James Brown

James Brown

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

03/05/1933

Day of Death

25/12/2006
(73) years old

Place of Birth

Barnwell, South Carolina, USA

Biography

James Brown (May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter, eventually referred to as "The Godfather of Soul"(GFOS). Brown started singing in gospel groups and worked his way on up. He has been recognized as one of the most iconic figures in the 20th century popular music an... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2023

Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sull...

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin N...

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Ste...

as Self (archive footage)

2020

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

as (archive footage)

2019

Africa Rising

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

2019

The Apollo

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as Self - Singer (archive footage)

2018

1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

as Self (archive footage)

2016

A Tale of James Brown

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Finding the Funk

as Self

2013

Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Da...

as Self (archive footage)

2012

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

as Self (archive footage)

2011

The Real Rocky

as Self (archive footage)

2009

Soul Power

as Self (archive footage)

2008

James Brown - The Night James Brown Save...

as Self (archive footage)

2006

George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Live 8

as Self

2005

Robots

as Diesel (archive footage) (uncredited)

2004

Casey Kasem's Rock 'n' Roll Goldmine: Th...

as Self (archive footage)

2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as Self (archive footage)

2002

Beat the Devil

as Mr. James Brown

2002

The Tuxedo

as James Brown

2002

It's Black Entertainment

as Self (archive footage)

1998

Blues Brothers 2000

as Cleophus James

1993

RapLine

as Self

1989

Legends of Rock 'n' Roll

as James Brown

1985

Rocky IV

as The Godfather of Soul

1983

Doctor Detroit

as Bandleader

1980

The Blues Brothers

as Cleophus James

1970

The Phynx

as James Brown

1965

Ski Party

as Self

Crew

2014

Get on Up

as Songs

1990

Jacob's Ladder

as Songs

1973

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

as Original Music Composer

1973

Black Caesar

as Original Music Composer