Born 1940 (age 85) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Appears in 160 titles

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.

Filmography

Catch Me If You Can
8.0
Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Jack Barnes
True Grit
7.3
True Grit
2010
as Frank James (uncredited)
Lightyear
6.9
Lightyear
2022
as Zurg (voice)
Traffic
7.1
Traffic
2000
as General Ralph Landry
Burlesque
7.2
Burlesque
2010
as Mr. Anderson
Sisters
6.0
Sisters
2015
as Bucky Ellis
Westworld
6.8
Westworld
1973
as John Blane
The Amityville Horror
6.3
The Amityville Horror
1979
as George Lutz
The 33
6.4
The 33
2015
as Jeff Hart
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
6.5
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
as "P. W."
Antwone Fisher
6.9
Antwone Fisher
2002
as The Captain (uncredited)
Capricorn One
6.8
Capricorn One
1977
as Col. Charles Brubaker
Fantastic Voyage
6.7
Fantastic Voyage
1966
as Technician
A Guy Thing
5.9
A Guy Thing
2003
as Ken Cooper
Accidental Love
4.3
Accidental Love
2015
as Speaker Buck McCoy
The Hunting Party
6.5
The Hunting Party
2007
as Franklin Harris
The Master of Disguise
4.0
The Master of Disguise
2002
as Fabbrizio Disguisey
The Car
6.4
The Car
1977
as Wade Parent
Spielberg
7.6
Spielberg
2017
as Self
Last Chance Harvey
6.3
Last Chance Harvey
2008
as Brian