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

• Ransom Canyon — Cap Fuller
• 2022Lightyear — Zurg / Old Buzz (voice)
• Sweet Tooth — Narrator (voice)
• 2018Royal Hearts — Hank Pavlik, Director, Executive Producer
• 2017Being Rose — Max
• 2016A Beautiful Day — Gene Thompson
• 2016I'll Be Home for Christmas — Jack, Director, Executive Producer
• 2016The Steps — Ed
• 2015Accidental Love — Buck McCoy
• Life in Pieces — John Short
• 2015Sisters — Bucky Ellis
• 2015The 33 — Jeff Hart
• 2014Elsa & Fred — Max
• When Calls the Heart — Judge Jedidiah Black
• 2013Christmas with Tucker — Bo
• 2012Blackout — Terrance Danfield
• 2011Last Will — Det. Sloan
• 2011Love, Wedding, Marriage — Bradley
• 2010Angel Camouflaged — Salt
• 2010Burlesque — Mr. Anderson
• 2010Standing Ovation — Executive Producer
• The Defenders — Teddy Kaczmarek
• 2010True Grit — Frank James (uncredited)
• 2009Bitter/Sweet — Calvert Jenkins
• Castle — Jackson Hunt
• Community — William Winger
• 2009The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard — Ben Selleck
• 2008End of an Epic: The Final Battle — Narrator
• 2008Evolution of the Apes — Narrator
• 2008From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel — Narrator
• 2008Last Chance Harvey — Brian
• 2008Lost City Raiders — John "Pa" Kubiak
• 2008Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times — Narrator
• 2008The American Standards — Jack Jennings, Producer
• 2008The Secret Behind Escape — Narrator
• 2007Bad Girl Island — Terry Bamba, Co-Producer
• 2007The Hunting Party — Franklin Harris
• Psych — Hank Mendel
• 2006The Alibi — Bob Hatch
• 2006Wedding Wars — Governor Conrad Welling
• Category 7: The End of the World — Donny Hall
• 2005Widow on the Hill — Hank Cavanaugh
• 2003A Guy Thing — Ken Cooper
• 2003The Reagans — Ronald Reagan
• The Reagans — Ronald Reagan
• 2002Antwone Fisher — The Captain (uncredited)
• 2002Catch Me If You Can — Jack Barnes
• Monk — Daniel Thorn
• 2002The Master of Disguise — Fabbrizio Disguisey
• 2000Children of Fortune — Dave Passenger
• 2000Traffic — General Ralph Landry
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Richard Finley
• The West Wing — Gov. Robert Ritchie
• 1999To Love, Honor, & Betray — Ted Brennan
• 1998A Marriage of Convenience — Mason Whitney
• 1997Goodbye America — Ed Johnson
• 1997Lewis & Clark & George — Reverend Red
• 1997My Brother's War — John Hall, Director
• Pensacola: Wings of Gold — Lt. Col. Bill Kelly, Director
• 1997Scent of Vengeance — John Richardson
• 1997The Haunted Sea — Captain Ramsey
• 1997We the People — Alan Lesard, Executive Producer
• 1996Blood Money — Lt. Kincaid
• 1996Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season — Elliott Manning
• 1996Hijacked: Flight 285 — Ron Showman
• 1996To Face Her Past — Greg Hollander
• 1996Tracks of a Killer — David Hawkner
• 1995Der schwarze Fluch — David Levinski / Charles Marlowe
• Extreme — Reese Wheeler
• 1995Savate — Colonel Jones
• 1995Terminal Virus — McCabe
• 1995The Expert — Warden Munsey
• Burke's Law — Mitchell Farrell
• 1994Indecent Behavior II — Liam O'Donnell
• 1994Parallel Lives — Professor Spencer Jones
• 1994Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor — Ryan Allison
• 1994Relative Fear — Det. Atwater
• 1994The Visual Bible: Acts — Peter
• Angel Falls — Luke Larson
• 1993Cheatin' Hearts — Henry
• 1993Gunsmoke: The Long Ride — John Parsley
• 1993Visions of Murder — Hal
• 1992Gas Food Lodging — John Evans
• 1992The Sands of Time — Col. Ramon Acoca
• 1992Twin Sisters — Michael Mallory
• 1991And the Sea Will Tell — Mac Graham
• And the Sea Will Tell — Mac Graham
• 1991Ted & Venus — Max Waters
• 1990Back Stab — Cliff Murphy
• 1990Bad Jim — B.D. Sweetman
• 1990High Score — Budetzky
• 1990Nightmare on the 13th Floor — Dr. Alan Lanier
• 1990The Earth Day Special — Doctor
• 1989Finish Line — Martin Shrevelow
• 1989Voice of the Heart — Victor Mason
• Hold the Dream — Ross Nelson
• 1987Intimate Betrayal — Michael Wakefield
• 1986Intimate Encounters — Nick Atkins
• 1985Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues — Harry Wilde
• 1985Pee-wee's Big Adventure — "P. W."
• 1983Cowboy — Ward McNally
• 1983White Water Rebels — Mike McKay
• Hotel — Peter McDermott, Director
• 1982Mae West — Jim Timony
• 1982The Ambush Murders — Paul Marshall
• 1981High Risk — Stone
• 1980Night of the Juggler — Sean Boyd
• 1979The Amityville Horror — George Lutz
• 1978Steel Cowboy — Clayton Pfanner
• 1977Capricorn One — Col. Charles Brubaker
• 1977The Car — Wade Parent
• 1976Gable and Lombard — Clark Gable
• 1974Trapped — Chuck Brenner
• 1973Class of '63 — Joe Hart
• 1973Westworld — John Blane
• 1972Short Walk to Daylight — Tom Phelan
• 1972Skyjacked — Jerome K. Weber
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Dr. Steven Kiley
• Love, American Style
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Dr. Steven Kiley
• 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities — Steven Kiley
• 1968The Boston Strangler — Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi
• 1967The Cape Town Affair — Skip McCoy
• Batman — Officer Reggie Hogan, Driver, Kid Gulliver
• 1966Fantastic Voyage — Technician
• 1966Our Man Flint — Technician (uncredited)
• 1966Planet of the Apes Test Reel — Cornelius
• The Monroes
• 1966Way... Way Out — Ted Robertson
• 1965Dear Brigitte — Student at Leaf Rally
• 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! — Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)
• 1965Von Ryan's Express — Pvt. Ames
• Valentine's Day
• 1963Take Her, She's Mine — Mel (uncredited)
• The Patty Duke Show
• Bus Stop

Appearances as themselves (27)

• Amityville: An Origin Story — Self- Archive
• La Californie ! — Self - Actor
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Eli Roth's History of Horror — Self
• 2017Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! — Self
• 2017Spielberg — Self
• Steve — Self
• 2014It Came From Connemara! — Self
• 2011A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King — Self (archive footage)
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2005For God's Sake, Get Out! — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• 2001AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand — self
• Good Day Live — Self
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Self - Host
• The View — Self
• 1996Cannes Man — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Pet Set — Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self (uncredited)
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self, Self - Co-Host
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Audience Member, Self - Nominee
• Gays on Strike: The Truth Behind "Wedding Wars" — Self