Ten months later, on May 18, 1963, Ernie Davis died of leukemia at 23 as football fans across the nation mourned. "THE EXPRESS": College football hero Ernie Davis (ROB BROWN, left) and fellow player Jack Buckley (OMAR BENSON MILLER) charm Gloria Baker (LINARA WASHINGTON) and Sarah Ward (NICOLE BEHARIE). Omar Benson Miller as Jack Buckley. Ernie developed a pat answer: “Guys like Jim Brown come once in a million years. Gary Fleder – Director. I just want to play like Ernie Davis. Born into poverty, Ernie Davis (Rob Brown) overcomes many obstacles to get into Syracuse University's football program. Nicole Beharie as Sarah Ward. For being a relatively unknown actor, Rob Brown absolutely delivered in his role as Ernie Davis in "The Express: The Ernie Davis Story." Afroamericano cresciuto in povertà, Ernie Davis si afferma grazie alle doti di corridore, che gli valgono il soprannome “Express”. Also in the same year she played Sarah Ward in the American sports film The Express: The Ernie Davis Story opposite actor Rob Brown. Charles Leavitt – Writer. Clancy Brown as Roy Simmons. Rob Brown as Ernie Davis. I try to do the best I can. In the Lifetime movie, Sins of the Mother (2010), Beharie portrayed Shay Hunter, a struggling university student who goes on a journey to mend her fractured relationship with her mother Nona played by Jill Scott. Charles Dutton as Willie ‘Pops’ Davis. A letter dated Aug. 9, 1962, from Ernie Davis to Helen Gray, then Helen Gott: Dear Helen, How’s everything with you? Enemy tacklers kept Ernie in their crosshairs throughout his senior season in 1961, but it was the rare game in which they were able to … PRODUCTION. Directed by Gary Fleder. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/nicole-beharie-46378.php The Syracuse team, coming off an undefeated season, was notable for the presence of Ernie Davis, a supremely talented running back who would go … Dennis Quaid as Ben Schwartzwalder. With Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid, Clancy Brown, Darrin Dewitt Henson. I hope and I pray that all is swell. Aunjanue Ellis as Marie Davis. Before tragedy struck, Davis was the hero of heroes on a football field. Darrin Dewitt Henson as Jim Brown. A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.