Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 18, 1940
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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James Brolin
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lightyear | Zurg (voice) |
| 2018 | Royal Hearts | Hank Pavlik |
| 2017 | Spielberg | Self |
| 2017 | Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! | Self |
| 2017 | Being Rose | Max |
| 2016 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Jack |
| 2016 | A Beautiful Day | Gene Thompson |
| 2016 | The Steps | Ed |
| 2015 | Sisters | Bucky Ellis |
| 2015 | Accidental Love | Speaker Buck McCoy |
| 2015 | The 33 | Jeff Hart |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred | Max |
| 2014 | It Came From Connemara! | Self |
| 2013 | Christmas with Tucker | Bo |
| 2012 | Blackout sur Los Angeles | Terrance Danfield |
| 2011 | Love, Wedding, Marriage | Bradley |
| 2011 | Last Will | Det. Sloan |
| 2010 | Burlesque | Mr. Anderson |
| 2010 | True Grit | Frank James (uncredited) |
| 2010 | Angel Camouflaged | Salt |
| 2009 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | Ben Selleck |
| 2009 | Bitter/Sweet | Calvert Jenkins |
| 2008 | Lost City Raiders | John Kubiac |
| 2008 | Last Chance Harvey | Brian |
| 2008 | The American Standards | Jack Jennings |
| 2008 | Evolution of the Apes | Narrator |
| 2008 | The Secret Behind Escape | Narrator |
| 2008 | Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times | Narrator |
| 2008 | From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel | Narrator |
| 2008 | End of an Epic: The Final Battle | Narrator |
| 2007 | The Hunting Party | Franklin Harris |
| 2007 | Bad Girl Island | Terry Bamba |
| 2006 | Wedding Wars | Governor Conrad Welling |
| 2006 | The Alibi | Bob Hatch |
| 2005 | Widow on the Hill | Hank Cavanaugh |
| 2005 | For God's Sake, Get Out! | Self |
| 2005 | Category 7: The End of the World | Donny Hall |
| 2003 | A Guy Thing | Ken Cooper |
| 2003 | The Reagans | Ronald Reagan |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Jack Barnes |
| 2002 | The Master of Disguise | Fabbrizio Disguisey |
| 2002 | Antwone Fisher | The Captain |
| 2000 | Children of Fortune | Dave Passenger |
| 2000 | Traffic | General Ralph Landry |
| 1999 | To Love, Honor, & Betray | Ted Brennan |
| 1998 | A Marriage of Convenience | Mason Whitney |
| 1997 | Goodbye America | Ed Johnson |
| 1997 | The Haunted Sea | Captain Ramsey |
| 1997 | Cannes Man | Self |
| 1997 | Lewis & Clark & George | Reverend Red |
| 1997 | We the People | Alan Lesard |
| 1997 | My Brother's War | John Hall |
| 1997 | El Aroma del Copal | John Richardson |
| 1996 | Tracks of a Killer | David Hawkner |
| 1996 | Hijacked: Flight 285 | Ron Showman |
| 1996 | Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season | Elliott Manning |
| 1996 | Blood Money | Lt. Kincaid |
| 1996 | To Face Her Past | Greg Hollander |
| 1995 | The Expert | Warden Munsey |
| 1995 | Relative Fear | Det. Atwater |
| 1995 | Terminal Virus | McCabe |
| 1995 | Der schwarze Fluch | David Levinski / Charles Marlowe |
| 1995 | Savate | Colonel Jones |
| 1994 | The Visual Bible: Acts | Simon Peter |
| 1994 | Indecent Behavior II | Liam O'Donnell |
| 1994 | Parallel Lives | Professor Spencer Jones |
| 1994 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor | Ryan Allison |
| 1993 | Cheatin' Hearts | Henry |
| 1993 | Visions of Murder | Hal |
| 1993 | Gunsmoke: The Long Ride | John Parsley |
| 1992 | Gas Food Lodging | John Evans |
| 1992 | Twin Sisters | Michael Mallory |
| 1992 | The Sands of Time | Col. Ramon Acoca |
| 1991 | Ted & Venus | Max Waters |
| 1991 | And the Sea Will Tell | Mac Graham |
| 1990 | Bad Jim | B.D. Sweetman |
| 1990 | Back Stab | Cliff Murphy |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Doctor |
| 1990 | High Score | Budetzky |
| 1990 | Nightmare on the 13th Floor | Dr. Alan Lanier |
| 1989 | Finish Line | Martin Shrevelow |
| 1989 | Voice of the Heart | Victor Mason |
| 1987 | Intimate Betrayal | Michael Wakefield |
| 1986 | Intimate Encounters | Nick Atkins |
| 1985 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | "P. W." |
| 1985 | Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues | Harry Wilde |
| 1983 | Cowboy | Ward McNally |
| 1983 | White Water Rebels | Mike McKay |
| 1982 | Mae West | Jim Timony |
| 1982 | The Ambush Murders | Paul Marshall |
| 1981 | High Risk | Stone |
| 1980 | Night of the Juggler | Sean Boyd |
| 1979 | The Amityville Horror | George Lutz |
| 1978 | Steel Cowboy | Clayton Pfanner |
| 1977 | The Car | Wade Parent |
| 1977 | Capricorn One | Col. Charles Brubaker |
| 1976 | Gable and Lombard | Clark Gable |
| 1974 | Trapped | Chuck Brenner |
| 1973 | Westworld | John Blane |
| 1973 | Class of '63 | Joe Hart |
| 1972 | Skyjacked | Jerome K. Weber |
| 1972 | Short Walk to Daylight | Tom Phelan |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities | Steven Kiley |
| 1968 | The Boston Strangler | Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi |
| 1967 | The Cape Town Affair | Skip McCoy |
| 1966 | Fantastic Voyage | Technician |
| 1966 | Planet of the Apes Test Reel | Cornelius |
| 1966 | Way... Way Out | Ted Robertson |
| 1966 | Our Man Flint | Technician (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Von Ryan's Express | Private Ames |
| 1965 | Dear Brigitte | Student at Leaf Rally |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Take Her, She's Mine | Mel (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ransom Canyon | Cap Fuller |
| 2023 | La Californie ! | Self - Actor |
| 2021 | Sweet Tooth | Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2018 | Eli Roth's History of Horror | Self |
| 2015 | Life in Pieces | John Short |
| 2014 | When Calls the Heart | Judge Jedidiah Black |
| 2010 | The Defenders | Teddy Kaczmarek |
| 2009 | Community | William Winger |
| 2009 | Castle | Jackson Hunt |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Psych | Hank Mendel |
| 2005 | Category 7: The End of the World | Donny Hall |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self |
| 2003 | The Reagans | Ronald Reagan |
| 2002 | Monk | Daniel Thorn |
| 2001 | Good Day Live | Self |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Gov. Robert Ritchie |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Richard Finley |
| 1997 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Lt. Col. Bill Kelly |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Self - Host |
| 1995 | Extreme | Reese Wheeler |
| 1994 | Burke's Law | Mitchell Farrell |
| 1993 | Angel Falls | Luke Larson |
| 1991 | And the Sea Will Tell | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1986 | Hold the Dream | Ross Nelson |
| 1982 | Hotel | Peter McDermott |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self |
| 1975 | People's Choice Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Dr. Steven Kiley |
| 1971 | The Pet Set | Self |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Steven Kiley |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self |
| 1966 | Batman | Officer Reggie Hogan |
| 1966 | The Monroes | |
| 1966 | Batman | Driver |
| 1966 | Batman | Kid Gulliver |
| 1964 | Valentine's Day | |
| 1963 | The Patty Duke Show | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | Bus Stop | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |