James Brolin
Known for: Acting
Born: July 18, 1940
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
116 movies · 47 TV shows, newest first
7.3
Ransom Canyon
2025
8.0
La Californie !
2023
7.5
Amityville: An Origin Story
2023
6.9
Lightyear
2022
7.7
Sweet Tooth
2021
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.4
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
6.1
Royal Hearts
2018
7.1
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
2017
5.8
Being Rose
2017
7.5
Spielberg
2017
6.0
Steve
2017
6.2
I'll Be Home for Christmas
2016
5.8
A Beautiful Day
2016
6.4
The Steps
2016
6.0
Sisters
2015
7.1
Life in Pieces
2015
6.4
The 33
2015
4.3
Accidental Love
2015
4.5
It Came From Connemara!
2014
5.9
Elsa & Fred
2014
8.3
When Calls the Heart
2014
6.0
Christmas with Tucker
2013
7.2
Blackout
2012
5.2
Love, Wedding, Marriage
2011
4.0
Last Will
2011
7.3
True Grit
2010
7.2
Burlesque
2010
6.0
Angel Camouflaged
2010
7.2
The Defenders
2010
3.3
Standing Ovation
2010
8.0
Community
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
4.8
Bitter/Sweet
2009
5.4
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
8.0
Castle
2009
6.3
Last Chance Harvey
2008
NR
Evolution of the Apes
2008
NR
The Secret Behind Escape
2008
NR
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
2008
NR
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
2008
NR
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
2008
4.7
Lost City Raiders
20085.3
The American Standards
2008
4.1
Bad Girl Island
2007
6.5
The Hunting Party
2007
NR
Reinventing the Wheelers
2007
5.5
Wedding Wars
2006
7.9
Psych
2006
5.7
The Alibi
2006
6.6
Category 7: The End of the World
2005
6.5
For God's Sake, Get Out!
2005
6.0
Widow on the Hill
2005
5.9
The Reagans
2003
8.0
The Reagans
2003
4.9
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
5.9
A Guy Thing
2003
6.9
Antwone Fisher
2002
8.0
Catch Me If You Can
2002
4.0
The Master of Disguise
2002
7.9
Monk
20023.8
Good Day Live
2001
9.0
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
7.1
Traffic
2000
5.0
Children of Fortune
2000
8.3
The West Wing
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
3.0
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999
5.8
A Marriage of Convenience
1998
2.5
The Haunted Sea
1997
5.0
My Brother's War
1997
6.5
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
1997
4.3
The View
1997
3.7
Scent of Vengeance
1997
7.2
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
4.4
Lewis & Clark & George
1997
4.0
We the People
1997
5.2
Goodbye America
1997
6.0
To Face Her Past
1996
5.3
Cannes Man
1996
5.5
Tracks of a Killer
1996
5.6
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
6.6
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
1996
3.3
Blood Money
19963.8
Terminal Virus
1995
5.8
Savate
1995
5.5
The Expert
1995
8.0
Der schwarze Fluch
19958.0
Extreme
1995
4.8
Indecent Behavior II
1994
5.2
Relative Fear
1994
6.4
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994
7.3
The Visual Bible: Acts
1994
5.7
Parallel Lives
1994
6.8
Burke's Law
19948.0
Angel Falls
1993
3.7
Cheatin' Hearts
1993
5.4
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
1993
6.5
Visions of Murder
1993
10.0
The Sands of Time
1992
6.3
Gas Food Lodging
1992
3.9
Twin Sisters
1992
4.5
Ted & Venus
1991
6.3
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
NR
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
5.4
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990
4.8
Back Stab
1990
7.0
High Score
1990
7.5
Bad Jim
1990
6.1
The Earth Day Special
1990
9.0
Voice of the Heart
1989
5.8
Finish Line
1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
7.0
Intimate Betrayal
1987
4.4
Hold the Dream
1987
3.8
Intimate Encounters
1986
5.5
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
1985
6.5
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
NR
Cowboy
1983
9.0
White Water Rebels
1983
6.8
Hotel
1982
5.8
Mae West
1982
8.0
The Ambush Murders
1982
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
5.9
High Risk
1981
6.8
Night of the Juggler
1980
6.3
The Amityville Horror
1979
9.0
Steel Cowboy
1978
6.8
Capricorn One
1977
6.4
The Car
1977
5.0
Gable and Lombard
1976
9.2
People's Choice Awards
1975
6.4
Trapped
1974
6.8
Westworld
1973
6.0
Class of '63
1973
6.7
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
6.2
Skyjacked
1972
6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
6.7
The Pet Set
1971
6.2
Love, American Style
1969
6.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
10.0
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969
6.6
The Boston Strangler
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
4.1
The Cape Town Affair
1967
5.9
Way... Way Out
1966
6.8
The Monroes
1966
6.7
Fantastic Voyage
1966
NR
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966
6.4
Our Man Flint
1966
7.3
Batman
1966
7.0
Von Ryan's Express
1965
3.8
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
6.4
Dear Brigitte
1965
8.0
Valentine's Day
1964
5.5
Take Her, She's Mine
1963
6.2
The Patty Duke Show
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
10.0
Bus Stop
1961
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
NR
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