James Brolin

Acting

July 18, 1940 (85 years old)

Los Angeles, California, USA

Male

123 Movies

55 TV Shows

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.

The Amityville Horror

1979 6.3

as George Lutz

Age 39 (now 85)

Catch Me If You Can

2002 8.0

as Jack Barnes

Age 62 (now 85)

Westworld

1973 6.8

as John Blane

Age 33 (now 85)

Sweet Tooth

2021 7.8

as Narrator (voice)

Age 80 (now 85) 24 eps

24 eps

Capricorn One

1977 6.8

as Col. Charles Brubaker

Age 37 (now 85)

The Car

1977 6.4

as Wade Parent

Age 36 (now 85)

Lightyear

2022 6.9

as Zurg (voice)

Age 81 (now 85)

Life in Pieces

2015 7.1

as John Short

Age 75 (now 85) 79 eps

79 eps

The 33

2015 6.4

as Jeff Hart

Age 75 (now 85)

I'll Be Home for Christmas

2016 6.2

as Jack

Age 76 (now 85)

Sisters

2015 6.0

as Bucky Ellis

Age 75 (now 85)

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

2009 5.4

as Ben Selleck

Age 68 (now 85)

Love, Wedding, Marriage

2011 5.2

as Bradley

Age 70 (now 85)

Royal Hearts

2018 6.1

as Hank Pavlik

Age 77 (now 85)

A Guy Thing

2003 5.9

as Ken Cooper

Age 62 (now 85)

Lost City Raiders

2008 4.6

as John Kubiac

Age 68 (now 85)

Lightyear

2022 6.9

as Zurg (voice)

Age 81 (now 85)

Royal Hearts

2018 6.1

Executive Producer

Age 77 (now 85)

Royal Hearts

2018 6.1

as Hank Pavlik

Age 77 (now 85)

Royal Hearts

2018 6.1

Director

Age 77 (now 85)

Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!

2017 7.1

as Self

Age 77 (now 85)

Being Rose

2017 5.8

as Max

Age 77 (now 85)

Spielberg

2017 7.6

as Self

Age 77 (now 85)

I'll Be Home for Christmas

2016 6.2

Director

Age 76 (now 85)

I'll Be Home for Christmas

2016 6.2

Executive Producer

Age 76 (now 85)

I'll Be Home for Christmas

2016 6.2

as Jack

Age 76 (now 85)

A Beautiful Day

2016 5.8

as Gene Thompson

Age 76 (now 85)

The Steps

2016 6.4

as Ed

Age 75 (now 85)

Sisters

2015 6.0

as Bucky Ellis

Age 75 (now 85)

The 33

2015 6.4

as Jeff Hart

Age 75 (now 85)

Accidental Love

2015 4.3

as Speaker Buck McCoy

Age 74 (now 85)

It Came From Connemara!

2014 4.5

as Self

Age 73 (now 85)

Elsa & Fred

2014 6.0

as Max

Age 73 (now 85)

Christmas with Tucker

2013 6.0

as Bo

Age 73 (now 85)

Blackout

2012 7.2

as Terrance Danfield

Age 72 (now 85)

Love, Wedding, Marriage

2011 5.2

as Bradley

Age 70 (now 85)

Last Will

2011 4.0

as Det. Sloan

Age 70 (now 85)

True Grit

2010 7.3

as Frank James (uncredited)

Age 70 (now 85)

Burlesque

2010 7.2

as Mr. Anderson

Age 70 (now 85)

Angel Camouflaged

2010 6.0

as Salt

Age 70 (now 85)

Standing Ovation

2010 3.3

Executive Producer

Age 69 (now 85)

Bitter/Sweet

2009 4.8

as Calvert Jenkins

Age 68 (now 85)

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

2009 5.4

as Ben Selleck

Age 68 (now 85)

Last Chance Harvey

2008 6.3

as Brian

Age 68 (now 85)

From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel

2008

as Narrator

Age 68 (now 85)

Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times

2008

as Narrator

Age 68 (now 85)

End of an Epic: The Final Battle

2008

as Narrator

Age 68 (now 85)

Evolution of the Apes

2008

as Narrator

Age 68 (now 85)

The Secret Behind Escape

2008

as Narrator

Age 68 (now 85)

Lost City Raiders

2008 4.6

as John Kubiac

Age 68 (now 85)

The American Standards

2008 5.3

Producer

Age 67 (now 85)

The American Standards

2008 5.3

as Jack Jennings

Age 67 (now 85)

Bad Girl Island

2007 4.1

Co-Producer

Age 67 (now 85)

Bad Girl Island

2007 4.1

as Terry Bamba

Age 67 (now 85)

The Hunting Party

2007 6.5

as Franklin Harris

Age 67 (now 85)

Wedding Wars

2006 5.5

as Governor Conrad Welling

Age 66 (now 85)

The Alibi

2006 5.6

as Bob Hatch

Age 65 (now 85)

For God's Sake, Get Out!

2005 6.5

as Self

Age 64 (now 85)

Widow on the Hill

2005 5.8

as Hank Cavanaugh

Age 64 (now 85)

The Reagans

2003 5.9

as Ronald Reagan

Age 63 (now 85)

A Guy Thing

2003 5.9

as Ken Cooper

Age 62 (now 85)

Antwone Fisher

2002 6.9

as The Captain (uncredited)

Age 62 (now 85)

Catch Me If You Can

2002 8.0

as Jack Barnes

Age 62 (now 85)

The Master of Disguise

2002 4.0

as Fabbrizio Disguisey

Age 62 (now 85)

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand

2001 9.0

as self

Age 60 (now 85)

Traffic

2000 7.1

as General Ralph Landry

Age 60 (now 85)

Children of Fortune

2000 5.0

as Dave Passenger

Age 60 (now 85)

To Love, Honor, & Betray

1999 3.0

as Ted Brennan

Age 58 (now 85)

A Marriage of Convenience

1998 5.8

as Mason Whitney

Age 58 (now 85)

The Haunted Sea

1997 2.7

as Captain Ramsey

Age 57 (now 85)

My Brother's War

1997 5.0

Director

Age 57 (now 85)

My Brother's War

1997 5.0

as John Hall

Age 57 (now 85)

Scent of Vengeance

1997 3.7

as John Richardson

Age 56 (now 85)

Lewis & Clark & George

1997 4.5

as Reverend Red

Age 56 (now 85)

We the People

1997 4.0

as Alan Lesard

Age 56 (now 85)

We the People

1997 4.0

Executive Producer

Age 56 (now 85)

Goodbye America

1997 5.2

as Ed Johnson

Age 56 (now 85)

To Face Her Past

1996 6.0

as Greg Hollander

Age 56 (now 85)

Cannes Man

1996 5.5

as Self

Age 55 (now 85)

Tracks of a Killer

1996 5.5

as David Hawkner

Age 55 (now 85)

Hijacked: Flight 285

1996 5.6

as Ron Showman

Age 55 (now 85)

Blood Money

1996 3.3

as Lt. Kincaid

Age 55 (now 85)

Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season

1996 6.6

as Elliott Manning

Age 55 (now 85)

Terminal Virus

1995 3.8

as McCabe

Age 55 (now 85)

Savate

1995 5.8

as Colonel Jones

Age 55 (now 85)

The Expert

1995 5.2

as Warden Munsey

Age 55 (now 85)

Der schwarze Fluch

1995 8.0

as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe

Age 54 (now 85)

Indecent Behavior II

1994 4.8

as Liam O'Donnell

Age 54 (now 85)

Relative Fear

1994 5.1

as Det. Atwater

Age 54 (now 85)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

1994 6.4

as Ryan Allison

Age 54 (now 85)

The Visual Bible: Acts

1994 7.3

as Simon Peter

Age 54 (now 85)

Parallel Lives

1994 5.7

as Professor Spencer Jones

Age 54 (now 85)

