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James Brolin

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James Brolin

Born July 18, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA101 films

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.

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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.

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Essential films

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True Grit poster7.3True Grit2010Lightyear poster6.9Lightyear2022Burlesque poster7.2Burlesque2010Traffic poster7.1Traffic2000Westworld poster6.8Westworld1973The 33 poster6.4The 332015Pee-wee's Big Adventure poster6.5Pee-wee's Big Adventure1985The Amityville Horror poster6.3The Amityville Horror1979

Filmography

101 films as actor
  1. 2022LightyearZurg / Old Buzz (voice)
  2. 2018Royal HeartsHank Pavlik
  3. 2017Being RoseMax
  4. 2016I'll Be Home for ChristmasJack
  5. 2016A Beautiful DayGene Thompson
  6. 2016The StepsEd
  7. 2015SistersBucky Ellis
  8. 2015The 33Jeff Hart
  9. 2015Accidental LoveBuck McCoy
  10. 2014Elsa & FredMax
  11. 2013Christmas with TuckerBo
  12. 2012BlackoutTerrance Danfield
  13. 2011Love, Wedding, MarriageBradley
  14. 2011Last WillDet. Sloan
  15. 2010True GritFrank James (uncredited)
  16. 2010BurlesqueMr. Anderson
  17. 2010Angel CamouflagedSalt
  18. 2009Bitter/SweetCalvert Jenkins
  19. 2009The Goods: Live Hard, Sell HardBen Selleck
  20. 2008Last Chance HarveyBrian
  21. 2008Lost City RaidersJohn "Pa" Kubiak
  22. 2008The American StandardsJack Jennings
  23. 2007Bad Girl IslandTerry Bamba
  24. 2007The Hunting PartyFranklin Harris
  25. 2006Wedding WarsGovernor Conrad Welling
  26. 2006The AlibiBob Hatch
  27. 2005Widow on the HillHank Cavanaugh
  28. 2003The ReagansRonald Reagan
  29. 2003A Guy ThingKen Cooper
  30. 2002Antwone FisherThe Captain (uncredited)
  31. 2002Catch Me If You CanJack Barnes
  32. 2002The Master of DisguiseFabbrizio Disguisey
  33. 2000TrafficGeneral Ralph Landry
  34. 2000Children of FortuneDave Passenger
  35. 1999To Love, Honor, & BetrayTed Brennan
  36. 1998A Marriage of ConvenienceMason Whitney
  37. 1997The Haunted SeaCaptain Ramsey
  38. 1997My Brother's WarJohn Hall
  39. 1997Scent of VengeanceJohn Richardson
  40. 1997Lewis & Clark & GeorgeReverend Red
  41. 1997We the PeopleAlan Lesard
  42. 1997Goodbye AmericaEd Johnson
  43. 1996To Face Her PastGreg Hollander
  44. 1996Tracks of a KillerDavid Hawkner
  45. 1996Hijacked: Flight 285Ron Showman
  46. 1996Hart to Hart: Harts in High SeasonElliott Manning
  47. 1996Blood MoneyLt. Kincaid
  48. 1995Terminal VirusMcCabe
  49. 1995SavateColonel Jones
  50. 1995The ExpertWarden Munsey
  51. 1995Der schwarze FluchDavid Levinski / Charles Marlowe
  52. 1994Indecent Behavior IILiam O'Donnell
  53. 1994Relative FearDet. Atwater
  54. 1994Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing GovernorRyan Allison
  55. 1994The Visual Bible: ActsPeter
  56. 1994Parallel LivesProfessor Spencer Jones
  57. 1993Cheatin' HeartsHenry
  58. 1993Gunsmoke: The Long RideJohn Parsley
  59. 1993Visions of MurderHal
  60. 1992The Sands of TimeCol. Ramon Acoca
  61. 1992Gas Food LodgingJohn Evans
  62. 1992Twin SistersMichael Mallory
  63. 1991Ted & VenusMax Waters
  64. 1991And the Sea Will TellMac Graham
  65. 1990Nightmare on the 13th FloorDr. Alan Lanier
  66. 1990Back StabCliff Murphy
  67. 1990High ScoreBudetzky
  68. 1990Bad JimB.D. Sweetman
  69. 1989Voice of the HeartVictor Mason
  70. 1989Finish LineMartin Shrevelow
  71. 1987Intimate BetrayalMichael Wakefield
  72. 1986Intimate EncountersNick Atkins
  73. 1985Beverly Hills Cowgirl BluesHarry Wilde
  74. 1985Pee-wee's Big Adventure"P. W."
  75. 1983CowboyWard McNally
  76. 1983White Water RebelsMike McKay
  77. 1982Mae WestJim Timony
  78. 1982The Ambush MurdersPaul Marshall
  79. 1981High RiskStone
  80. 1980Night of the JugglerSean Boyd
  81. 1979The Amityville HorrorGeorge Lutz
  82. 1978Steel CowboyClayton Pfanner
  83. 1977Capricorn OneCol. Charles Brubaker
  84. 1977The CarWade Parent
  85. 1976Gable and LombardClark Gable
  86. 1974TrappedChuck Brenner
  87. 1973WestworldJohn Blane
  88. 1973Class of '63Joe Hart
  89. 1972Short Walk to DaylightTom Phelan
  90. 1972SkyjackedJerome K. Weber
  91. 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of HumanitiesSteven Kiley
  92. 1968The Boston StranglerDet. Sgt. Phil Lisi
  93. 1967The Cape Town AffairSkip McCoy
  94. 1966Way... Way OutTed Robertson
  95. 1966Fantastic VoyageTechnician
  96. 1966Planet of the Apes Test ReelCornelius
  97. 1966Our Man FlintTechnician (uncredited)
  98. 1965Von Ryan's ExpressPrivate Ames
  99. 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
  100. 1965Dear BrigitteStudent at Leaf Rally
  101. 1963Take Her, She's MineMel (uncredited)