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.
Acting (110 movies)
Catch Me If You Can
2002
Fantastic Voyage
1966
Westworld
1973
Wedding Wars
2006
The Hunting Party
2007
Von Ryan's Express
1965
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
The Amityville Horror
1979
Lost City Raiders
2008
The Car
1977
Capricorn One
1977
A Guy Thing
2003
The Boston Strangler
1968
The Master of Disguise
2002
The Visual Bible: Acts
1994
The Alibi
2006
Widow on the Hill
2005
The Cape Town Affair
1967
Night of the Juggler
1980
Last Chance Harvey
2008
High Risk
1981
Gas Food Lodging
1992
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
Antwone Fisher
2002
Goodbye America
1997
The Expert
1995
Lightyear
2022
Relative Fear
1995
Indecent Behavior II
1994
Bitter/Sweet
2009
Ted & Venus
1991
Bad Girl Island
2007
Love, Wedding, Marriage
2011
Skyjacked
1972
For God's Sake, Get Out!
2005
Bad Jim
1990
The Reagans
2003
Tracks of a Killer
1996
Trapped
1974
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999
Class of '63
1973
Twin Sisters
1992
Christmas with Tucker
2013
Back Stab
1990
Take Her, She's Mine
1963
Cheatin' Hearts
1993
Mae West
1982
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
1985
Elsa & Fred
2014
The Haunted Sea
1997
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
Sisters
2015
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969
Visions of Murder
1993
Parallel Lives
1994
Cannes Man
1996
Lewis & Clark & George
1997
The Sands of Time
1992
Gable and Lombard
1976
Accidental Love
2015
Der schwarze Fluch
1995
Steel Cowboy
1978
Blackout
2012
The Ambush Murders
1982
The 33
2015
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
1996
Finish Line
1989
Burlesque
2010
Dear Brigitte
1965
Evolution of the Apes
2008
The Secret Behind Escape
2008
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
2008
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
2008
The Earth Day Special
1990
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
2008
We the People
1997
Blood Money
1996
I'll Be Home for Christmas
2016
To Face Her Past
1996
A Beautiful Day
2016
My Brother's War
1997
Children of Fortune
2000
High Score
1990
True Grit
2010
The Steps
2016
Category 7: The End of the World
2005
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990
Way... Way Out
1966
Intimate Encounters
1986
Spielberg
2017
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
2017
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
1993
Royal Hearts
2018
Savate
1995
A Marriage of Convenience
1998
It Came From Connemara!
2014
Traffic
2000
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| We the People | 1997 | Executive Producer |
| The American Standards | 2008 | Producer |
| Standing Ovation | 2010 | Executive Producer |
| I'll Be Home for Christmas | 2016 | Executive Producer |
| Royal Hearts | 2018 | Executive Producer |