Cheatin' Hearts

1993 3.7

as Henry

Age 52 (now 85)

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride

1993 5.4

as John Parsley

Age 52 (now 85)

Visions of Murder

1993 6.7

as Hal

Age 52 (now 85)

The Sands of Time

1992 10.0

as Col. Ramon Acoca

Age 52 (now 85)

Gas Food Lodging

1992 6.3

as John Evans

Age 51 (now 85)

Twin Sisters

1992 3.9

as Michael Mallory

Age 51 (now 85)

Ted & Venus

1991 4.5

as Max Waters

Age 51 (now 85)

And the Sea Will Tell

1991 6.3

as Mac Graham

Age 50 (now 85)

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

1990 5.4

as Dr. Alan Lanier

Age 50 (now 85)

Back Stab

1990 4.8

as Cliff Murphy

Age 50 (now 85)

High Score

1990 7.0

as Budetzky

Age 50 (now 85)

Bad Jim

1990 7.5

as B.D. Sweetman

Age 49 (now 85)

The Earth Day Special

1990 6.5

as Doctor

Age 49 (now 85)

Voice of the Heart

1989 9.0

as Victor Mason

Age 48 (now 85)

Finish Line

1989 5.8

as Martin Shrevelow

Age 48 (now 85)

Intimate Betrayal

1987 7.0

as Michael Wakefield

Age 47 (now 85)

Intimate Encounters

1986 3.8

as Nick Atkins

Age 46 (now 85)

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues

1985 5.5

as Harry Wilde

Age 45 (now 85)

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

1985 6.5

as "P. W."

Age 45 (now 85)

Cowboy

1983

as Ward McNally

Age 42 (now 85)

White Water Rebels

1983 9.0

as Mike McKay

Age 42 (now 85)

Mae West

1982 5.8

as Jim Timony

Age 41 (now 85)

The Ambush Murders

1982 8.0

as Paul Marshall

Age 41 (now 85)

High Risk

1981 6.0

as Stone

Age 40 (now 85)

Night of the Juggler

1980 6.6

as Sean Boyd

Age 39 (now 85)

The Amityville Horror

1979 6.3

as George Lutz

Age 39 (now 85)

Steel Cowboy

1978 9.0

as Clayton Pfanner

Age 38 (now 85)

Capricorn One

1977 6.8

as Col. Charles Brubaker

Age 37 (now 85)

The Car

1977 6.4

as Wade Parent

Age 36 (now 85)

Gable and Lombard

1976 5.0

as Clark Gable

Age 35 (now 85)

Trapped

1974 6.4

as Chuck Brenner

Age 33 (now 85)

Westworld

1973 6.8

as John Blane

Age 33 (now 85)

Class of '63

1973 6.0

as Joe Hart

Age 32 (now 85)

Short Walk to Daylight

1972 6.7

as Tom Phelan

Age 32 (now 85)

Skyjacked

1972 6.2

as Jerome K. Weber

Age 31 (now 85)

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities

1969 10.0

as Steven Kiley

Age 28 (now 85)

The Boston Strangler

1968 6.7

as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi

Age 28 (now 85)

The Cape Town Affair

1967 4.1

as Skip McCoy

Age 27 (now 85)

Way... Way Out

1966 5.9

as Ted Robertson

Age 26 (now 85)

Fantastic Voyage

1966 6.7

as Technician

Age 26 (now 85)

Planet of the Apes Test Reel

1966

as Cornelius

Age 25 (now 85)

Our Man Flint

1966 6.4

as Technician (uncredited)

Age 25 (now 85)

Von Ryan's Express

1965 7.1

as Private Ames

Age 24 (now 85)

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965 3.8

as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)

Age 24 (now 85)

Dear Brigitte

1965 6.4

as Student at Leaf Rally

Age 24 (now 85)

Take Her, She's Mine

1963 5.6

as Mel (uncredited)

Age 23 (now 85)

Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars"

as Self