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.
Awards & recognition
- USILA First Team All-American · 1957
- USILA Second Team All-American · 1956
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
Filmography50+ titles
Between Brothers
Glickman
O.J.: Made in America
O.J.: Made in America
The Dirty Dozen
The A-Team
Knight Rider
Kenner
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Highway to Heaven
Bill Russell: Legend
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
The Fortune Cookie
Police Story
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
CHiPs
Any Given Sunday
Arli$$
The Dick Cavett Show
Draft Day
I Am Ali
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
He Got Game
… tick… tick… tick…
The Split
The Black Godfather
Small Soldiers
Richard Pryor: Here and Now
Dark of the Sun
Run Ricky Run
The Running Man
T. J. Hooker
The Slams
Mars Attacks!
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Fingers
Three the Hard Way
Ice Station Zebra
Rio Conchos
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Black Gunn
100 Rifles
The Black Candle
Animal
Original Gangstas
Slaughter
Crack House
Pacific Inferno
El Condor