James Brolin

James Brolin

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.

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Filmography

2025

Ransom Canyon
Ransom Canyon
as Cap Fuller
TV - Released: 4/17/2025

2023

La Californie !
La Californie !
as Self - Actor
TV - Released: 8/1/2023

2022

Lightyear
Lightyear
as Zurg (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/15/2022

2021

Sweet Tooth
Sweet Tooth
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 6/4/2021

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV - Released: 9/9/2019

2018

Royal Hearts
Royal Hearts
as Hank Pavlik
Movie - Released: 2/24/2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
TV - Released: 10/14/2018

2017

Spielberg
Spielberg
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/5/2017
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/22/2017
Being Rose
Being Rose
as Max
Movie - Released: 11/9/2017

2016

I'll Be Home for Christmas
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Jack
Movie - Released: 11/27/2016
A Beautiful Day
A Beautiful Day
as Gene Thompson
Movie - Released: 9/18/2016
The Steps
The Steps
as Ed
Movie - Released: 6/3/2016

2015

Sisters
Sisters
as Bucky Ellis
Movie - Released: 12/18/2015
Accidental Love
Accidental Love
as Speaker Buck McCoy
Movie - Released: 2/10/2015
The 33
The 33
as Jeff Hart
Movie - Released: 8/6/2015
Life in Pieces
Life in Pieces
as John Short
TV - Released: 9/21/2015

2014

Elsa & Fred
Elsa & Fred
as Max
Movie - Released: 3/7/2014
It Came From Connemara!
It Came From Connemara!
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/9/2014
When Calls the Heart
When Calls the Heart
as Judge Jedidiah Black
TV - Released: 1/11/2014

2013

Christmas with Tucker
Christmas with Tucker
as Bo
Movie - Released: 11/25/2013

2012

Blackout sur Los Angeles
Blackout sur Los Angeles
as Terrance Danfield
Movie - Released: 10/24/2012

2011

Love, Wedding, Marriage
Love, Wedding, Marriage
as Bradley
Movie - Released: 6/3/2011
Last Will
Last Will
as Det. Sloan
Movie - Released: 3/22/2011

2010

Burlesque
Burlesque
as Mr. Anderson
Movie - Released: 11/23/2010
True Grit
True Grit
as Frank James (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/22/2010
Angel Camouflaged
Angel Camouflaged
as Salt
Movie - Released: 10/19/2010
The Defenders
The Defenders
as Teddy Kaczmarek
TV - Released: 9/22/2010

2009

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
as Ben Selleck
Movie - Released: 5/29/2009
Bitter/Sweet
Bitter/Sweet
as Calvert Jenkins
Movie - Released: 6/3/2009
Community
Community
as William Winger
TV - Released: 9/17/2009
Castle
Castle
as Jackson Hunt
TV - Released: 3/9/2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 7/16/2009

2008

Lost City Raiders
Lost City Raiders
as John Kubiac
Movie - Released: 10/31/2008
Last Chance Harvey
Last Chance Harvey
as Brian
Movie - Released: 12/25/2008
Movie
The American Standards
as Jack Jennings
Movie - Released: 1/1/2008
Evolution of the Apes
Evolution of the Apes
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/4/2008
The Secret Behind Escape
The Secret Behind Escape
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/4/2008
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/4/2008
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/4/2008
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
End of an Epic: The Final Battle
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/4/2008

2007

The Hunting Party
The Hunting Party
as Franklin Harris
Movie - Released: 9/3/2007
Bad Girl Island
Bad Girl Island
as Terry Bamba
Movie - Released: 12/8/2007

2006

Wedding Wars
Wedding Wars
as Governor Conrad Welling
Movie - Released: 12/11/2006
The Alibi
The Alibi
as Bob Hatch
Movie - Released: 1/12/2006
Psych
Psych
as Hank Mendel
TV - Released: 7/7/2006

2005

Widow on the Hill
Widow on the Hill
as Hank Cavanaugh
Movie - Released: 1/24/2005
For God's Sake, Get Out!
For God's Sake, Get Out!
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/5/2005
Category 7: The End of the World
Category 7: The End of the World
as Donny Hall
Movie - Released: 11/6/2005
Category 7: The End of the World
Category 7: The End of the World
as Donny Hall
TV - Released: 11/6/2005

