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Often mentioned as the greatest player in NFL history, this ruggedly handsome African American fullback for the Cleveland Browns first appeared on movie screens in the western Rio Conchos, followed by a strong supporting role as convict commando "Jefferson" in the terrific WW2 action film The Dirty Dozen... See full bio »

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James Nathaniel Brown
in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
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Filmography

Hide HideActor (53 titles)
2010 Dream Street
 
2006 Sideliners (TV movie)
Monroe
 
2005 Animal (video)
Berwell
 
2004 Sucker Free City (TV movie)
Don Strickland
 
2004 She Hate Me
Geronimo Armstrong
 
2004 Soul Food (TV series)
Willie White
– Survival Techniques (2004) … Willie White
– The Son Also Rises (2004) … Willie White
– Pagan Poetry (2004) … Willie White
 
2002 On the Edge
Chad Grant
 
1999 Any Given Sunday
Montezuma Monroe
 
1999 New Jersey Turnpikes
 
1998 Small Soldiers
Butch Meathook (voice)
 
1998 He Got Game
Spivey
 
1996 Mars Attacks!
Byron Williams
 
1996 Original Gangstas
Jake Trevor
 
1992 The Divine Enforcer (video)
King
 
1990 Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (TV movie)
Slammer
 
1990 Twisted Justice
Morris
 
1990 Killing American Style
Sunset
 
1989 Crack House
Steadman
 
1989 L.A. Heat
Captain
 
1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Slammer
 
1987 The Running Man
Fireball
 
1986 The A-Team (TV series)
Steamroller
– Quarterback Sneak (1986) … Steamroller
 
1985 Lady Blue (TV movie)
Stoker
 
1985 Lady Blue (TV series)
Stoker
– Pilot (1985) … Stoker
 
1984 Cover Up (TV series)
Calvin Tyler
– Midnight Highway (1984) … Calvin Tyler
 
1983-1984 T.J. Hooker (TV series)
Detective Jim Cody / Frank Barnett
– Anatomy of a Killing (1984) … Detective Jim Cody
– Raw Deal (1983) … Frank Barnett
 
1984 Knight Rider (TV series)
C.J. Jackson
– Knight of the Drones: Part 1 (1984) … C.J. Jackson
 
1979-1983 CHiPs (TV series)
Romo / Parkdale H.S. Shop Teacher John Casey
– High Times (1983) … Parkdale H.S. Shop Teacher John Casey
– Roller Disco: Part 1 (1979) … Romo
– Roller Disco: Part 2 (1979) … Romo
 
1979 Pacific Inferno
Clyde Preston
 
1978 Fingers
Dreems
 
1977 Vengeance
Isaac
 
1977 Police Story (TV series)
Pete Gerard
– End of the Line (1977) … Pete Gerard
 
1976 One Down, Two to go
J
 
1975 Take a Hard Ride
Pike
 
1974 Three the Hard Way
Jimmy Lait
 
1973 I Escaped from Devil's Island
Le Bras
 
1973 The Slams
Curtis Hook
 
1973 Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Slaughter
 
1972 Black Gunn
Gunn
 
1972 Slaughter
Slaughter
 
1970 El Condor
Luke
 
1970 ...tick... tick... tick...
Jimmy Price
 
1969 The Grasshopper
Tommy Marcott
 
1969 100 Rifles
Lyedecker
 
1969 Kenner
Roy Kenner
 
1969 Riot
Cully Briston
 
1968 The Split
McClain
 
1968 Ice Station Zebra
Capt. Leslie Anders
 
1968 Dark of the Sun
Ruffo
 
1967 The Dirty Dozen
Robert Jefferson
 
1967 I Spy (TV series)
Tommy
– Cops and Robbers (1967) … Tommy
 
1965 Valentine's Day (TV series)
– For Me and My Sal (1965)
 
1964 Rio Conchos
Sgt. Franklyn
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
2010 Frontliners (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1983 Richard Pryor... Here and Now (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1979 Pacific Inferno (producer)
 
1977 The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (TV movie) (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1999 Keeping the Music Alive (TV movie)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2010 VH1 Rock Docs (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (2010) (special thanks)
 
2008 The Express (the filmmakers wish to thank)
 
1999 HBO First Look (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Full Contact: The Making of 'Any Given Sunday' (1999) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (83 titles)
2013 Directors on Directing 2: The Story of the Storytellers (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 Couldn't You Wait? (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Connected (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Third and Long: The History of African Americans in Pro Football 1946-1989 (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Way Black When: Primetime (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Making of a First Rounder: The DeSean Jackson Story (video documentary)
 
2010 30 for 30 (TV series)
Himself
– Run Ricky Run (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Frontliners (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (documentary)
Himself: Social Activist/Retired NFL Player (also archive footage)
 
