Actor
· Acting
James Brolin
Born 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 160
Ransom Canyon
as Cap Fuller
2025
La Californie !
as Self - Actor
2023
Amityville: An Origin Story
as Self- Archive
2023
Lightyear
as Zurg (voice)
2022
Sweet Tooth
as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
2018
Royal Hearts
as Hank Pavlik
2018
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
as Self
2017
Being Rose
as Max
2017
Spielberg
as Self
2017
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Jack
2016
A Beautiful Day
as Gene Thompson
2016
The Steps
as Ed
2016
Sisters
as Bucky Ellis
2015
Life in Pieces
as John Short
2015
The 33
as Jeff Hart
2015
Accidental Love
as Speaker Buck McCoy
2015
It Came From Connemara!
as Self
2014
Elsa & Fred
as Max
2014
When Calls the Heart
as Judge Jedidiah Black
2014
Christmas with Tucker
as Bo
2013
Blackout
as Terrance Danfield
2012
Love, Wedding, Marriage
as Bradley
2011
Last Will
as Det. Sloan
2011
True Grit
as Frank James (uncredited)
2010
Burlesque
as Mr. Anderson
2010
Angel Camouflaged
as Salt
2010
The Defenders
as Teddy Kaczmarek
2010
Community
as William Winger
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Bitter/Sweet
as Calvert Jenkins
2009
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
as Ben Selleck
2009
Castle
as Jackson Hunt
2009
Last Chance Harvey
as Brian
2008
Evolution of the Apes
as Narrator
2008
The Secret Behind Escape
as Narrator
2008
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
as Narrator
2008
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
as Narrator
2008
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
as Narrator
2008
Lost City Raiders
as John Kubiac
2008
Bad Girl Island
as Terry Bamba
2007
The Hunting Party
as Franklin Harris
2007
Wedding Wars
as Governor Conrad Welling
2006
Psych
as Hank Mendel
2006
The Alibi
as Bob Hatch
2006
Category 7: The End of the World
as Donny Hall
2005
For God's Sake, Get Out!
as Self
2005
Widow on the Hill
as Hank Cavanaugh
2005
The Reagans
as Ronald Reagan
2003
The Reagans
as Ronald Reagan
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
A Guy Thing
as Ken Cooper
2003
Antwone Fisher
as The Captain (uncredited)
2002
Catch Me If You Can
as Jack Barnes
2002
The Master of Disguise
as Fabbrizio Disguisey
2002
Monk
as Daniel Thorn
2002
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
as self
2001
Traffic
as General Ralph Landry
2000
Children of Fortune
as Dave Passenger
2000
The West Wing
as Gov. Robert Ritchie
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Richard Finley
1999
To Love, Honor, & Betray
as Ted Brennan
1999
A Marriage of Convenience
as Mason Whitney
1998
The Haunted Sea
as Captain Ramsey
1997
My Brother's War
as John Hall
1997
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Scent of Vengeance
as John Richardson
1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Self - Host
1997
Lewis & Clark & George
as Reverend Red
1997
We the People
as Alan Lesard
1997
Goodbye America
as Ed Johnson
1997
To Face Her Past
as Greg Hollander
1996
Cannes Man
as Self
1996
Tracks of a Killer
as David Hawkner
1996
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Ron Showman
1996
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
as Elliott Manning
1996
Blood Money
as Lt. Kincaid
1996
Savate
as Colonel Jones
1995
The Expert
as Warden Munsey
1995
Der schwarze Fluch
as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
1995
Indecent Behavior II
as Liam O'Donnell
1994
Relative Fear
as Det. Atwater
1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
as Ryan Allison
1994
The Visual Bible: Acts
as Simon Peter
1994
Parallel Lives
as Professor Spencer Jones
1994
Burke's Law
as Mitchell Farrell
1994
Cheatin' Hearts
as Henry
1993
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
as John Parsley
1993
Visions of Murder
as Hal
1993
The Sands of Time
as Col. Ramon Acoca
1992
Gas Food Lodging
as John Evans
1992
Twin Sisters
as Michael Mallory
1992
Ted & Venus
as Max Waters
1991
And the Sea Will Tell
as Mac Graham
1991
And the Sea Will Tell
as Mac Graham
1991
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
as Dr. Alan Lanier
1990
Back Stab
as Cliff Murphy
1990
High Score
as Budetzky
1990
Bad Jim
as B.D. Sweetman
1990
The Earth Day Special
as Doctor
1990
Voice of the Heart
as Victor Mason
1989
Finish Line
as Martin Shrevelow
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
Intimate Betrayal
as Michael Wakefield
1987
Hold the Dream
as Ross Nelson
1987
Intimate Encounters
as Nick Atkins
1986
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
as Harry Wilde
1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as "P. W."
1985
Cowboy
as Ward McNally
1983
White Water Rebels
as Mike McKay
1983
Hotel
as Peter McDermott
1982
Mae West
as Jim Timony
1982
The Ambush Murders
as Paul Marshall
1982
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
High Risk
as Stone
1981
Night of the Juggler
as Sean Boyd
1980
The Amityville Horror
as George Lutz
1979
Steel Cowboy
as Clayton Pfanner
1978
Capricorn One
as Col. Charles Brubaker
1977
The Car
as Wade Parent
1977
Gable and Lombard
as Clark Gable
1976
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
1975
People's Choice Awards
as Self
1975
Trapped
as Chuck Brenner
1974
Westworld
as John Blane
1973
Class of '63
as Joe Hart
1973
Short Walk to Daylight
as Tom Phelan
1972
Skyjacked
as Jerome K. Weber
1972
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Dr. Steven Kiley
1971
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
Love, American Style
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. Steven Kiley
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
as Steven Kiley
1969
The Boston Strangler
as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
The Cape Town Affair
as Skip McCoy
1967
Way... Way Out
as Ted Robertson
1966
The Monroes
1966
Fantastic Voyage
as Technician
1966
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
as Cornelius
1966
Our Man Flint
as Technician (uncredited)
1966
Batman
as Officer Reggie Hogan
1966
Batman
as Driver
1966
Batman
as Kid Gulliver
1966
Von Ryan's Express
as Private Ames
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
1965
Dear Brigitte
as Student at Leaf Rally
1965
Valentine's Day
1964
Take Her, She's Mine
as Mel (uncredited)
1963
The Patty Duke Show
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
Bus Stop
1961
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944