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James Brolin
James Brolin

James Brolin

ActingBorn July 18, 1940 (age 85)Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography

2025
Ransom Canyon

as Cap Fuller

TV
2023
La Californie !

as Self - Actor

TV
2023TV
2022
Lightyear

as Zurg (voice)

Movie
2021
Sweet Tooth

as Narrator (voice)

TV
2018
Royal Hearts

as Hank Pavlik

Movie
2017Movie
2017
Spielberg

as Self

Movie
2017
Steve

as Self

TV
2016
A Beautiful Day

as Gene Thompson

Movie
2016Movie
2015
Sisters

as Bucky Ellis

Movie
2015
Life in Pieces

as John Short

TV
2015
The 33

as Jeff Hart

Movie
2015
Accidental Love

as Speaker Buck McCoy

Movie
2014Movie
2014Movie
2014
When Calls the Heart

as Judge Jedidiah Black

TV
2013Movie
2012
Blackout

as Terrance Danfield

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Last Will

as Det. Sloan

Movie
2010
True Grit

as Frank James (uncredited)

Movie
2010
Burlesque

as Mr. Anderson

Movie
2010Movie
2010
The Defenders

as Teddy Kaczmarek

TV
2009
Community

as William Winger

TV
2009
Bitter/Sweet

as Calvert Jenkins

Movie
2009Movie
2009
Castle

as Jackson Hunt

TV
2008Movie
2008Movie
2008Movie
2008
Lost City Raiders

as John Kubiac

Movie
2008
The American Standards

as Jack Jennings

Movie
2007
Bad Girl Island

as Terry Bamba

Movie
2007
The Hunting Party

as Franklin Harris

Movie
2006
Wedding Wars

as Governor Conrad Welling

Movie
2006
Psych

as Hank Mendel

TV
2006
The Alibi

as Bob Hatch

Movie
2005Movie
2005
Widow on the Hill

as Hank Cavanaugh

Movie
2003
The Reagans

as Ronald Reagan

Movie
2003
The Reagans

as Ronald Reagan

TV
2003
A Guy Thing

as Ken Cooper

Movie
2002
Antwone Fisher

as The Captain (uncredited)

Movie
2002
Catch Me If You Can

as Jack Barnes

Movie
2002
The Master of Disguise

as Fabbrizio Disguisey

Movie
2002
Monk

as Daniel Thorn

TV
2001TV
2000
Traffic

as General Ralph Landry

Movie
2000
Children of Fortune

as Dave Passenger

Movie
1999
The West Wing

as Gov. Robert Ritchie

TV
1999TV
1999Movie
1998Movie
1997
The Haunted Sea

as Captain Ramsey

Movie
1997
My Brother's War

as John Hall

Movie
1997
Pensacola: Wings of Gold

as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly

TV
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997
Scent of Vengeance

as John Richardson

Movie
1997TV
1997
Lewis & Clark & George

as Reverend Red

Movie
1997
We the People

as Alan Lesard

Movie
1997
Goodbye America

as Ed Johnson

Movie
1996
To Face Her Past

as Greg Hollander

Movie
1996
Cannes Man

as Self

Movie
1996
Tracks of a Killer

as David Hawkner

Movie
1996
Hijacked: Flight 285

as Ron Showman

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Blood Money

as Lt. Kincaid

Movie
1995Movie
1995
Savate

as Colonel Jones

Movie
1995
The Expert

as Warden Munsey

Movie
1995
Der schwarze Fluch

as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe

Movie
1995
Extreme

as Reese Wheeler

TV
1994
Indecent Behavior II

as Liam O'Donnell

Movie
1994
Relative Fear

as Det. Atwater

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Parallel Lives

as Professor Spencer Jones

Movie
1994
Burke's Law

as Mitchell Farrell

TV
1993
Angel Falls

as Luke Larson

TV
1993Movie
1993Movie
1993Movie
1992
The Sands of Time

as Col. Ramon Acoca

Movie
1992
Gas Food Lodging

as John Evans

Movie
1992
Twin Sisters

as Michael Mallory

Movie
1991
Ted & Venus

as Max Waters

Movie
1991Movie
1991TV
1990
Nightmare on the 13th Floor

as Dr. Alan Lanier

Movie
1990
Back Stab

as Cliff Murphy

Movie
1990
High Score

as Budetzky

Movie
1990
Bad Jim

as B.D. Sweetman

Movie
1990Movie
1989
Voice of the Heart

as Victor Mason

Movie
1989
Finish Line

as Martin Shrevelow

Movie
1988TV
1987
Intimate Betrayal

as Michael Wakefield

Movie
1987
Hold the Dream

as Ross Nelson

TV
1986
Intimate Encounters

as Nick Atkins

Movie
1985Movie
1985Movie
1983
Cowboy

as Ward McNally

Movie
1983
White Water Rebels

as Mike McKay

Movie
1982
Hotel

as Peter McDermott

TV
1982
Mae West

as Jim Timony

Movie
1982
The Ambush Murders

as Paul Marshall

Movie
1981
High Risk

as Stone

Movie
1980Movie
1979
The Amityville Horror

as George Lutz

Movie
1978
Steel Cowboy

as Clayton Pfanner

Movie
1977
Capricorn One

as Col. Charles Brubaker

Movie
1977
The Car

as Wade Parent

Movie
1976
Gable and Lombard

as Clark Gable

Movie
1975
People's Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1974
Trapped

as Chuck Brenner

Movie
1973
Westworld

as John Blane

Movie
1973
Class of '63

as Joe Hart

Movie
1972Movie
1972
Skyjacked

as Jerome K. Weber

Movie
1971TV
1971TV
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Dr. Steven Kiley

TV
1968
The Boston Strangler

as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi

Movie
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1967Movie
1966
Way... Way Out

as Ted Robertson

Movie
1966
Fantastic Voyage

as Technician

Movie
1966Movie
1966
Our Man Flint

as Technician (uncredited)

Movie
1966
Batman

as Officer Reggie Hogan

TV
1966
Batman

as Driver

TV
1966
Batman

as Kid Gulliver

TV
1965
Von Ryan's Express

as Private Ames

Movie
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)

Movie
1965
Dear Brigitte

as Student at Leaf Rally

Movie
1963
Take Her, She's Mine

as Mel (uncredited)

Movie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

TV
1961TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Audience Member

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 18, 1940
Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
Popularity1.9
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