James Brolin
Acting
1940-07-18 · 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.
Filmography
Ransom Canyon
2025 · Series
La Californie !
2023 · Series
Amityville: An Origin Story
2023 · Series
Lightyear
2022 · Movie
Sweet Tooth
2021 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 · Series
Royal Hearts
2018 · Movie
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
2017 · Movie
Being Rose
2017 · Movie
Spielberg
2017 · Movie
Steve
2017 · Series
I'll Be Home for Christmas
2016 · Movie
A Beautiful Day
2016 · Movie
The Steps
2016 · Movie
Sisters
2015 · Movie
Life in Pieces
2015 · Series
The 33
2015 · Movie
Accidental Love
2015 · Movie
It Came From Connemara!
2014 · Movie
Elsa & Fred
2014 · Movie
When Calls the Heart
2014 · Series
Christmas with Tucker
2013 · Movie
Blackout
2012 · Movie
Love, Wedding, Marriage
2011 · Movie
Last Will
2011 · Movie
True Grit
2010 · Movie
Burlesque
2010 · Movie
Angel Camouflaged
2010 · Movie
The Defenders
2010 · Series
Standing Ovation
2010 · Movie
Community
2009 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Bitter/Sweet
2009 · Movie
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009 · Movie
Castle
2009 · Series
Last Chance Harvey
2008 · Movie
Evolution of the Apes
2008 · Movie
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
2008 · Movie
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
2008 · Movie
The Secret Behind Escape
2008 · Movie
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
2008 · Movie
Lost City Raiders
2008 · Movie
The American Standards
2008 · Movie
Bad Girl Island
2007 · Movie
The Hunting Party
2007 · Movie
Wedding Wars
2006 · Movie
Psych
2006 · Series
The Alibi
2006 · Movie
Category 7: The End of the World
2005 · Series
For God's Sake, Get Out!
2005 · Movie
Widow on the Hill
2005 · Movie
The Reagans
2003 · Movie
The Reagans
2003 · Series
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Series
A Guy Thing
2003 · Movie
Antwone Fisher
2002 · Movie
Catch Me If You Can
2002 · Movie
The Master of Disguise
2002 · Movie
Monk
2002 · Series
Good Day Live
2001 · Series
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001 · Movie
Traffic
2000 · Movie
Children of Fortune
2000 · Movie
The West Wing
1999 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999 · Movie
A Marriage of Convenience
1998 · Movie
The Haunted Sea
1997 · Movie
My Brother's War
1997 · Movie
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
1997 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
Scent of Vengeance
1997 · Movie
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997 · Series
Lewis & Clark & George
1997 · Movie
We the People
1997 · Movie
Goodbye America
1997 · Movie
To Face Her Past
1996 · Movie
Cannes Man
1996 · Movie
Tracks of a Killer
1996 · Movie
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996 · Movie
Blood Money
1996 · Movie
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
1996 · Movie
Terminal Virus
1995 · Movie
Savate
1995 · Movie
The Expert
1995 · Movie
Der schwarze Fluch
1995 · Movie
Extreme
1995 · Series
Indecent Behavior II
1994 · Movie
Relative Fear
1994 · Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994 · Movie
The Visual Bible: Acts
1994 · Movie
Parallel Lives
1994 · Movie
Burke's Law
1994 · Series
Angel Falls
1993 · Series
Cheatin' Hearts
1993 · Movie
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
1993 · Movie
Visions of Murder
1993 · Movie
The Sands of Time
1992 · Movie
Gas Food Lodging
1992 · Movie
Twin Sisters
1992 · Movie
Ted & Venus
1991 · Movie
And the Sea Will Tell
1991 · Series
And the Sea Will Tell
1991 · Movie
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990 · Movie
Back Stab
1990 · Movie
High Score
1990 · Movie
Bad Jim
1990 · Movie
The Earth Day Special
1990 · Movie
Voice of the Heart
1989 · Movie
Finish Line
1989 · Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Intimate Betrayal
1987 · Movie
Hold the Dream
1987 · Series
Intimate Encounters
1986 · Movie
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
1985 · Movie
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · Movie
Cowboy
1983 · Movie
White Water Rebels
1983 · Movie
Hotel
1982 · Series
Mae West
1982 · Movie
The Ambush Murders
1982 · Movie
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Series
High Risk
1981 · Movie
Night of the Juggler
1980 · Movie
The Amityville Horror
1979 · Movie
Steel Cowboy
1978 · Movie
Capricorn One
1977 · Movie
The Car
1977 · Movie
Gable and Lombard
1976 · Movie
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Series
Trapped
1974 · Movie
Westworld
1973 · Movie
Class of '63
1973 · Movie
Short Walk to Daylight
1972 · Movie
Skyjacked
1972 · Movie
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · Series
The Pet Set
1971 · Series
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969 · Movie
The Boston Strangler
1968 · Movie
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Series
The Cape Town Affair
1967 · Movie
Way... Way Out
1966 · Movie
The Monroes
1966 · Series
Fantastic Voyage
1966 · Movie
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966 · Movie
Our Man Flint
1966 · Movie
Batman
1966 · Series
Von Ryan's Express
1965 · Movie
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Movie
Dear Brigitte
1965 · Movie
Valentine's Day
1964 · Series
Take Her, She's Mine
1963 · Movie
The Patty Duke Show
1963 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Bus Stop
1961 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars"
Movie