Following this, Brown played supporting roles in major Hollywood productions, his most notable being Ted Kotcheff's Uncommon Valor which was a box-office success.

Also during this time Brown played many lead roles in genre films including: Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983), Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985), Strike Commando (1987), Space Mutiny (1988), Robowar (1988), among others.

His performance was critically acclaimed, and was nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Dramatic Role by the Australian Film Institute.

He grew up in the Los Angeles area and played football at Temple City High School.

[1] He ended up losing the starting running back position to another student, O. J. Simpson, and Brown decided to transfer to another college in the Los Angeles area.

He later appeared in guest starring roles in several Universal Studios-produced television series, including Emergency!, Marcus Welby, M.D., Kojak, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, and The Rockford Files.

He also appeared as Rebel, a southern boy who has a fight with Ralph Malph in Happy Days, and played Jim Bridger in the all-star miniseries Centennial.

Also that year, he had a supporting role as an intimidating football player who joins a basketball team in Jack Smight's sport comedy Fast Break.

[8] In 1983, Brown played the lead role in Antonio Margheriti's Science fiction film, Yor, the Hunter from the Future.

[22][23][24] Also that year, he acted in Rick Rosenthal's Distant Thunder,[25] and reunited with director Mattei for to play the lead in Robowar.

In 1989, Brown co-lead with Lou Ferrigno in the action film Cage playing Vietnam War veterans buddies.