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Jim Brown

Jim Brown

Actor · 1936–2023 · St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA

IMDb

Highest rated as cast or director

Jim Brown's 5 titles from the 1960s have a median Balasaur Score of 62, led by The Dirty Dozen (77) and Dark of the Sun (67), against 53 for those from the 1970s.

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.

Acted in 58

2000s

  1. 2005
  2. 2004

    Sucker Free City

    Don Strickland

  3. 2002

    On the Edge

    Chad Grant

  4. 2000

    Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. 1998

    New Jersey Turnpikes

    Marcus Brown

  3. 1996
  4. Original Gangstas

    Jake Trevor

  5. 1995

    UFC 6: Clash of the Titans

    Movie

  6. 1994

    UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors

    Movie

  7. 1992
  8. 1990

    Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

    Slammer

  9. Twisted Justice

    Morris

1970s

  1. 1979

    Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

    Movie

  2. Pacific Inferno

    Clyde

  3. 1978
  4. 1977
  5. Playboy's Playmate Party

    Movie

  6. 1976
  7. 1975

    Take a Hard Ride

    Pike

  8. 1974

    The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali

    Commentator

  9. Three the Hard Way

    Jimmy Lait

  10. 1973

    The Slams

    Curtis X. Hook

  11. Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

    Slaughter

  12. 1972

    Black Gunn

    Gunn

  13. 1970

    El Condor

    Luke

  14. The Grasshopper

    Tommy Marcott

  15. … tick… tick… tick…

    Jimmy Price

Produced 2

1980s

  1. 1989

    We Shall Overcome

    Producer

  2. 1983

    Richard Pryor: Here and Now

    Executive Producer

Appearances39

2020s

  1. 2023
  2. 2022
  3. 2021

    NFL Icons

    Self · 1 episode

  4. 2020

    Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018

    Shut Up and Dribble

    Self (archive footage) · 1 episode

  3. United We Stand: The Ali Summit

    self

  4. 2017

    Foreman

    Self

  5. 2016
  6. Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy

    Himself

  7. O.J.: Made in America

    Self

  8. 2015
  9. 2014
  10. 2013

    Glickman

    Self

  11. 2010

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. The Black Candle

    Self

  3. 2006

    Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

    Self

  4. Operation Dirty Dozen

    Self

  5. 2004

    Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

    Self

  6. 2003

    The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali

    Himself

  7. 2002

    BaadAsssss Cinema

    Self

  8. Jim Brown: All-American

    Self (uncredited)

  9. 2001

    A Huey P. Newton Story

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990s

  1. 1997

    Between Brothers

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 1996

    The Journey of the African-American Athlete

    Self

  3. 1991
  4. The Record Breakers

    Self

1980s

  1. 1984

    Black Hollywood

    Self

  2. 1980

    Legends of the Fall

    Self

1960s

  1. 1968
  2. 1967

    Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

    Self

  3. Lionpower from MGM

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  4. 1962
  5. 1961

1950s

  1. 1956

    The NFL on CBS

    Self - Cleveland Browns Fullback, Self · 1 episode