2009 Trash to Treasure (documentary)
 
2009 Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
Himself
 
2009 From Hollywood to Syracuse: The Legacy of Ernie Davis (short)
Himself
 
2009 The Express: Making History - The Story of Ernie Davis (video short)
Himself
 
2008 The Black Candle (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Crips and Bloods: Made in America (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Say It Loud (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Stars on Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Jim Brown (2007) … Himself
 
2005-2006 Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith (TV series)
Himself
– The Political Legacy of Muhammad Ali (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2006 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2005-2006 The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (TV series)
Himself
– Sports Illustrated for Publishing the Swimsuit Issue (2006) … Himself
– Art Modell for Moving the Browns to Baltimore (2005) … Himself
 
2006 Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Best Damn Sports Show Period (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Outsider (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Fox NFL Sunday (TV series)
Himself - Declaration of Independence Reciter
– Super Bowl XXXIX Pregame Show (2005) … Himself - Declaration of Independence Reciter
 
2005 ABC News Nightline (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2000-2004 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
Himself
– George Foreman (2004) … Himself
– Sam Huff (2004) … Himself
– Joe Frazier (2001) … Himself
– Arthur Ashe (2001) … Himself
– Walter Payton (2001) … Himself
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2004 Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 ESPN 25: Who's #1? (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Greatest Single Season Performances (2004) … Himself
 
2003 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.218 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Beef (documentary)
Himself - NFL Hall of Famer
 
2002 O.J.: A Study in Black & White (TV documentary)
Himself - Hall of Fame Running Back
 
2002 Jim Brown: All American (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Heroes of Black Comedy (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Dick Schaap: Flashing Before my Eyes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Arli$$ (TV series)
Himself
– You Can Pick Your Friends... (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Bill Russell: My Life, My Way (TV documentary)
Himself - Cleveland Browns 1957-1965
 
1999 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Full Contact: The Making of 'Any Given Sunday' (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Unitas (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Between Brothers (TV series)
Himself
– Kung Fools (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Living Single (TV series)
Himself
– Living Single Undercover (1997) … Himself
 
1996 Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 UFC VI: Clash of the Titans (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 UFC 5: The Return of the Beast (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 February 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1994 UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors (TV special)
Himself
 
1994 UFC 2: No Way Out (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 UFC 1: The Beginning (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 Good Sports (TV series)
Himself
– The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Hit (1991) … Himself
 
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 September 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1988 Greatest Sports Legends (TV series)
Himself
– Jim Brown (1988) … Himself
 
1985 I Challenge You (TV movie)
Himself
 
1984 Black Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 The 5th Annual Black Achievement Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1979 Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (TV movie)
Himself
 
1967-1979 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 January 1979 (1979) … Himself
– Episode #2.30 (1967) … Himself
– Episode #2.29 (1967) … Himself
– Episode #2.28 (1967) … Himself
– Episode #2.27 (1967) … Himself
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1977 Disco Fever: 'Saturday Night Fever' Premiere Party (TV movie)
Himself
 
1975 Muhammad Ali vs. Ron Lyle (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1974 HBO Boxing (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Rumble in the Jungle: Ali vs. Foreman (1974) … Himself
 
1972-1974 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Guest
– Al Green/The Impressions (1974) … Guest
– Billy Preston/Laura Lee/Johnny Williams (1972) … Guest
 
1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 July 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1972 Flip (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.11 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #2.19 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.11 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Short Subject, Cartoons & Live Action
 
1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 December 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 October 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.131 (1970) … Himself
 
1966-1970 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 18 February 1970 (1970) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.122 (1966) … Himself
 
1967-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.215 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #1.58 (1967) … Himself
 
1969 Playboy After Dark (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.14 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.11 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Man Who Makes the Difference (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1967 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.20 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Dateline: Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 August 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Operation Dirty Dozen (documentary short)
Himself
 
1966 The Milton Berle Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 World Heavyweight Championship: Muhammad Ali vs. George Chuvalo (TV movie)
Himself - Ringside Guest
 
1966 1965 NFL Championship Game (TV movie)
Himself - Cleveland Browns Fullback
 
1964 1964 NFL Championship Game (TV movie)
Himself - Cleveland Browns Fullback
 
1964 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #18.13 (1964) … Himself
 
1957 1957 NFL Championship Game (TV movie)
Himself - Cleveland Browns Fullback
 
1957 1957 Cotton Bowl (TV movie)
Himself - Syracuse Orangemen Running Back
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2006 Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith (TV series)
 
2002 Baadasssss Cinema (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 A Huey P. Newton Story (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (TV documentary)
Robert Jefferson
 
1998 Classified X (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1967 Lionpower from MGM (short)
(uncredited)
 
1966 The Fortune Cookie
Running Back - Number 32 (uncredited)
 

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Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Trivia:

Inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Lacrosse Hall of Fame, making him one of the few athletes in more than one hall of fame. Brown was unanimously named the Rookie of the Year in 1957. He was recognized that season as the NFL's Most Valuable Player by many media organizations. In all, he earned league MVP honors four times (1957, 1958, 1963, and 1965). See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius