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