Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 09, 1947
Died
Apr 10, 2024
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
87 titles
O. J. Simpson
Biography
Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and broadcaster. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills, and is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time. Once a popular figure with the American public, Simpson's professional success was later overshadowed by his trial and controversial acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994. Simpson played college football for the USC Trojans, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected first overall by the Bills in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. During his nine seasons with the Bills, Simpson received five consecutive Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro selections from 1972 to 1976. He also led the league in rushing yards four times, in rushing touchdowns twice, and in points scored in 1975. In 1973, he became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, earning him NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP), and is the only NFL player to do so in a 14-game regular season. Simpson holds the record for the single-season yards-per-game average at 143.1. After retiring with the San Francisco 49ers in 1979, Simpson pursued an acting and broadcasting career. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985. In June 1994, Simpson was arrested and charged with the murders of Brown and Goldman. He was acquitted in a lengthy and internationally publicized trial, but found liable for the deaths three years later in a civil suit from the victims' families. Prior to his death, Simpson had paid little of the $33.5 million judgment (equivalent to $64 million in 2023). In 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. He served his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center near Lovelock, Nevada. He was granted parole in July 2017, released from prison in October, and granted early release from his parole in December 2021 by the Nevada Division of Parole and Probation. He died in 2024 at the age of 76 from prostate cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article O. J. Simpson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Elway
Self (archive footage)
Detective Tom Lange and the O.J. Simpson Case (Part 1)
Self (archive footage)
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
Self (archive footage)
TMZ Presents | O.J.: How He Really Did It
Self (archive footage)
The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
Self (archive footage)
Most Famous Murder: The O.J. Simpson Trial
Self (archive footage)
O.J. Simpson: Blood, Lies & Murder
Self
Killer Sally
Self - Acquitted of Double Homicide (archive footage)
When Ruby Wax Met...
Self (archive footage)
Tiger King
Self (archive footage)
OJ25
Dark Side of the Ring
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?
Self (archive footage)
O.J.: Guilty in Vegas
Himself (archive footage)
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
Self (archive footage)
O.J.: Made in America
Self (archive footage)
O.J.: Made in America
Self (archive footage)
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
Self (archive footage)
O.J. Speaks: The Hidden Tapes
Self (archive footage)
The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Case: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
2012: Time for Change
Self (archive footage)
History of the Buffalo Bills
Self (archive footage)
Juiced with O.J. Simpson
Himself
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Bamboozled
Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
Absolutely 100% Guilty
Himself
O.J. Simpson: The Interview
Self
Ruby Wax Meets
Nicole's Revenge
archive footage
O.J. Fitness: Minimum Maintenance Fitness for Men
Himself
Fall from Grace: O.J.'s Last Run
Self (archive footage)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Nordberg
No Place to Hide
Allie Wheeler
C.I.A. Code Name: Alexa
Nick Murphy
Adventures in Wonderland
O.J. Simpson
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Nordberg
The Record Breakers
Self (archive footage)
Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed
Self
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
Monday Night Madness
Self
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Nordberg
Student Exchange
Soccer Coach
Back to the Beach
Man At Airport (uncredited)
Disposable Heroes: The Other Side of Football
Self
1st & Ten
T.D. Parker
Hambone and Hillie
Tucker
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
Michael Brennen
Late Night with David Letterman
Self