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James Brolin

Actor, Director, Producer
Born July 18, 1940 (84 years)
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),[2] 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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Hunting Party
  • Capricorn One
  • When Calls the Heart
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas
  • The Young Riders
  • Royal Hearts
  • Pensacola: Wings of Gold
  • Christmas with Tucker
  • Hijacked: Flight 285
  • The Cape Town Affair
  • Blackout
  • Blood Money
  • Cheatin' Hearts
  • Angel Camouflaged
Known For
  • Catch Me If You Can
  • The Amityville Horror
  • Westworld
  • Lightyear
  • Sweet Tooth
  • Capricorn One
  • The Car
  • Sisters
  • The 33
  • The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
  • The Hunting Party
  • Life in Pieces
  • The Master of Disguise
  • Last Chance Harvey
  • Love, Wedding, Marriage
  • A Guy Thing
  • Lost City Raiders
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas
  • Hotel
  • Von Ryan's Express
  • Royal Hearts
  • Lies and Alibis
  • High Risk
  • Marcus Welby, M.D.

Filmography

2022
Lightyear · as Zurg (voice)
2021
2021
Sweet Tooth (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
2018
Royal Hearts · as Hank Pavlik
2017
The Green Fog · as Cast
2017
Being Rose · as Max
2016
2016
A Beautiful Day · as Gene Thompson
2015
The Steps · as Ed
2015
Sisters · as Bucky Ellis
2015
Life in Pieces (TV Series) · as John Short
2015
The 33 · as Jeff Hart
2015
Accidental Love · as Speaker Buck Mccoy
2014
Elsa & Fred · as Max
2014
When Calls the Heart (TV Series) · as Judge Jedidiah Black
2013
2012
Blackout sur Los Angeles · as Terrance Danfield
2012
Blackout (TV Series) · as Terrance Danfield
2011
2011
2011
Last Will · as Det. Sloan
2010
True Grit · as Frank James (uncredited)
2010
Burlesque · as Mr. Anderson
2010
2010
The Defenders (2010) (TV Series) · as Teddy Kaczmarek
2009
Community (TV Series) · as William Winger
2009
2009
Bitter/Sweet · as Calvert Jenkins
2009
Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Jackson Hunt
2008
Last Chance Harvey · as Brian
2008
Lost City Raiders · as John Kubiac
2008
The American Standards · as Jack Jennings
2007
Bad Girl Island · as Terry Bamba
2007
The Hunting Party · as Franklin Harris
2007
Reinventing the Wheelers · as Tom Wheeler
2006
Wedding Wars · as Governor Conrad Welling
2006
Psych (TV Series) · as Hank Mendel
2006
Lies and Alibis · as Bob Hatch
2005
2005
Category 7: The End of the World (TV Series) · as Donny Hall
2005
Widow on the Hill · as Hank Cavanaugh
2003
The Reagans · as Ronald Reagan
2003
The Reagans (TV Series) · as Ronald Reagan
2003
A Guy Thing · as Ken Cooper
2002
Catch Me If You Can · as Jack Barnes
2002
Antwone Fisher · as The Captain
2002
The Master of Disguise · as Fabbrizio Disguisey
2002
Monk (TV Series) · as Daniel Thorn
2000
Traffic · as General Ralph Landry
2000
Children of Fortune · as Dave Passenger
1999
The West Wing (TV Series) · as Gov. Robert Ritchie
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Richard Finley
1999
To Love, Honor & Betray · as Ted Brennan
1998
A Marriage of Convenience · as Mason Whitney
1998
Behind the Planet of the Apes · as Dr. Cornelius
1997
My Brother's War · as John Hall
1997
Pensacola: Wings of Gold (TV Series) · as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly
1997
Goodbye America · as Ed Johnson
1997
El aroma del Copal · as John Richardson
1997
Lewis & Clark & George · as Reverend Red
1997
The Haunted Sea · as Captain Ramsey
1996
To Face Her Past · as Greg Hollander
1996
Promised Land (TV Series) · as Scott Porter
1996
1996
Tracks of a Killer · as David Hawkner
1996
1996
Blood Money · as Lt. Kincaid
1995
Savate · as Colonel Jones
1995
The Expert · as Warden Munsey
1995
Der schwarze Fluch - Tödliche Leidenschaften · as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
1995
Extreme (TV Series) · as Reese Wheeler
1995
Terminal Virus · as Mccabe
1994
We the People · as Alan Lesard
1994
Indecent Behavior II · as Liam O'donnell
1994
Relative Fear · as Det. Atwater
1994
1994
The Visual Bible: Acts · as Simon Peter
1994
Parallel Lives · as Professor Spencer Jones
1994
Burke's Law (1994) (TV Series) · as Mitchell Farrell
1993
Angel Falls (TV Series) · as Luke Larson
1993
1993
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride · as John Parsley
1993
1992
City Boy · as Tom Mclean
1992
The Sands of Time · as Col. Ramon Acoca
1992
Gas Food Lodging · as John Evans
1992
Twin Sisters · as Michael Mallory
1991
Ted & Venus · as Max Waters
1991
And the Sea Will Tell · as Mac Graham
1990
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
1990
World of Discovery (TV Series) · as Narrator
1989
Voice of the Heart · as Victor Mason
1989
Finish Line · as Martin Shrevelow
1988
Roseanne (TV Series) · as Edgar Wellman Jr.
1987
Deep Dark Secrets · as Michael Wakefield
1986
Hold the Dream (TV Series) · as Ross Nelson
1986
Intimate Encounters · as Nick Atkins
1985
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues · as Harry Wilde
1985
1983
Hotel (TV Series) · as Peter Mcdermott
1983
Cowboy · as Ward Mcnally
1983
White Water Rebels · as Mike Mckay
1982
Mae West · as Jim Timony
1982
The Ambush Murders · as Paul Marshall
1981
High Risk · as Stone
1980
Night of the Juggler · as Sean Boyd
1979
The Amityville Horror · as George Lutz
1978
Steel Cowboy · as Clayton Pfanner
1977
Capricorn One · as Col. Charles Brubaker
1977
The Car · as Wade Parent
1976
Gable and Lombard · as Clark Gable
1973
Westworld · as John Blane
1973
Doberman Patrol · as Chuck Brenner
1973
Class of '63 · as Joe Hart
1972
Short Walk to Daylight · as Tom Phelan
1972
Skyjacked · as Jerome K. Weber
1971
Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Dr. Steven Kiley
1969
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Dr. Steven Kiley
1968
The Boston Strangler · as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi
1967
1966
Way... Way Out · as Ted Robertson
1966
Fantastic Voyage · as Technician
1966
The Monroes (TV Series)
1966
Our Man Flint · as Technician (uncredited)
1966
Batman (TV Series) · as Kid Gulliver
1966
Blue Light (TV Series) · as American Pilot
1965
Long Hot Summer (TV Series) · as Pete
1965
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
1964
Goodbye Charlie · as Party Guest
1964
Twelve O'Clock High (TV Series) · as Sergeant Thibideaux
1964
Valentine's Day (TV Series)
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) · as Spencer
1963
Take Her, She's Mine · as Mel (uncredited)
1963
1962
The Virginian (TV Series) · as Ned Trumbull
1961
Margie (TV Series) · as Freddie Coates
1961
Bus Stop (TV Series)
1961
Follow The Sun (TV Series) · as Johnny

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