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