Jim Brown
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.
Acting
Movie
Mars Attacks!
as Byron Williams
1996
Movie
The Running Man
as Fireball
1987
Movie
Small Soldiers
as Butch Meathook (voice)
1998
Movie
Any Given Sunday
as Montezuma Monroe
1999
TV
Knight Rider
as C.J. Jackson
1982
Movie
The Dirty Dozen
as Robert Jefferson
1967
TV
The A-Team
as Steamroller
1983
Movie
Draft Day
as Self
2014
Movie
He Got Game
as Spivey
1998
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
Movie
The Fortune Cookie
as Running Back - Number 32 (archive footage) (uncredited)
1966
Movie
O.J.: Made in America
as Self
2016
Movie
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Slammer
1988
TV
Highway to Heaven
as Warren Brille
1984
Movie
Ice Station Zebra
as Capt. Leslie Anders
1968
TV
CHiPs
as Romo
1977
TV
CHiPs
as Parkdale H.S. Shop Teacher John Casey
1977
Movie
She Hate Me
as Geronimo Armstrong
2004
Movie
100 Rifles
as Lydecker
1969
TV
T. J. Hooker
as Frank Barnett
1982
TV
T. J. Hooker
as Detective Jim Cody
1982
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Movie
I Am Ali
as Self
2014
Movie
Dark of the Sun
as Ruffo
1968
