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