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