James Brolin
Acting
🎂 1940-07-18
James Brolin (born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin) 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.
Cast credits(163)
Richard Finley
1999
Jackson Hunt
2009
Daniel Thorn
2002
Self
1962
Hank Mendel
2006
Gov. Robert Ritchie
1999
Self
2019
William Winger
2009
Self - Guest
2009
Officer Reggie Hogan
1966
Driver
1966
Kid Gulliver
1966
Self
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Peter McDermott
1982
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Audience Member
1944
Self - Nominee
1944
Judge Jedidiah Black
2014
Jack Barnes
2002
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1988
1969
Self - Host
1997
John Short
2015
Narrator (voice)
2021
Self
1968
Dr. Steven Kiley
1969
Self
2001
Zurg (voice)
2022
Cap Fuller
2025
Mitchell Farrell
1994
Self
2018
Frank James (uncredited)
2010
General Ralph Landry
2000
Dr. Steven Kiley
1971
Teddy Kaczmarek
2010
Mr. Anderson
2010
1961
Jeff Hart
2015
Self
1981
George Lutz
1979
Self - Presenter
1975
Bucky Ellis
2015
1963
1966
John Blane
1973
Lt. Col. Bill Kelly
1997
Col. Charles Brubaker
1977
Wade Parent
1977
"P. W."
1985
Private Ames
1965
Franklin Harris
2007
Clayton Pfanner
1978
Terrance Danfield
2012
Bob Hatch
2006
Brian
2008
Fabbrizio Disguisey
2002
David Hawkner
1996
1964
The Captain
2002
Terry Bamba
2007
Ryan Allison
1994
Max
2014
John Kubiac
2008
Technician
1966
Liam O'Donnell
1994
Jim Timony
1982
Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi
1968
Professor Spencer Jones
1994
Ken Cooper
2003
Doctor
1990
Self
2017
John Evans
1992
Self- Archive
2023
Ben Selleck
2009
Hank Pavlik
2018
Clark Gable
1976
Ed
2016
Speaker Buck McCoy
2015
Stone
1981
Donny Hall
2005
Governor Conrad Welling
2006
Bradley
2011
Victor Mason
1989
John Parsley
1993
Bo
2013
Mac Graham
1991
Cliff Murphy
1990
Self
1971
Jack Jennings
2008
Ed Johnson
1997
Michael Wakefield
1987
Jack
2016
Hank Cavanaugh
2005
Donny Hall
2005
Col. Ramon Acoca
1992
Mike McKay
1983
Budetzky
1990
Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
1965
Mason Whitney
1998
Salt
2010
Warden Munsey
1995
Self - Actor
2023
Joe Hart
1973
Harry Wilde
1985
Colonel Jones
1995
Self
2017
Ron Showman
1996
Technician (uncredited)
1966
Reverend Red
1997
Narrator
2008
Henry
1993
Reese Wheeler
1995
Max Waters
1991
Ted Brennan
1999
Luke Larson
1993
Captain Ramsey
1997
Mel (uncredited)
1963
Jerome K. Weber
1972
Ross Nelson
1986
Hal
1993
Paul Marshall
1982
Martin Shrevelow
1989
Skip McCoy
1967
Self
1997
Max
2017
Calvert Jenkins
2009
Dave Passenger
2000
B.D. Sweetman
1990
Dr. Alan Lanier
1990
Ronald Reagan
2003
Ted Robertson
1966
Michael Mallory
1992
Tom Phelan
1972
Student at Leaf Rally
1965
Steven Kiley
1969
Det. Sloan
2011
Sean Boyd
1980
David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
1995
Gene Thompson
2016
John Hall
1997
Ward McNally
1983
Greg Hollander
1996
Narrator
2008
Ronald Reagan
2003
Lt. Kincaid
1996
Narrator
2008
Nick Atkins
1986
Elliott Manning
1996
Det. Atwater
1995
Narrator
2008
Narrator
2008
1991
Chuck Brenner
1974
Cornelius
1966
Simon Peter
1994
McCabe
1995
Self
2003
Self
2014
John Richardson
1997
Self
2005
Alan Lesard
1997
