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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-07-18 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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

Acting

2025

Ransom Canyon as Cap Fuller

2023

La Californie ! as Self - Actor

2022

Lightyear as Zurg (voice)

2021

Sweet Tooth as Narrator (voice)

2018

Royal Hearts as Hank Pavlik

2017

Spielberg as Self
Being Rose as Max

2016

A Beautiful Day as Gene Thompson
The Steps as Ed

2015

Sisters as Bucky Ellis
Accidental Love as Speaker Buck McCoy
The 33 as Jeff Hart
Life in Pieces as John Short

2014

When Calls the Heart as Judge Jedidiah Black

2013

2012

Blackout sur Los Angeles as Terrance Danfield

2011

Last Will as Det. Sloan

2010

Burlesque as Mr. Anderson
True Grit as Frank James (uncredited)
The Defenders as Teddy Kaczmarek

2009

Bitter/Sweet as Calvert Jenkins
Community as William Winger
Castle as Jackson Hunt

2008

Lost City Raiders as John Kubiac
The American Standards as Jack Jennings

2007

The Hunting Party as Franklin Harris
Bad Girl Island as Terry Bamba

2006

Wedding Wars as Governor Conrad Welling
The Alibi as Bob Hatch
Psych as Hank Mendel

2005

Widow on the Hill as Hank Cavanaugh

2003

A Guy Thing as Ken Cooper
The Reagans as Ronald Reagan
The Reagans as Ronald Reagan

2002

Catch Me If You Can as Jack Barnes
The Master of Disguise as Fabbrizio Disguisey
Antwone Fisher as The Captain
Monk as Daniel Thorn

2001

2000

Children of Fortune as Dave Passenger
Traffic as General Ralph Landry

1999

The West Wing as Gov. Robert Ritchie

1998

A Marriage of Convenience as Mason Whitney

1997

Goodbye America as Ed Johnson
The Haunted Sea as Captain Ramsey
Cannes Man as Self
Lewis & Clark & George as Reverend Red
We the People as Alan Lesard
My Brother's War as John Hall
El Aroma del Copal as John Richardson
Pensacola: Wings of Gold as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly
The View as Self

1996

Tracks of a Killer as David Hawkner
Hijacked: Flight 285 as Ron Showman
Blood Money as Lt. Kincaid
To Face Her Past as Greg Hollander

1995

The Expert as Warden Munsey
Relative Fear as Det. Atwater
Terminal Virus as McCabe
Der schwarze Fluch as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
Savate as Colonel Jones
Extreme as Reese Wheeler

1994

The Visual Bible: Acts as Simon Peter
Indecent Behavior II as Liam O'Donnell
Parallel Lives as Professor Spencer Jones
Burke's Law as Mitchell Farrell

1993

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride as John Parsley
Angel Falls as Luke Larson

1992

Gas Food Lodging as John Evans
Twin Sisters as Michael Mallory
The Sands of Time as Col. Ramon Acoca

1991

Ted & Venus as Max Waters
And the Sea Will Tell as Mac Graham

1990

Bad Jim as B.D. Sweetman
Back Stab as Cliff Murphy
High Score as Budetzky
Nightmare on the 13th Floor as Dr. Alan Lanier

1989

Finish Line as Martin Shrevelow
Voice of the Heart as Victor Mason

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

1987

Intimate Betrayal as Michael Wakefield

1986

Intimate Encounters as Nick Atkins
Hold the Dream as Ross Nelson

1985

1983

Cowboy as Ward McNally
White Water Rebels as Mike McKay

1982

Mae West as Jim Timony
The Ambush Murders as Paul Marshall
Hotel as Peter McDermott

1981

High Risk as Stone

1980

1979

The Amityville Horror as George Lutz

1978

Steel Cowboy as Clayton Pfanner

1977

The Car as Wade Parent
Capricorn One as Col. Charles Brubaker

1976

Gable and Lombard as Clark Gable

1975

People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter

1974

Trapped as Chuck Brenner

1973

Westworld as John Blane
Class of '63 as Joe Hart

1972

Skyjacked as Jerome K. Weber

1971

The Pet Set as Self

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Steven Kiley

1968

The Boston Strangler as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi

1967

The Cape Town Affair as Skip McCoy

1966

Fantastic Voyage as Technician
Way... Way Out as Ted Robertson
Our Man Flint as Technician (uncredited)
Batman as Officer Reggie Hogan
Batman as Driver
Batman as Kid Gulliver

1965

Von Ryan's Express as Private Ames
Dear Brigitte as Student at Leaf Rally
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)

1964

1963

Take Her, She's Mine as Mel (uncredited)

1962

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

Directing

2018

Royal Hearts as Director

1997

My Brother's War as Director

1982

Hotel as Director

Production

2018

Royal Hearts as Executive Producer

2016

I'll Be Home for Christmas as Executive Producer

2010

Standing Ovation as Executive Producer

2008

2007

Bad Girl Island as Co-Producer

1997

We the People as Executive Producer