Actor

James Brolin

Born 18 July 1940 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2023La Californie !1 seasonSelf - Actor
  2. 2022Lightyear1h 45mZurg (voice)
  3. 2021Sweet Tooth3 seasonsNarrator (voice)
  4. 2018Royal Hearts1h 24mHank Pavlik
  5. 2017Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!1h 48mSelf
  6. 2017Being Rose1h 29mMax
  7. 2016I'll Be Home for Christmas1h 24mJack
  8. 2016A Beautiful Day21mGene Thompson
  9. 2016The Steps1h 40mEd
  10. 2015Life in Pieces4 seasonsJohn Short
  11. 2015The 332hJeff Hart
  12. 2015Sisters1h 58mBucky Ellis
  13. 2015Accidental Love1h 41mSpeaker Buck McCoy
  14. 2014It Came From Connemara!1hSelf
  15. 2014Elsa & Fred1h 37mMax
  16. 2013Christmas with Tucker1h 23mBo
  17. 2012Blackout2h 55mTerrance Danfield
  18. 2011Love, Wedding, Marriage1h 30mBradley
  19. 2011A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King58mSelf (archive footage)
  20. 2011Last Will1h 36mDet. Sloan
  21. 2010Angel Camouflaged1h 56mSalt
  22. 2009Bitter/Sweet1h 46mCalvert Jenkins
  23. 2009The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard1h 29mBen Selleck
  24. 2008Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times21mNarrator
  25. 2008The American Standards1h 34mJack Jennings
  26. 2008Lost City Raiders1h 42mJohn Kubiac
  27. 2008Evolution of the Apes24mNarrator
  28. 2008From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel22mNarrator
  29. 2008The Secret Behind Escape16mNarrator
  30. 2008End of an Epic: The Final Battle17mNarrator
  31. 2008Last Chance Harvey1h 39mBrian
  32. 2007Bad Girl Island1h 30mTerry Bamba
  33. 2007The Hunting Party1h 41mFranklin Harris
  34. 2006The Alibi1h 30mBob Hatch
  35. 2006Wedding Wars1h 28mGovernor Conrad Welling
  36. 2005Widow on the Hill1h 20mHank Cavanaugh
  37. 2005For God's Sake, Get Out!21mSelf
  38. 2005Category 7: The End of the World1 seasonDonny Hall
  39. 2003The Reagans1 seasonRonald Reagan
  40. 2003The Reagans3hRonald Reagan
  41. 2003A Guy Thing1h 41mKen Cooper
  42. 2002The Master of Disguise1h 20mFabbrizio Disguisey
  43. 2002Catch Me If You Can2h 21mJack Barnes
  44. 2002Antwone Fisher2hThe Captain (uncredited)
  45. 2001AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand1h 30mself
  46. 2000Children of Fortune1h 36mDave Passenger
  47. 2000Traffic2h 27mGeneral Ralph Landry
  48. 1999To Love, Honor, & Betray1h 36mTed Brennan
  49. 1998A Marriage of Convenience1h 32mMason Whitney
  50. 1997My Brother's War1h 24mJohn Hall
  51. 1997We the People1h 30mAlan Lesard
  52. 1997Pensacola: Wings of Gold3 seasonsLt. Col. Bill Kelly
  53. 1997Scent of Vengeance1h 32mJohn Richardson
  54. 1997The Haunted Sea1h 14mCaptain Ramsey
  55. 1997Lewis & Clark & George1h 22mReverend Red
  56. 1997Goodbye America1h 56mEd Johnson
  57. 1996Blood Money1h 30mLt. Kincaid
  58. 1996Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season1h 31mElliott Manning
  59. 1996Tracks of a Killer1h 39mDavid Hawkner
  60. 1996Hijacked: Flight 2851h 34mRon Showman
  61. 1996To Face Her Past1h 36mGreg Hollander
  62. 1996Cannes Man1h 28mSelf
  63. 1995Terminal Virus1h 14mMcCabe
  64. 1995Der schwarze Fluch1h 34mDavid Levinski / Charles Marlowe
  65. 1995Extreme1 seasonReese Wheeler
  66. 1995The Expert1h 32mWarden Munsey
  67. 1995Savate1h 28mColonel Jones
  68. 1994Relative Fear1h 30mDet. Atwater
  69. 1994Indecent Behavior II1h 29mLiam O'Donnell
  70. 1994Parallel Lives1h 45mProfessor Spencer Jones
  71. 1994The Visual Bible: Acts3h 13mPeter
  72. 1994Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor1h 36mRyan Allison
  73. 1993Visions of Murder1h 26mHal
  74. 1993Gunsmoke: The Long Ride1h 34mJohn Parsley
  75. 1993Angel Falls1 seasonLuke Larson
  76. 1993Cheatin' Hearts1h 28mHenry
  77. 1992Gas Food Lodging1h 41mJohn Evans
  78. 1992Twin Sisters1h 32mMichael Mallory
  79. 1992The Sands of Time1h 36mCol. Ramon Acoca
  80. 1991Ted & Venus1h 40mMax Waters
  81. 1991And the Sea Will Tell1 seasonMac Graham
  82. 1991And the Sea Will Tell2h 59mMac Graham
  83. 1990Back Stab1h 31mCliff Murphy
  84. 1990Bad Jim1h 30mB.D. Sweetman
  85. 1990High ScoreBudetzky
  86. 1990The Earth Day Special1h 39mDoctor
  87. 1990Nightmare on the 13th Floor1h 30mDr. Alan Lanier
  88. 1989Finish Line1h 35mMartin Shrevelow
  89. 1989Voice of the Heart3h 12mVictor Mason
  90. 1987Intimate Betrayal1h 36mMichael Wakefield
  91. 1987Hold the Dream1 seasonRoss Nelson
  92. 1986Intimate Encounters1h 34mNick Atkins
  93. 1985Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues1h 40mHarry Wilde
  94. 1983Cowboy1h 32mWard McNally
  95. 1983White Water Rebels1h 32mMike McKay
  96. 1982The Ambush Murders1h 40mPaul Marshall
  97. 1982Hotel5 seasonsPeter McDermott
  98. 1982Mae West1h 35mJim Timony
  99. 1981High Risk1h 34mStone
  100. 1980Night of the Juggler1h 41mSean Boyd
  101. 1979The Amityville Horror1h 58mGeorge Lutz
  102. 1978Steel Cowboy1h 30mClayton Pfanner
  103. 1977The Car1h 36mWade Parent
  104. 1977Capricorn One2h 3mCol. Charles Brubaker
  105. 1976Gable and Lombard2h 11mClark Gable
  106. 1974Trapped1h 14mChuck Brenner
  107. 1973Class of '631h 14mJoe Hart
  108. 1973Westworld1h 29mJohn Blane
  109. 1972Short Walk to Daylight1h 13mTom Phelan
  110. 1972Skyjacked1h 41mJerome K. Weber
  111. 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.7 seasonsDr. Steven Kiley
  112. 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities1h 40mSteven Kiley
  113. 1967The Cape Town Affair1h 40mSkip McCoy
  114. 1966Planet of the Apes Test Reel9mCornelius
  115. 1966Way... Way Out1h 41mTed Robertson
  116. 1966Fantastic Voyage1h 41mTechnician
  117. 1966Our Man Flint1h 48mTechnician (uncredited)
  118. 1965Von Ryan's Express1h 57mPrivate Ames
  119. 1965Dear Brigitte1h 40mStudent at Leaf Rally
  120. Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars"Self