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James Brolin Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1940-07-18

Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Credits:
165 Total Roles

James Brolin

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 Ransom Canyon TV Cap Fuller
2023 La Californie ! TV Self - Actor
2023 Amityville: An Origin Story TV Self- Archive
2022 Lightyear MOVIE Zurg (voice)
2021 Sweet Tooth TV Narrator (voice)
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show TV Self
2018 Eli Roth's History of Horror TV Self
2018 Royal Hearts MOVIE Hank Pavlik
2017 Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! MOVIE Self
2017 Being Rose MOVIE Max

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