2003

A Guy Thing
A Guy Thing
as Ken Cooper
Movie - Released: 1/17/2003
The Reagans
The Reagans
as Ronald Reagan
Movie - Released: 11/30/2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
TV - Released: 6/4/2003
The Reagans
The Reagans
as Ronald Reagan
TV - Released: 11/30/2003

2002

Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can
as Jack Barnes
Movie - Released: 12/16/2002
The Master of Disguise
The Master of Disguise
as Fabbrizio Disguisey
Movie - Released: 8/2/2002
Antwone Fisher
Antwone Fisher
as The Captain
Movie - Released: 12/19/2002
Monk
Monk
as Daniel Thorn
TV - Released: 7/12/2002

2001

TV
Good Day Live
as Self
TV - Released: 9/17/2001

2000

Children of Fortune
Children of Fortune
as Dave Passenger
Movie - Released: 11/1/2000
Traffic
Traffic
as General Ralph Landry
Movie - Released: 12/27/2000

1999

To Love, Honor, & Betray
To Love, Honor, & Betray
as Ted Brennan
Movie - Released: 5/12/1999
The West Wing
The West Wing
as Gov. Robert Ritchie
TV - Released: 9/22/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Richard Finley
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

A Marriage of Convenience
A Marriage of Convenience
as Mason Whitney
Movie - Released: 10/18/1998

1997

Goodbye America
Goodbye America
as Ed Johnson
Movie - Released: 1/6/1997
The Haunted Sea
The Haunted Sea
as Captain Ramsey
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
Cannes Man
Cannes Man
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/3/1997
Lewis & Clark & George
Lewis & Clark & George
as Reverend Red
Movie - Released: 1/21/1997
We the People
We the People
as Alan Lesard
Movie - Released: 1/20/1997
My Brother's War
My Brother's War
as John Hall
Movie - Released: 9/17/1997
El Aroma del Copal
El Aroma del Copal
as John Richardson
Movie - Released: 7/13/1997
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly
TV - Released: 9/15/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 5/25/1997

1996

Tracks of a Killer
Tracks of a Killer
as David Hawkner
Movie - Released: 3/19/1996
Hijacked: Flight 285
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Ron Showman
Movie - Released: 2/4/1996
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
as Elliott Manning
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996
Blood Money
Blood Money
as Lt. Kincaid
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996
To Face Her Past
To Face Her Past
as Greg Hollander
Movie - Released: 11/12/1996

1995

The Expert
The Expert
as Warden Munsey
Movie - Released: 8/15/1995
Relative Fear
Relative Fear
as Det. Atwater
Movie - Released: 10/3/1995
Movie
Terminal Virus
as McCabe
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
Der schwarze Fluch
Der schwarze Fluch
as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
Movie - Released: 5/28/1995
Savate
Savate
as Colonel Jones
Movie - Released: 8/24/1995
TV
Extreme
as Reese Wheeler
TV - Released: 1/29/1995

1994

The Visual Bible: Acts
The Visual Bible: Acts
as Simon Peter
Movie - Released: 10/1/1994
Indecent Behavior II
Indecent Behavior II
as Liam O'Donnell
Movie - Released: 12/19/1994
Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives
as Professor Spencer Jones
Movie - Released: 8/4/1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
as Ryan Allison
Movie - Released: 11/9/1994
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
as Mitchell Farrell
TV - Released: 1/7/1994

1993

Cheatin' Hearts
Cheatin' Hearts
as Henry
Movie - Released: 7/9/1993
Visions of Murder
Visions of Murder
as Hal
Movie - Released: 5/7/1993
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
as John Parsley
Movie - Released: 5/8/1993
TV
Angel Falls
as Luke Larson
TV - Released: 8/26/1993

1992

Gas Food Lodging
Gas Food Lodging
as John Evans
Movie - Released: 7/10/1992
Twin Sisters
Twin Sisters
as Michael Mallory
Movie - Released: 1/1/1992
The Sands of Time
The Sands of Time
as Col. Ramon Acoca
Movie - Released: 11/23/1992

1991

Ted & Venus
Ted & Venus
as Max Waters
Movie - Released: 8/8/1991
And the Sea Will Tell
And the Sea Will Tell
as Mac Graham
Movie - Released: 2/24/1991
And the Sea Will Tell
And the Sea Will Tell
TV - Released: 2/24/1991

