James Brolin
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James Brolin (born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin; July 18, 1940) is an American actor, producer and director. He has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27, 1998. He is best known for his TV roles such as Steven Kiley on Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969–1976), Peter McDermott on Hotel (1983–1988), John Short on Life in Pieces (2015–2019), and the Narrator on Sweet Tooth and his film roles such as Sgt. Jerome K. Weber in Skyjacked (1972), John Blane in Westworld (1973), General Ralph Landry in Traffic (2000), Jack Barnes in Catch Me If You Can (2002), and Emperor Zurg in the 2022 Toy Story spin-off film Lightyear. In 1966, he married Jane Cameron Agee, a wildlife activist and aspiring actress at Twentieth Century Fox, 12 days after they first met. The couple had two children, actor Josh Brolin (b. 1968), and Jess (b. 1973). They were divorced in 1984. In 1985, he met actress Jan Smithers on the set of Hotel, and they married in 1986. The couple had a daughter, Molly Elizabeth (b. 1987). Smithers filed for divorce from Brolin in 1995. In 1996, he met singer and actress Barbra Streisand through a friend, and they married on July 1, 1998. He is stepfather of Streisand's only child, Jason Gould.
Known for
Credits
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
as Jack Barnes
Lightyear (2022)
as Zurg (voice)
True Grit (2010)
as Frank James (uncredited)
Traffic (2000)
as General Ralph Landry
Westworld (1973)
as John Blane
Burlesque (2010)
as Mr. Anderson
The Amityville Horror (1979)
as George Lutz
The Master of Disguise (2002)
as Fabbrizio Disguisey
Sisters (2015)
as Bucky Ellis
Accidental Love (2015)
as Speaker Buck McCoy
Last Chance Harvey (2008)
as Brian
The 33 (2015)
as Jeff Hart
The Hunting Party (2007)
as Franklin Harris
Capricorn One (1977)
as Col. Charles Brubaker
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
as Technician
Spielberg (2017)
as Self
The Car (1977)
as Wade Parent
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
as Ben Selleck
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
as Private Ames
Love, Wedding, Marriage (2011)
as Bradley
Antwone Fisher (2002)
as The Captain (uncredited)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
as "P. W."
The Earth Day Special (1990)
as Doctor
Relative Fear (1994)
as Det. Atwater
Blood Money (1996)
as Lt. Kincaid
The Boston Strangler (1968)
as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi
A Guy Thing (2003)
as Ken Cooper
The Alibi (2006)
as Bob Hatch
Bad Jim (1990)
as B.D. Sweetman
Blackout (2012)
as Terrance Danfield
I'll Be Home for Christmas (2016)
as Jack
Elsa & Fred (2014)
as Max
Lost City Raiders (2008)
as John "Pa" Kubiak
Skyjacked (1972)
as Jerome K. Weber
To Love, Honor, & Betray (1999)
as Ted Brennan
Gas Food Lodging (1992)
as John Evans
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
Bitter/Sweet (2009)
as Calvert Jenkins
Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990)
as Dr. Alan Lanier
Cheatin' Hearts (1993)
as Henry
Dear Brigitte (1965)
as Student at Leaf Rally
And the Sea Will Tell (1991)
as Mac Graham
Take Her, She's Mine (1963)
as Mel (uncredited)
Visions of Murder (1993)
as Hal
Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars" (—)
as Self
Savate (1995)
as Colonel Jones
The American Standards (2008)
as Jack Jennings
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993)
as John Parsley
Ted & Venus (1991)
as Max Waters
Way... Way Out (1966)
as Ted Robertson
Gable and Lombard (1976)
as Clark Gable
Widow on the Hill (2005)
as Hank Cavanaugh
Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996)
as Ron Showman
Goodbye America (1997)
as Ed Johnson
Indecent Behavior II (1994)
as Liam O'Donnell
Cannes Man (1996)
as Self
Trapped (1974)
as Chuck Brenner
Our Man Flint (1966)
as Technician (uncredited)
The Haunted Sea (1997)
as Captain Ramsey
Christmas with Tucker (2013)
as Bo
The Ambush Murders (1982)
as Paul Marshall
Bad Girl Island (2007)
as Terry Bamba
Intimate Encounters (1986)
as Nick Atkins
A Beautiful Day (2016)
as Gene Thompson
High Risk (1981)
as Stone
Evolution of the Apes (2008)
as Narrator
The Reagans (2003)
as Ronald Reagan
A Marriage of Convenience (1998)
as Mason Whitney
Last Will (2011)
as Det. Sloan
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! (2017)
as Self
Der schwarze Fluch (1995)
as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
Night of the Juggler (1980)
as Sean Boyd
Twin Sisters (1992)
as Michael Mallory
It Came From Connemara! (2014)
as Self
Parallel Lives (1994)
as Professor Spencer Jones
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities (1969)
as Steven Kiley
We the People (1997)
as Alan Lesard
The Cape Town Affair (1967)
as Skip McCoy
Royal Hearts (2018)
as Hank Pavlik
Tracks of a Killer (1996)
as David Hawkner
My Brother's War (1997)
as John Hall
The Expert (1995)
as Warden Munsey
The Steps (2016)
as Ed
Children of Fortune (2000)
as Dave Passenger
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001)
as self
Lewis & Clark & George (1997)
as Reverend Red
Intimate Betrayal (1987)
as Michael Wakefield
Finish Line (1989)
as Martin Shrevelow
Planet of the Apes Test Reel (1966)
as Cornelius
To Face Her Past (1996)
as Greg Hollander
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (1996)
as Elliott Manning
Angel Camouflaged (2010)
as Salt
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues (1985)
as Harry Wilde
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times (2008)
as Narrator
Being Rose (2017)
as Max
Voice of the Heart (1989)
as Victor Mason
The Visual Bible: Acts (1994)
as Peter
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994)
as Ryan Allison
Wedding Wars (2006)
as Governor Conrad Welling
Back Stab (1990)
as Cliff Murphy
Short Walk to Daylight (1972)
as Tom Phelan
Mae West (1982)
as Jim Timony
The Secret Behind Escape (2008)
as Narrator
Class of '63 (1973)
as Joe Hart
Terminal Virus (1995)
as McCabe
The Sands of Time (1992)
as Col. Ramon Acoca
Scent of Vengeance (1997)
as John Richardson
Cowboy (1983)
as Ward McNally
White Water Rebels (1983)
as Mike McKay
Steel Cowboy (1978)
as Clayton Pfanner
End of an Epic: The Final Battle (2008)
as Narrator
For God's Sake, Get Out! (2005)
as Self
High Score (1990)
as Budetzky
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel (2008)
as Narrator