James Brolin

Acting

Born Jul 18, 1940

From 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.

James Brolin

Known For

Catch Me If You Can

Lightyear

Traffic

The Car

True Grit

Burlesque

Westworld

Sisters

Capricorn One

The 33

Filmography — Acting

Catch Me If You Can

Lightyear

Traffic

The Car

True Grit

Burlesque

Westworld

Sisters

Capricorn One

The 33

Fantastic Voyage

A Guy Thing

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

The Amityville Horror

Spielberg

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Von Ryan's Express

The Boston Strangler

The Master of Disguise

The Hunting Party

Accidental Love

Antwone Fisher

The Earth Day Special

Gas Food Lodging

The Alibi

Elsa & Fred

Blackout

Night of the Juggler

Last Chance Harvey

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Love, Wedding, Marriage

The Haunted Sea

Wedding Wars

Lost City Raiders

And the Sea Will Tell

Our Man Flint

Savate

Take Her, She's Mine

Cannes Man

The Ambush Murders

A Marriage of Convenience

Dear Brigitte

Indecent Behavior II

Skyjacked

The Reagans

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Widow on the Hill

High Risk

Ted & Venus

Bitter/Sweet

Hijacked: Flight 285

A Beautiful Day

The Sands of Time

Cheatin' Hearts

Goodbye America

Mae West

Trapped

Relative Fear

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities

Cowboy

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride

Short Walk to Daylight

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

The Expert

To Love, Honor, & Betray

Christmas with Tucker

Nightmare on the 13th Floor