James Brolin
Acting • Born 1940-07-18
Biography
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
165 credits
Catch Me If You Can
Movie • 2002
Jack Barnes
Fantastic Voyage
Movie • 1966
Technician
Westworld
Movie • 1973
John Blane
Wedding Wars
Movie • 2006
Governor Conrad Welling
The Hunting Party
Movie • 2007
Franklin Harris
Von Ryan's Express
Movie • 1965
Private Ames
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Movie • 1985
"P. W."
The Amityville Horror
Movie • 1979
George Lutz
Lost City Raiders
Movie • 2008
John Kubiac
The Car
Movie • 1977
Wade Parent
Capricorn One
Movie • 1977
Col. Charles Brubaker
A Guy Thing
Movie • 2003
Ken Cooper
The Boston Strangler
Movie • 1968
Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi
The Master of Disguise
Movie • 2002
Fabbrizio Disguisey
The Visual Bible: Acts
Movie • 1994
Simon Peter
The Alibi
Movie • 2006
Bob Hatch
Widow on the Hill
Movie • 2005
Hank Cavanaugh
The Cape Town Affair
Movie • 1967
Skip McCoy
Night of the Juggler
Movie • 1980
Sean Boyd
Last Chance Harvey
Movie • 2008
Brian
High Risk
Movie • 1981
Stone
Gas Food Lodging
Movie • 1992
John Evans
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Movie • 2009
Ben Selleck
Antwone Fisher
Movie • 2002
The Captain (uncredited)
Goodbye America
Movie • 1997
Ed Johnson
The Expert
Movie • 1995
Warden Munsey
Lightyear
Movie • 2022
Zurg (voice)
Relative Fear
Movie • 1994
Det. Atwater
Indecent Behavior II
Movie • 1994
Liam O'Donnell
Bitter/Sweet
Movie • 2009
Calvert Jenkins
Ted & Venus
Movie • 1991
Max Waters
Bad Girl Island
Movie • 2007
Terry Bamba
Love, Wedding, Marriage
Movie • 2011
Bradley
Skyjacked
Movie • 1972
Jerome K. Weber
For God's Sake, Get Out!
Movie • 2005
Self
Bad Jim
Movie • 1990
B.D. Sweetman
The Reagans
Movie • 2003
Ronald Reagan
Tracks of a Killer
Movie • 1996
David Hawkner
The American Standards
Movie • 2008
Jack Jennings
Trapped
Movie • 1974
Chuck Brenner
To Love, Honor, & Betray
Movie • 1999
Ted Brennan
Terminal Virus
Movie • 1995
McCabe
Class of '63
Movie • 1973
Joe Hart
Twin Sisters
Movie • 1992
Michael Mallory
Christmas with Tucker
Movie • 2013
Bo
Back Stab
Movie • 1990
Cliff Murphy
Take Her, She's Mine
Movie • 1963
Mel (uncredited)
Cheatin' Hearts
Movie • 1993
Henry
Mae West
Movie • 1982
Jim Timony
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
Movie • 1985
Harry Wilde
Elsa & Fred
Movie • 2014
Max
The Haunted Sea
Movie • 1997
Captain Ramsey
Hijacked: Flight 285
Movie • 1996
Ron Showman
Sisters
Movie • 2015
Bucky Ellis
And the Sea Will Tell
Movie • 1991
Mac Graham
Short Walk to Daylight
Movie • 1972
Tom Phelan
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
Movie • 1969
Steven Kiley
Visions of Murder
Movie • 1993
Hal
Parallel Lives
Movie • 1994
Professor Spencer Jones
Cannes Man
Movie • 1996
Self
Lewis & Clark & George
Movie • 1997
Reverend Red
The Sands of Time
Movie • 1992
Col. Ramon Acoca
Gable and Lombard
Movie • 1976
Clark Gable
Accidental Love
Movie • 2015
Speaker Buck McCoy
Der schwarze Fluch
Movie • 1995
David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
Steel Cowboy
Movie • 1978
Clayton Pfanner
Blackout
Movie • 2012
Terrance Danfield
The Ambush Murders
Movie • 1982
Paul Marshall
The 33
Movie • 2015
Jeff Hart
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
Movie • 1996
Elliott Manning
Finish Line
Movie • 1989
Martin Shrevelow
Burlesque
Movie • 2010
Mr. Anderson
Dear Brigitte
Movie • 1965
Student at Leaf Rally
Evolution of the Apes
Movie • 2008
Narrator
The Secret Behind Escape
Movie • 2008
Narrator
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Movie • 2008
Narrator
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
Movie • 1966
Cornelius
