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James Brolin

James Brolin

Acting
Born: Jul 18, 1940
From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Lightyear Zurg (voice) 2022 6.878
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Ben Selleck 2009 5.4
Bitter/Sweet Calvert Jenkins 2009 4.8
Lost City Raiders John Kubiac 2008 4.6
Last Chance Harvey Brian 2008 6.302
The Hunting Party Franklin Harris 2007 6.499
Wedding Wars Governor Conrad Welling 2006 5.453
The Alibi Bob Hatch 2006 5.634
Widow on the Hill Hank Cavanaugh 2005 5.75
A Guy Thing Ken Cooper 2003 5.922
Catch Me If You Can Jack Barnes 2002 7.977
The Master of Disguise Fabbrizio Disguisey 2002 3.992
Antwone Fisher The Captain (uncredited) 2002 6.943
Goodbye America Ed Johnson 1997 5.2
The Expert Warden Munsey 1995 5.2
The Visual Bible: Acts Simon Peter 1994 7.3
Relative Fear Det. Atwater 1994 5.111
Indecent Behavior II Liam O'Donnell 1994 4.75
Gas Food Lodging John Evans 1992 6.289
Pee-wee's Big Adventure "P. W." 1985 6.475
High Risk Stone 1981 5.952
Night of the Juggler Sean Boyd 1980 6.641
The Amityville Horror George Lutz 1979 6.289
The Car Wade Parent 1977 6.339
Capricorn One Col. Charles Brubaker 1977 6.783
Westworld John Blane 1973 6.767
The Boston Strangler Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi 1968 6.654
The Cape Town Affair Skip McCoy 1967 4.091
Fantastic Voyage Technician 1966 6.673
Von Ryan's Express Private Ames 1965 7.069
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1940
FromLos Angeles, California, …