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Filmography

The Blues Brothers

1980
as Reverend Cleophus James

Rocky IV

1985
as The Godfather of Soul

The Tuxedo

2002
as James Brown

Blues Brothers 2000

1998
as Cleophus James

Sea of Lost Ships

1953
as Ice Patrol Boat Executive Officer

Live Forever

2003
as Himself

Live 8

2005
as Himself

James Brown: Soul Survivor

2003
as James Brown

Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

2008

Inside the Mafia

1959
as Capt. Doug Blair

Montana

1950
as Tex Coyne

WCW SuperBrawl 2000

2000
as James Brown

The Real Rocky

2011
as Himsellf (Archive Footage)

Wings of Chance

1961
as Steve Kirby

The Fabulous Texan

1947
as Shep Clayton

Air Force

1943
as Pilot Tex Rader

20,000 Eyes

1961
as Jerry Manning

The Man Behind The Gun

1953
as Lt. Catliff

James Brown: Body Heat

1979
as James Brown

Corvette K-225

1943
as Lt. Paul Cartwright

The Phynx

1970
as James Brown

The Phantom

2016
as Hero Couple

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946
as Avery Moore

When We Were Kings

1996
as Himself

Powderkeg

1971
as Sheriff Lynch

Ski Party

1965
as Himself (as James Brown and The Famous Flames)

The Younger Brothers

1949
as Bob Younger

The T.A.M.I. Show

1964
as Himself (as James Brown and The Flames)

Hazard House

1954
as Jim

Young and Willing

1943
as Tony Dennison

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953
as Frank James

Mean Johnny Barrows

1975
as Police Sergeant

The Groom Wore Spurs

1951
as Steve Hall

Space Probe Taurus

1965
as Col. Hank Stevens (as James B. Brown)

Sound City

2013
as Himself

Chain Lightning

1950
as Maj. Hinkle

Commutation

2017
as James Brown

Assumed

2019
as Guard #1

When the Clock Strikes

1961
as Sam Morgan

The Gallant Legion

1948
as Tom Banner

Brimstone

1949
as Bud Courteen

The Charge at Feather River

1953
as Pvt. Connors

Objective, Burma!

1945
as SSgt. Treacy

Gun Fight

1961
as Wayne Santley

James Brown: Love Power Peace

1971
as Himself

James Brown: Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown

2014
as Himself (archive footage)

It's Black Entertainment

2002
as James Brown

The Wild Blue Yonder

1951
as Sgt. Pop Davis

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

1944
as Avery Moore

Doombeach

1989
as Steve

Targets

1968
as Robert Thompson Sr.

You Know What's Funny?

2019
as Rockhouse Bar and Grill MC

Undercover Brother

2002
as Himself

The Pride of St. Louis

1952
as Moose

Sands of Iwo Jima

1949
as Pfc. Charlie Bass

The Night James Brown Saved Boston

2008
as Himself

James Brown: Live at Montreux

1981
as James Brown

The Forest Rangers

1942
as George Tracy

James Brown Live At The Apollo '68

2008
as Himself

Missing Women

1951
as Sgt. Mike Pernell

Police Dog Story

1961
as Norman 'Norm' Edwards

Father Takes the Air

1951
as Bob

Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore

2001

Gun Street

1961
as Sheriff Chuck Morton

When the Music's Over

1982
as James Brown

The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World

2015
as Self - Writer & Editor, Loaded 1994-1997

The Man Who Met Himself

2005
as The Client

Doctor Detroit

1983
as Bandleader

James Brown Live At The Boston Garden

2008
as Himself

Thunder Over the Plains

1953
as Conrad

Going My Way

1944
as Ted Haines Jr.

The Power of Soul

2013
as James Brown

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1995
as James Brown

The Good Fellows

1943
as Tom Drayton

Moochie of the Little League

1959
as Andy Clinton

Euro 96: The Summer Football Came Home

2016
as Self - Founder, Loaded

Anna Lucasta

1949
as Buster

Five Guns to Tombstone

1961
as Billy Wade

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

1958
as Lt. Ripley 'Rip' Masters

Beat the Devil

2002
as Himself (as Mr. James Brown)

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

1949
as Tony Cresnovitch

The Fireball

1950
as Allen

Finding the Funk

2014
as James Brown

Finding the Funk

2014
as James Brown

The Sea Hornet

1951
as Pete Hunter

Director

Movie Red White Black & Blue Odyssey 2017
Movie You Can Tutu 2017

Producer

Movie Still Alice 2015
Movie Finding Big Country 2018
Movie Mountain Men 2014
Movie Stolen Virginity 2016
Movie Down River 2013
Movie Age of Heroes 2011
Movie Verity's Summer 2013
Movie The Man Who Met Himself 2005
Movie Bad City 2014
Movie Repeaters 2010
Movie Sisters & Brothers 2011
Movie No Clue 2014

Crew

Movie Janet Jackson: Design of a Decade 1986/1996 1995