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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 18, 1940
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Craig Kenneth Bruderlin
- James M. Brolin
- Craig J. Brolin
- 詹姆斯‧布洛林
- James Kenneth Bruderlin
- جیمز برولین
- Джеймс Кеннет Брудерлин
James Brolin
2.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.9
Cap Fuller
Ransom Canyon
2025
8.0
Self - Actor
La Californie !
2023
7.5
Self- Archive
Amityville: An Origin Story
2023
6.9
Zurg (voice)
Lightyear
2022
7.8
Narrator (voice)
Sweet Tooth
2021
6.3
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.5
Self
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
6.1
Hank Pavlik
Royal Hearts
2018
7.0
Self
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
2017
6.5
Max
Being Rose
2017
Credits
Ransom Canyon
as Cap Fuller
2025
6.9
La Californie !
as Self - Actor
2023
8.0
Amityville: An Origin Story
as Self- Archive
2023
7.5
Lightyear
as Zurg (voice)
2022
6.9
Sweet Tooth
as Narrator (voice)
2021
7.8
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
2018
6.5
Royal Hearts
as Hank Pavlik
2018
6.1
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
as Self
2017
7.0
Being Rose
as Max
2017
6.5
Spielberg
as Self
2017
7.6
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Jack
2016
6.1
A Beautiful Day
as Gene Thompson
2016
4.7
The Steps
as Ed
2016
6.4
Sisters
as Bucky Ellis
2015
6.0
Life in Pieces
as John Short
2015
7.1
The 33
as Jeff Hart
2015
6.4
Accidental Love
as Speaker Buck McCoy
2015
4.3
It Came From Connemara!
as Self
2014
4.5
Elsa & Fred
as Max
2014
6.0
When Calls the Heart
as Judge Jedidiah Black
2014
8.2
Christmas with Tucker
as Bo
2013
6.0
Blackout
as Terrance Danfield
2012
7.2
Love, Wedding, Marriage
as Bradley
2011
5.2
Last Will
as Det. Sloan
2011
3.6
True Grit
as Frank James (uncredited)
2010
7.3
Burlesque
as Mr. Anderson
2010
7.2
Angel Camouflaged
as Salt
2010
6.0
The Defenders
as Teddy Kaczmarek
2010
7.1
Community
as William Winger
2009
8.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Bitter/Sweet
as Calvert Jenkins
2009
4.8
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
as Ben Selleck
2009
5.4
Castle
as Jackson Hunt
2009
8.0
Last Chance Harvey
as Brian
2008
6.3
Evolution of the Apes
as Narrator
2008
0.0
The Secret Behind Escape
as Narrator
2008
0.0
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
as Narrator
2008
0.0
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
as Narrator
2008
0.0
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
as Narrator
2008
0.0
Lost City Raiders
as John Kubiac
2008
4.6
🎬
The American Standards
as Jack Jennings
2008
3.0
Bad Girl Island
as Terry Bamba
2007
4.1
The Hunting Party
as Franklin Harris
2007
6.5
Wedding Wars
as Governor Conrad Welling
2006
5.4
Psych
as Hank Mendel
2006
7.9
The Alibi
as Bob Hatch
2006
5.6
Category 7: The End of the World
as Donny Hall
2005
6.5
Category 7: The End of the World
as Donny Hall
2005
6.1
For God's Sake, Get Out!
