James Brolin
Acting
🎂 1940-07-18
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.
Cast credits(162)
Self
2019
Self
1962
Self - Guest
2009
Richard Finley
1999
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1988
Jackson Hunt
2009
Dr. Steven Kiley
1971
Judge Jedidiah Black
2014
John Short
2015
1969
Self
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self
2001
Daniel Thorn
2002
Hank Mendel
2006
Self - Host
1997
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Audience Member
1944
Self - Nominee
1944
William Winger
2009
Gov. Robert Ritchie
1999
1966
Dr. Steven Kiley
1969
Peter McDermott
1982
1961
Officer Reggie Hogan
1966
Driver
1966
Kid Gulliver
1966
Narrator (voice)
2021
Mitchell Farrell
1994
1964
1963
Cap Fuller
2025
Self - Presenter
1975
Self
1971
Teddy Kaczmarek
2010
Lt. Col. Bill Kelly
1997
Self
2018
Ross Nelson
1986
Self
1981
Jack Barnes
2002
Self
1968
Zurg (voice)
2022
Frank James (uncredited)
2010
Self - Actor
2023
Luke Larson
1993
General Ralph Landry
2000
Mr. Anderson
2010
Jeff Hart
2015
Bucky Ellis
2015
John Blane
1973
George Lutz
1979
Bob Hatch
2006
Self
2017
"P. W."
1985
The Captain
2002
Ben Selleck
2009
Col. Charles Brubaker
1977
Fabbrizio Disguisey
2002
Private Ames
1965
Self
2003
Ken Cooper
2003
Reese Wheeler
1995
Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi
1968
Ronald Reagan
2003
Franklin Harris
2007
Technician
1966
Ron Showman
1996
Wade Parent
1977
Brian
2008
Self
2017
Donny Hall
2005
Speaker Buck McCoy
2015
Doctor
1990
Jack
2016
Stone
1981
Lt. Kincaid
1996
Technician (uncredited)
1966
Max
2014
Bradley
2011
Henry
1993
Calvert Jenkins
2009
Self
1997
Mason Whitney
1998
Terrance Danfield
2012
Skip McCoy
1967
Jim Timony
1982
Ryan Allison
1994
John Evans
1992
Terry Bamba
2007
Liam O'Donnell
1994
Hank Pavlik
2018
Max
2017
Clark Gable
1976
Jerome K. Weber
1972
Captain Ramsey
1997
Student at Leaf Rally
1965
John Kubiac
2008
Sean Boyd
1980
Donny Hall
2005
Det. Atwater
1995
Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
1965
1991
Greg Hollander
1996
Steven Kiley
1969
Paul Marshall
1982
Ted Robertson
1966
Max Waters
1991
Mel (uncredited)
1963
Clayton Pfanner
1978
Elliott Manning
1996
Hank Cavanaugh
2005
Mac Graham
1991
Dr. Alan Lanier
1990
Colonel Jones
1995
Ronald Reagan
2003
B.D. Sweetman
1990
Michael Mallory
1992
Cliff Murphy
1990
Professor Spencer Jones
1994
John Parsley
1993
Reverend Red
1997
Tom Phelan
1972
Ed
2016
Chuck Brenner
1974
John Hall
1997
Joe Hart
1973
Nick Atkins
1986
Ed Johnson
1997
Ward McNally
1983
Narrator
2008
Simon Peter
1994
Martin Shrevelow
1989
Warden Munsey
1995
Salt
2010
McCabe
1995
Self
2014
Michael Wakefield
1987
Dave Passenger
2000
Narrator
2008
Governor Conrad Welling
2006
Cornelius
1966
David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
1995
Mike McKay
1983
Bo
2013
Budetzky
1990
Harry Wilde
1985
Col. Ramon Acoca
1992
Det. Sloan
2011
Alan Lesard
1997
Jack Jennings
2008
Gene Thompson
2016
Hal
1993
Victor Mason
1989
Ted Brennan
1999
David Hawkner
1996
Narrator
2008
Narrator
2008
Self
2005
Narrator
2008
John Richardson
1997
