
James Brolin
Acting
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.
Born: July 18, 1940 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography (109)

Ransom Canyon
2025

Amityville: An Origin Story
2023

Lightyear
2022

Sweet Tooth
2021

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018

Royal Hearts
2018

Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
2017

Spielberg
2017

I'll Be Home for Christmas
2016

The Steps
2016

Sisters
2015

Life in Pieces
2015

The 33
2015

Accidental Love
2015

Elsa & Fred
2014

When Calls the Heart
2014

Christmas with Tucker
2013

Blackout
2012

Love, Wedding, Marriage
2011

Last Will
2011

True Grit
2010

Burlesque
2010

The Defenders
2010

Standing Ovation
2010

Community
2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

Bitter/Sweet
2009

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009

Castle
2009

Last Chance Harvey
2008

Lost City Raiders
2008

Bad Girl Island
2007

The Hunting Party
2007

Wedding Wars
2006

Psych
2006

The Alibi
2006

Category 7: The End of the World
2005

Widow on the Hill
2005

The Reagans
2003

A Guy Thing
2003

Antwone Fisher
2002

Catch Me If You Can
2002

The Master of Disguise
2002

Monk
2002

Traffic
2000

The West Wing
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

A Marriage of Convenience
1998

The Haunted Sea
1997

My Brother's War
1997

Pensacola: Wings of Gold
1997

The View
1997

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997

Lewis & Clark & George
1997

Cannes Man
1996

Hijacked: Flight 285
1996

Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
1996

Savate
1995

The Expert
1995

Indecent Behavior II
1994

Relative Fear
1994

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994

Parallel Lives
1994

Burke's Law
1994

Cheatin' Hearts
1993

Gas Food Lodging
1992

Twin Sisters
1992

Ted & Venus
1991

And the Sea Will Tell
1991

Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990

The Earth Day Special
1990

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985

Hotel
1982

Entertainment Tonight
1981

High Risk
1981

Night of the Juggler
1980

The Amityville Horror
1979

Capricorn One
1977

The Car
1977

Gable and Lombard
1976

People's Choice Awards
1975

Trapped
1974

Westworld
1973

Skyjacked
1972

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971

The Pet Set
1971

Love, American Style
1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969

The Boston Strangler
1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968

The Cape Town Affair
1967

Way... Way Out
1966

The Monroes
1966

Fantastic Voyage
1966

Our Man Flint
1966

Batman
1966

Von Ryan's Express
1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965

Dear Brigitte
1965

Valentine's Day
1964

Take Her, She's Mine
1963

The Patty Duke Show
1963

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Bus Stop
1961

Golden Globe Awards
1944
