Acting credits
158
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Brolin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.9
Moderate attention
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Movies: 114Series: 45Crew credits: 8
TMDB ID: 9274
IMDb ID: nm0000981
Known for: Acting
Born: July 18, 1940
Age: 86
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.41
Wikidata: Q315051
Also known as
Craig Kenneth Bruderlin • James M. Brolin • Craig J. Brolin • James Kenneth Bruderlin
Other jobs
Director (5)Executive Producer (2)Co-Producer (1)
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.
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Movie credits linked with James Brolin.
Lightyear
as Zurg / Old Buzz (voice)
2022 Movie
Royal Hearts
as Hank Pavlik
2018 Movie
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
as Self
2017 Movie
Being Rose
as Max
2017 Movie
Spielberg
as Self
2017 Movie
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Jack
2016 Movie
A Beautiful Day
as Gene Thompson
2016 Movie
The Steps
as Ed
2016 Movie
Sisters
as Bucky Ellis
2015 Movie
The 33
as Jeff Hart
2015 Movie
Accidental Love
as Buck McCoy
2015 Movie
It Came From Connemara!
as Self
2014 Movie
Elsa & Fred
as Max
2014 Movie
Christmas with Tucker
as Bo
2013 Movie
Blackout
as Terrance Danfield
2012 Movie
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
as Self (archive footage)
2011 Movie
Love, Wedding, Marriage
as Bradley
2011 Movie
Last Will
as Det. Sloan
2011 Movie
True Grit
as Frank James (uncredited)
2010 Movie
Burlesque
as Mr. Anderson
2010 Movie
Angel Camouflaged
as Salt
2010 Movie
Standing Ovation
Executive Producer
2010 Movie
Bitter/Sweet
as Calvert Jenkins
2009 Movie
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
as Ben Selleck
2009 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with James Brolin.
Ransom Canyon
as Cap Fuller • 10 eps
2025 Series
La Californie !
as Self - Actor • 3 eps
2023 Series
Amityville: An Origin Story
as Self- Archive • 4 eps
2023 Series
Sweet Tooth
as Narrator (voice) • 24 eps
2021 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
Steve
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
Life in Pieces
as John Short • 79 eps
2015 Series
When Calls the Heart
as Judge Jedidiah Black • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Defenders
as Teddy Kaczmarek • 1 eps
2010 Series
Community
as William Winger • 1 eps
2009 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
Castle
as Jackson Hunt • 2 eps
2009 Series
Psych
as Hank Mendel • 1 eps
2006 Series
Category 7: The End of the World
as Donny Hall • 2 eps
2005 Series
The Reagans
as Ronald Reagan • 2 eps
2003 Series
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
Monk
as Daniel Thorn • 1 eps
2002 Series
Good Day Live
as Self • 1 eps
2001 Series
The West Wing
as Gov. Robert Ritchie • 2 eps
1999 Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Richard Finley • 1 eps
1999 Series
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly • 66 eps
1997 Series
The View
as Self • 2 eps
1997 Series
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Self - Host • 6 eps
1997 Series