as Self
2005
6.0
Widow on the Hill
as Hank Cavanaugh
2005
5.6
The Reagans
as Ronald Reagan
2003
5.6
The Reagans
as Ronald Reagan
2003
8.0
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
4.0
A Guy Thing
as Ken Cooper
2003
5.9
Antwone Fisher
as The Captain (uncredited)
2002
6.9
Catch Me If You Can
as Jack Barnes
2002
8.0
The Master of Disguise
as Fabbrizio Disguisey
2002
4.0
Monk
as Daniel Thorn
2002
8.0
🎬
Good Day Live
as Self
2001
3.0
Traffic
as General Ralph Landry
2000
7.1
Children of Fortune
as Dave Passenger
2000
3.0
The West Wing
as Gov. Robert Ritchie
1999
8.2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Richard Finley
1999
7.9
To Love, Honor, & Betray
as Ted Brennan
1999
2.2
A Marriage of Convenience
as Mason Whitney
1998
5.5
The Haunted Sea
as Captain Ramsey
1997
2.2
My Brother's War
as John Hall
1997
4.7
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly
1997
6.3
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
El Aroma del Copal
as John Richardson
1997
2.0
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Self - Host
1997
7.2
Lewis & Clark & George
as Reverend Red
1997
4.0
We the People
as Alan Lesard
1997
2.8
Goodbye America
as Ed Johnson
1997
4.5
To Face Her Past
as Greg Hollander
1996
5.0
Cannes Man
as Self
1996
5.2
Tracks of a Killer
as David Hawkner
1996
4.7
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Ron Showman
1996
5.5
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
as Elliott Manning
1996
5.7
Blood Money
as Lt. Kincaid
1996
2.0
Relative Fear
as Det. Atwater
1995
4.3
🎬
Terminal Virus
as McCabe
1995
1.7
Savate
as Colonel Jones
1995
5.8
The Expert
as Warden Munsey
1995
4.4
Der schwarze Fluch
as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
1995
0.0
🎬
Extreme
as Reese Wheeler
1995
0.0
Indecent Behavior II
as Liam O'Donnell
1994
4.1
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
as Ryan Allison
1994
6.3
The Visual Bible: Acts
as Simon Peter
1994
6.6
Parallel Lives
as Professor Spencer Jones
1994
5.0
Burke's Law
as Mitchell Farrell
1994
6.7
🎬
Angel Falls
as Luke Larson
1993
8.0
Cheatin' Hearts
as Henry
1993
3.1
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
as John Parsley
1993
5.5
Visions of Murder
as Hal
1993
5.0
The Sands of Time
as Col. Ramon Acoca
1992
0.0
Gas Food Lodging
as John Evans
1992
6.3
Twin Sisters
as Michael Mallory
1992
2.6
Ted & Venus
as Max Waters
1991
4.0
And the Sea Will Tell
as Mac Graham
1991
5.9
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
0.0
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
as Dr. Alan Lanier
1990
5.2
Back Stab
as Cliff Murphy
1990
3.5
High Score
as Budetzky
1990
0.0
Bad Jim
as B.D. Sweetman
1990
7.3
The Earth Day Special
as Doctor
1990
6.3
Voice of the Heart
as Victor Mason
1989
8.5
Finish Line
as Martin Shrevelow
1989
4.3
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
🎬
Intimate Betrayal
as Michael Wakefield
1987
7.0
Hold the Dream
as Ross Nelson
1986
2.5
Intimate Encounters
as Nick Atkins
1986
2.7
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
as Harry Wilde
1985
5.1
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as "P. W."
1985
6.5
Cowboy
as Ward McNally
1983
0.0
White Water Rebels
as Mike McKay
1983
0.0
Hotel
as Peter McDermott
1982
6.8
Mae West
as Jim Timony
1982
5.8
The Ambush Murders
as Paul Marshall
1982
9.0
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
High Risk
as Stone
1981
5.8
Night of the Juggler
as Sean Boyd
1980
6.5
The Amityville Horror
as George Lutz
1979
6.3
Steel Cowboy
as Clayton Pfanner
1978
0.0
Capricorn One
as Col. Charles Brubaker
1977
6.8
The Car
as Wade Parent
1977
6.3
Gable and Lombard
as Clark Gable
1976
4.5
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
1975
9.0
Trapped
as Chuck Brenner
1974
6.1
Westworld
as John Blane
1973
6.8
Class of '63
as Joe Hart
1973
2.0
Short Walk to Daylight
as Tom Phelan
1972
6.2
Skyjacked
as Jerome K. Weber
1972
6.2
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Dr. Steven Kiley
1971
6.3
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
5.5
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. Steven Kiley
1969
6.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
as Steven Kiley
1969
0.0
The Boston Strangler
as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi
1968
6.7
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
The Cape Town Affair
as Skip McCoy
1967
3.5
Way... Way Out
as Ted Robertson
1966
5.7
The Monroes
1966
5.7
Fantastic Voyage
as Technician
1966
6.7
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
as Cornelius
1966
0.0
Our Man Flint
as Technician (uncredited)
1966
6.4
Batman
as Officer Reggie Hogan
1966
7.3
Batman
as Driver
1966
7.3
Batman
as Kid Gulliver
1966
7.3
Von Ryan's Express
as Private Ames
1965
7.1
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
1965
3.1
Dear Brigitte
as Student at Leaf Rally
1965
6.4
Valentine's Day
1964
0.0
Take Her, She's Mine
as Mel (uncredited)
1963
5.3
The Patty Duke Show
1963
5.6
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
Bus Stop
1961
0.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2