James Brolin
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Catch Me If You Can
as Jack Barnes 2002
True Grit
as Frank James (uncredited) 2010
Lightyear
as Zurg (voice) 2022
Burlesque
as Mr. Anderson 2010
Traffic
as General Ralph Landry 2000
Sisters
as Bucky Ellis 2015
Westworld
as John Blane 1973
The Amityville Horror
as George Lutz 1979
The 33
as Jeff Hart 2015
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as "P. W." 1985
Antwone Fisher
as The Captain (uncredited) 2002
Capricorn One
as Col. Charles Brubaker 1977
Fantastic Voyage
as Technician 1966
A Guy Thing
as Ken Cooper 2003
Accidental Love
as Speaker Buck McCoy 2015
The Hunting Party
as Franklin Harris 2007
The Master of Disguise
as Fabbrizio Disguisey 2002