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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.(1969â1976), Peter McDermott on Hotel (1983â1988), John Short on Life in Pieces (2015â2019), 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 AâŠ
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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.(1969â1976), Peter McDermott on Hotel (1983â1988), John Short on Life in Pieces (2015â2019), 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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BODY OF WORK
James Brolin's Filmography
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Lightyear
as Zurg / Old Buzz (voice)
Royal Hearts
as Hank Pavlik
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
as Self
Being Rose
as Max
Spielberg
as Self
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Jack
A Beautiful Day
as Gene Thompson
The Steps
as Ed
Sisters
as Bucky Ellis
The 33
as Jeff Hart
Accidental Love
as Buck McCoy
It Came From Connemara!
as Self
Elsa & Fred
as Max
Christmas with Tucker
as Bo
Blackout
as Terrance Danfield
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
as Self (archive footage)
Love, Wedding, Marriage
as Bradley
Last Will
as Det. Sloan
True Grit
as Frank James (uncredited)
Burlesque
as Mr. Anderson
Angel Camouflaged
as Salt
Bitter/Sweet
as Calvert Jenkins
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
as Ben Selleck
Last Chance Harvey
as Brian
Evolution of the Apes
as Narrator
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
as Narrator
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
as Narrator
The Secret Behind Escape
as Narrator
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
as Narrator
Lost City Raiders
as John "Pa" Kubiak
No Poster
The American Standards
as Jack Jennings
Bad Girl Island
as Terry Bamba
The Hunting Party
as Franklin Harris
Wedding Wars
as Governor Conrad Welling
The Alibi
as Bob Hatch
For God's Sake, Get Out!
as Self
Widow on the Hill
as Hank Cavanaugh
The Reagans
as Ronald Reagan
A Guy Thing
as Ken Cooper
Antwone Fisher
as The Captain (uncredited)
Catch Me If You Can
as Jack Barnes
The Master of Disguise
as Fabbrizio Disguisey
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
as self
Traffic
as General Ralph Landry
Children of Fortune
as Dave Passenger
To Love, Honor, & Betray
as Ted Brennan
A Marriage of Convenience
as Mason Whitney
The Haunted Sea
as Captain Ramsey
My Brother's War
as John Hall
Scent of Vengeance
as John Richardson
Lewis & Clark & George
as Reverend Red
We the People
as Alan Lesard
Goodbye America
as Ed Johnson
To Face Her Past
as Greg Hollander
Cannes Man
as Self
Tracks of a Killer
as David Hawkner
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Ron Showman
Blood Money
as Lt. Kincaid
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
as Elliott Manning
No Poster
Terminal Virus
as McCabe
Savate
as Colonel Jones
The Expert
as Warden Munsey
Der schwarze Fluch
as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
Indecent Behavior II
as Liam O'Donnell
Relative Fear
as Det. Atwater
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
as Ryan Allison
The Visual Bible: Acts
as Peter
Parallel Lives
as Professor Spencer Jones
Cheatin' Hearts
as Henry
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
as John Parsley
Visions of Murder
as Hal
The Sands of Time
as Col. Ramon Acoca
Gas Food Lodging
as John Evans
Twin Sisters
as Michael Mallory
Ted & Venus
as Max Waters
And the Sea Will Tell
as Mac Graham
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
as Dr. Alan Lanier
Back Stab
as Cliff Murphy
High Score
as Budetzky
Bad Jim
as B.D. Sweetman
The Earth Day Special
as Doctor
Voice of the Heart
as Victor Mason
Finish Line
as Martin Shrevelow
Intimate Betrayal
as Michael Wakefield
Intimate Encounters
as Nick Atkins
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
as Harry Wilde
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as "P. W."
Cowboy
as Ward McNally
White Water Rebels
as Mike McKay
Mae West
as Jim Timony
The Ambush Murders
as Paul Marshall
High Risk
as Stone
Night of the Juggler
as Sean Boyd
The Amityville Horror
as George Lutz
Steel Cowboy
as Clayton Pfanner
Capricorn One
as Col. Charles Brubaker
The Car
as Wade Parent
Gable and Lombard
as Clark Gable
Trapped
as Chuck Brenner
Westworld
as John Blane
Class of '63
as Joe Hart
Short Walk to Daylight
as Tom Phelan
Skyjacked
as Jerome K. Weber
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
as Steven Kiley
The Boston Strangler
as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi
The Cape Town Affair
as Skip McCoy
Way... Way Out
as Ted Robertson
Fantastic Voyage
as Technician
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
as Cornelius
Our Man Flint
as Technician (uncredited)
Von Ryan's Express
as Pvt. Ames
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
Dear Brigitte
as Student at Leaf Rally
Take Her, She's Mine
as Mel (uncredited)
Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars"
as Self