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