1990

Bad Jim
Bad Jim
as B.D. Sweetman
Movie - Released: 4/25/1990
Back Stab
Back Stab
as Cliff Murphy
Movie - Released: 10/3/1990
The Earth Day Special
The Earth Day Special
as Doctor
Movie - Released: 4/22/1990
Movie
High Score
as Budetzky
Movie - Released: 7/26/1990
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
as Dr. Alan Lanier
Movie - Released: 10/31/1990

1989

Finish Line
Finish Line
as Martin Shrevelow
Movie - Released: 1/11/1989
Voice of the Heart
Voice of the Heart
as Victor Mason
Movie - Released: 3/28/1989

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/5/1988

1987

Movie
Intimate Betrayal
as Michael Wakefield
Movie - Released: 10/26/1987

1986

Intimate Encounters
Intimate Encounters
as Nick Atkins
Movie - Released: 9/28/1986
Hold the Dream
Hold the Dream
as Ross Nelson
TV - Released: 10/27/1986

1985

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as "P. W."
Movie - Released: 7/26/1985
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
as Harry Wilde
Movie - Released: 10/5/1985

1983

Cowboy
Cowboy
as Ward McNally
Movie - Released: 4/30/1983
White Water Rebels
White Water Rebels
as Mike McKay
Movie - Released: 1/8/1983

1982

Mae West
Mae West
as Jim Timony
Movie - Released: 5/2/1982
The Ambush Murders
The Ambush Murders
as Paul Marshall
Movie - Released: 1/5/1982
Hotel
Hotel
as Peter McDermott
TV - Released: 8/21/1982

1981

High Risk
High Risk
as Stone
Movie - Released: 5/1/1981
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
TV - Released: 9/15/1981

1980

Night of the Juggler
Night of the Juggler
as Sean Boyd
Movie - Released: 6/6/1980

1979

The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror
as George Lutz
Movie - Released: 7/27/1979

1978

Steel Cowboy
Steel Cowboy
as Clayton Pfanner
Movie - Released: 12/6/1978

1977

The Car
The Car
as Wade Parent
Movie - Released: 5/12/1977
Capricorn One
Capricorn One
as Col. Charles Brubaker
Movie - Released: 12/10/1977

1976

Gable and Lombard
Gable and Lombard
as Clark Gable
Movie - Released: 2/11/1976

1975

People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 3/4/1975

1974

Trapped
Trapped
as Chuck Brenner
Movie - Released: 6/13/1974

1973

Westworld
Westworld
as John Blane
Movie - Released: 8/15/1973
Class of '63
Class of '63
as Joe Hart
Movie - Released: 3/14/1973

1972

Skyjacked
Skyjacked
as Jerome K. Weber
Movie - Released: 5/24/1972
Short Walk to Daylight
Short Walk to Daylight
as Tom Phelan
Movie - Released: 10/24/1972

1971

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Dr. Steven Kiley
TV - Released: 9/16/1971
The Pet Set
The Pet Set
as Self
TV - Released: 1/25/1971

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
as Steven Kiley
Movie - Released: 3/26/1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. Steven Kiley
TV - Released: 9/23/1969
Love, American Style
Love, American Style
TV - Released: 9/29/1969

1968

The Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler
as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi
Movie - Released: 10/8/1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/1968

1967

The Cape Town Affair
The Cape Town Affair
as Skip McCoy
Movie - Released: 9/19/1967

1966

Fantastic Voyage
Fantastic Voyage
as Technician
Movie - Released: 8/24/1966
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
as Cornelius
Movie - Released: 3/1/1966
Way... Way Out
Way... Way Out
as Ted Robertson
Movie - Released: 10/26/1966
Our Man Flint
Our Man Flint
as Technician (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 1/16/1966
Batman
Batman
as Officer Reggie Hogan
TV - Released: 1/12/1966
The Monroes
The Monroes
TV - Released: 9/7/1966
Batman
Batman
as Driver
TV - Released: 1/12/1966
Batman
Batman
as Kid Gulliver
TV - Released: 1/12/1966

1965

Von Ryan's Express
Von Ryan's Express
as Private Ames
Movie - Released: 6/23/1965
Dear Brigitte
Dear Brigitte
as Student at Leaf Rally
Movie - Released: 1/8/1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 3/24/1965

1964

Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day
TV - Released: 9/18/1964

1963

Take Her, She's Mine
Take Her, She's Mine
as Mel (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/13/1963
The Patty Duke Show
The Patty Duke Show
TV - Released: 9/18/1963

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

Bus Stop
Bus Stop
TV - Released: 10/1/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 1/20/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
TV - Released: 1/20/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 1/20/1944