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
Movie • 2008
Narrator
The Earth Day Special
Movie • 1990
Doctor
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
Movie • 2008
Narrator
We the People
Movie • 1997
Alan Lesard
Blood Money
Movie • 1996
Lt. Kincaid
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Movie • 2016
Jack
To Face Her Past
Movie • 1996
Greg Hollander
A Beautiful Day
Movie • 2016
Gene Thompson
My Brother's War
Movie • 1997
John Hall
Children of Fortune
Movie • 2000
Dave Passenger
High Score
Movie • 1990
Budetzky
True Grit
Movie • 2010
Frank James (uncredited)
The Steps
Movie • 2016
Ed
Category 7: The End of the World
Movie • 2005
Donny Hall
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
Movie • 1990
Dr. Alan Lanier
Way... Way Out
Movie • 1966
Ted Robertson
Intimate Encounters
Movie • 1986
Nick Atkins
Spielberg
Movie • 2017
Self
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Movie • 2017
Self
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
Movie • 1993
John Parsley
Royal Hearts
Movie • 2018
Hank Pavlik
Savate
Movie • 1995
Colonel Jones
A Marriage of Convenience
Movie • 1998
Mason Whitney
It Came From Connemara!
Movie • 2014
Self
Traffic
Movie • 2000
General Ralph Landry
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Movie • 1965
Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
Angel Camouflaged
Movie • 2010
Salt
Last Will
Movie • 2011
Det. Sloan
Being Rose
Movie • 2017
Max
Cowboy
Movie • 1983
Ward McNally
Voice of the Heart
Movie • 1989
Victor Mason
Intimate Betrayal
Movie • 1987
Michael Wakefield
Scent of Vengeance
Movie • 1997
John Richardson
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Movie • 1994
Ryan Allison
White Water Rebels
Movie • 1983
Mike McKay
Our Man Flint
Movie • 1966
Technician (uncredited)
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
TV • 1997
Lt. Col. Bill Kelly
Psych
TV • 2006
Hank Mendel
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Gov. Robert Ritchie
Batman
TV • 1966
Officer Reggie Hogan
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Dr. Steven Kiley
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Richard Finley
Hotel
TV • 1982
Peter McDermott
Valentine's Day
TV • 1964
The Monroes
TV • 1966
Bus Stop
TV • 1961
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
TV • 1997
Self - Host
The Patty Duke Show
TV • 1963
Angel Falls
TV • 1993
Luke Larson
Good Day Live
TV • 2001
Self
Monk
TV • 2002
Daniel Thorn
Extreme
TV • 1995
Reese Wheeler
Community
TV • 2009
William Winger
Castle
TV • 2009
Jackson Hunt
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Life in Pieces
TV • 2015
John Short
La Californie !
TV • 2023
Self - Actor
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV • 2018
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV • 1971
Dr. Steven Kiley
Ransom Canyon
TV • 2025
Cap Fuller
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Mitchell Farrell
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Batman
TV • 1966
Driver
Category 7: The End of the World
TV • 2005
Donny Hall
The Pet Set
TV • 1971
Self
Batman
TV • 1966
Kid Gulliver
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Reagans
TV • 2003
Ronald Reagan
Sweet Tooth
TV • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Defenders
TV • 2010
Teddy Kaczmarek
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Audience Member
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
When Calls the Heart
TV • 2014
Judge Jedidiah Black
And the Sea Will Tell
TV • 1991
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Amityville: An Origin Story
TV • 2023
Self- Archive
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)
Hold the Dream
TV • 1987
Ross Nelson