James Brolin
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.
160 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 160
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Castle
2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Monk
2002
Psych
2006
The West Wing
1999
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The View
1997
Batman
1966
Love, American Style
1969
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Community
2009
Hotel
1982
When Calls the Heart
2014
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Life in Pieces
2015
Good Day Live
2001
People's Choice Awards
1975
Sweet Tooth
2021
Catch Me If You Can
2002
Lightyear
2022
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Burke's Law
1994
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
The Defenders
2010
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Steve
2017
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
1997
The Monroes
1966
True Grit
2010
The Pet Set
1971
Bus Stop
1961
Ransom Canyon
2025
Traffic
2000
Westworld
1973
Valentine's Day
1964
The 33
2015
Burlesque
2010
Spielberg
2017
Hold the Dream
1987
Sisters
2015
The Amityville Horror
1979
The Car
1977
Category 7: The End of the World
2005
Extreme
1995
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
Von Ryan's Express
1965
Capricorn One
1977
Angel Falls
1993
Fantastic Voyage
1966
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
Antwone Fisher
2002
The Boston Strangler
1968
The Earth Day Special
1990
The Master of Disguise
2002
Amityville: An Origin Story
2023
The Hunting Party
2007
The Alibi
2006
A Guy Thing
2003
Last Chance Harvey
2008
The Reagans
2003
Accidental Love
2015
Elsa & Fred
2014
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994
Our Man Flint
1966
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Blackout
2012
Ted & Venus
1991
La Californie !
2023
Lewis & Clark & George
1997
Cannes Man
1996
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
Christmas with Tucker
2013
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
I'll Be Home for Christmas
2016
Wedding Wars
2006
Night of the Juggler
1980
Gas Food Lodging
1992
Skyjacked
1972
Widow on the Hill
2005
High Risk
1981
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
1993
Lost City Raiders
2008
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969
Gable and Lombard
1976
The Haunted Sea
1997
Love, Wedding, Marriage
2011
The Reagans
2003
Cheatin' Hearts
1993
The Ambush Murders
1982
Mae West
1982
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
2017
Steel Cowboy
1978
Savate
1995
Cowboy
1983
Relative Fear
1994
Intimate Encounters
1986
Being Rose
2017
Take Her, She's Mine
1963
To Face Her Past
1996
Royal Hearts
2018
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999
Way... Way Out
1966
Bad Jim
1990
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
1996
Back Stab
1990
Last Will
2011
Bitter/Sweet
2009
Finish Line
1989
Angel Camouflaged
2010
My Brother's War
1997
Trapped
1974
High Score
1990
Dear Brigitte
1965
A Marriage of Convenience
1998
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Goodbye America
1997
Indecent Behavior II
1994
Twin Sisters
1992
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
2008
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
Parallel Lives
1994
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
A Beautiful Day
2016
The Expert
1995
Blood Money
1996
Voice of the Heart
1989
The Sands of Time
1992
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
2008
The Visual Bible: Acts
1994
Der schwarze Fluch
1995
Class of '63
1973
The Steps
2016
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966
Tracks of a Killer
1996
Terminal Virus
1995
The Cape Town Affair
1967
The American Standards
2008
Bad Girl Island
2007
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
1985
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
2008
White Water Rebels
1983
The Secret Behind Escape
2008
Scent of Vengeance
1997
Children of Fortune
2000
Visions of Murder
1993
Intimate Betrayal
1987
We the People
1997
Evolution of the Apes
2008
It Came From Connemara!
2014
For God's Sake, Get Out!
2005