O. J. Simpson

Known for ActingBorn 1947-07-09Died 2024-04-10San Francisco, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

O.J. Speaks: The Hidden Tapes

Mickey's 50

The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson

O.J.: Made in America

Dark Side of the Ring

Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

Dateline: Secrets Uncovered

O.J.: Guilty in Vegas

O.J.: Made in America

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood

Why?

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

Adventures in Wonderland

Basketball: A Love Story

American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson

The Wonderful World of Disney

O.J. Simpson: Blood, Lies & Murder

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Roots

Tiger King

Killer Sally

Absolutely 100% Guilty

Nicole's Revenge

O.J. Fitness: Minimum Maintenance Fitness for Men

It Takes a Thief

When Ruby Wax Met...

Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed

Elway

Superstunt II

The Captain and Tennille

The Towering Inferno

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Dragnet

Saturday Night Live

The Name of the Game

Ruby Wax Meets

Ironside

Capricorn One

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

2012: Time for Change

Here's Lucy

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

The Ed Sullivan Show

Bamboozled

Most Famous Murder: The O.J. Simpson Trial

TMZ Presents | O.J.: How He Really Did It

The Merv Griffin Show