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