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









