James Brolin
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),[2] 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.
Acted in
La Californie !
2023
as Self - Actor
Lightyear
2022
as Zurg (voice)
Sweet Tooth
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
as Self
Royal Hearts
2018
as Hank Pavlik
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
2017
as Self
Being Rose
2017
as Max
Spielberg
2017
as Self
I'll Be Home for Christmas
2016
as Jack
A Beautiful Day
2016
as Gene Thompson
The Steps
2016
as Ed
Sisters
2015
as Bucky Ellis
Life in Pieces
2015
as John Short
The 33
2015
as Jeff Hart
Accidental Love
2015
as Speaker Buck McCoy
It Came From Connemara!
2014
as Self
Elsa & Fred
2014
as Max
Christmas with Tucker
2013
as Bo
Blackout sur Los Angeles
2012
as Terrance Danfield
Love, Wedding, Marriage
2011
as Bradley
Last Will
2011
as Det. Sloan
True Grit
2010
as Frank James (uncredited)
Burlesque
2010
as Mr. Anderson
Angel Camouflaged
2010
as Salt
The Defenders
2010
as Teddy Kaczmarek
Community
2009
as William Winger
Bitter/Sweet
2009
as Calvert Jenkins
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
as Ben Selleck
Castle
2009
as Jackson Hunt
Last Chance Harvey
2008
as Brian
Evolution of the Apes
2008
as Narrator
The Secret Behind Escape
2008
as Narrator
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
2008
as Narrator
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
2008
as Narrator
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
2008
as Narrator
Lost City Raiders
2008
as John Kubiac
The American Standards
2008
as Jack Jennings
Bad Girl Island
2007
as Terry Bamba
The Hunting Party
2007
as Franklin Harris
Wedding Wars
2006
as Governor Conrad Welling
Psych
2006
as Hank Mendel
The Alibi
2006
as Bob Hatch
Category 7: The End of the World
2005
as Donny Hall
Category 7: The End of the World
2005
as Donny Hall
For God's Sake, Get Out!
2005
as Self
Widow on the Hill
2005
as Hank Cavanaugh
The Reagans
2003
as Ronald Reagan
The Reagans
2003
as Ronald Reagan
A Guy Thing
2003
as Ken Cooper
Antwone Fisher
2002
as The Captain
Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Jack Barnes
The Master of Disguise
2002
as Fabbrizio Disguisey
Monk
2002
as Daniel Thorn
Traffic
2000
as General Ralph Landry
Children of Fortune
2000
as Dave Passenger
The West Wing
1999
as Gov. Robert Ritchie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Richard Finley
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999
as Ted Brennan
A Marriage of Convenience
1998
as Mason Whitney
My Brother's War
1997
as John Hall
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
1997
as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly
El Aroma del Copal
1997
as John Richardson
Cannes Man
1997
as Self
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
as Self - Host
Lewis & Clark & George
1997
as Reverend Red
We the People
1997
as Alan Lesard
Goodbye America
1997
as Ed Johnson
The Haunted Sea
1997
as Captain Ramsey
To Face Her Past
1996
as Greg Hollander
Tracks of a Killer
1996
as David Hawkner
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
as Ron Showman
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
1996
as Elliott Manning
Blood Money
1996
as Lt. Kincaid
Relative Fear
1995
as Det. Atwater
Savate
1995
as Colonel Jones
The Expert
1995
as Warden Munsey
Der schwarze Fluch
1995
as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
Extreme
1995
as Reese Wheeler
Terminal Virus
1995
as McCabe
Indecent Behavior II
1994
as Liam O'Donnell
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994
as Ryan Allison
The Visual Bible: Acts
1994
as Simon Peter
Parallel Lives
1994
as Professor Spencer Jones
Burke's Law
1994
as Mitchell Farrell
Angel Falls
1993
as Luke Larson
Cheatin' Hearts
1993
as Henry
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
1993
as John Parsley
Visions of Murder
1993
as Hal
The Sands of Time
1992
as Col. Ramon Acoca
Gas Food Lodging
1992
as John Evans
Twin Sisters
1992
as Michael Mallory
Ted & Venus
1991
as Max Waters
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
as Mac Graham
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990
as Dr. Alan Lanier
Back Stab
1990
as Cliff Murphy
High Score
1990
as Budetzky
Bad Jim
1990
as B.D. Sweetman
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Doctor
Voice of the Heart
1989
as Victor Mason
Finish Line
1989
as Martin Shrevelow
Intimate Betrayal
1987
as Michael Wakefield
Hold the Dream
1986
as Ross Nelson
Intimate Encounters
1986
as Nick Atkins
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
1985
as Harry Wilde
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
as "P. W."
Cowboy
1983
as Ward McNally
White Water Rebels
1983
as Mike McKay
Hotel
1982
as Peter McDermott
Mae West
1982
as Jim Timony
The Ambush Murders
1982
as Paul Marshall
High Risk
1981
as Stone
Night of the Juggler
1980
as Sean Boyd
The Amityville Horror
1979
as George Lutz
Steel Cowboy
1978
as Clayton Pfanner
Capricorn One
1977
as Col. Charles Brubaker
The Car
1977
as Wade Parent
Gable and Lombard
1976
as Clark Gable
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
Trapped
1974
as Chuck Brenner
Westworld
1973
as John Blane
Class of '63
1973
as Joe Hart
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
as Tom Phelan
Skyjacked
1972
as Jerome K. Weber
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Dr. Steven Kiley
Love, American Style
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Dr. Steven Kiley
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969
as Steven Kiley
The Boston Strangler
1968
as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi
The Cape Town Affair
1967
as Skip McCoy
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967
as Self
Way... Way Out
1966
as Ted Robertson
The Monroes
1966
Fantastic Voyage
1966
as Technician
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966
as Cornelius
Our Man Flint
1966
as Technician (uncredited)
Batman
1966
as Officer Reggie Hogan
Batman
1966
as Driver
Batman
1966
as Kid Gulliver
Von Ryan's Express
1965
as Private Ames
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
Dear Brigitte
1965
as Student at Leaf Rally
Valentine's Day
1964
Take Her, She's Mine
1963
as Mel (uncredited)
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Bus Stop
1961
Ransom Canyon
as Cap Fuller