

1996

Original Gangstas

as Jake Trevor

1973

The Slams

as Curtis X. Hook

1969

100 Rifles

as Lydecker

1975

1974

Three the Hard Way

as Jimmy Lait

1978

Fingers

as Dreems

1968

Ice Station Zebra

as Capt. Leslie Anders

1970

The Grasshopper

as Tommy Marcott

1989

Crack House

as Steadman

1979

1973

1972

Slaughter

as Slaughter

1970

1970

El Condor

as Luke

1969

Riot

as Cully Briston

2022

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

as Self (archive video)

1976

1972

Black Gunn

as Gunn

1988

2013

Glickman

as Himself

1989

L.A. Heat

as Captain

2002

On the Edge

as Chad Grant

1968

2014

I Am Ali

as Self

1966

The Fortune Cookie

as Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990

2004

Sucker Free City

as Don Strickland

2001

A Huey P. Newton Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010

2009

1998

He Got Game

as Spivey

2017

Foreman

as Self

2014

Draft Day

as Self

1984

Production

1983

Richard Pryor: Here and Now

as Executive Producer

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