Acting credits
156
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Brolin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
Moderate attention
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Movies: 113Series: 44Crew 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 • 詹姆斯‧布洛林 • James Kenneth Bruderlin • جیمز برولین
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with James Brolin.
as Zurg (voice)
Lightyear
2022 • Movie
as Hank Pavlik
Royal Hearts
2018 • Movie
as Self
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
2017 • Movie
as Max
Being Rose
2017 • Movie
as Self
Spielberg
2017 • Movie
as Jack
I'll Be Home for Christmas
2016 • Movie
as Gene Thompson
A Beautiful Day
2016 • Movie
as Ed
The Steps
2016 • Movie
as Bucky Ellis
Sisters
2015 • Movie
as Jeff Hart
The 33
2015 • Movie
as Speaker Buck McCoy
Accidental Love
2015 • Movie
as Self
It Came From Connemara!
2014 • Movie
as Max
Elsa & Fred
2014 • Movie
as Bo
Christmas with Tucker
2013 • Movie
as Terrance Danfield
Blackout
2012 • Movie
as Bradley
Love, Wedding, Marriage
2011 • Movie
as Det. Sloan
Last Will
2011 • Movie
as Frank James (uncredited)
True Grit
2010 • Movie
as Mr. Anderson
Burlesque
2010 • Movie
as Salt
Angel Camouflaged
2010 • Movie
Executive Producer
Standing Ovation
2010 • Movie
as Calvert Jenkins
Bitter/Sweet
2009 • Movie
as Ben Selleck
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009 • Movie
as Brian
Last Chance Harvey
2008 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James Brolin.
as Cap Fuller • 10 eps
Ransom Canyon
2025 • Series
as Self - Actor • 3 eps
La Californie !
2023 • Series
as Self- Archive • 4 eps
Amityville: An Origin Story
2023 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 24 eps
Sweet Tooth
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Steve
2017 • Series
as John Short • 79 eps
Life in Pieces
2015 • Series
as Judge Jedidiah Black • 1 eps
When Calls the Heart
2014 • Series
as Teddy Kaczmarek • 1 eps
The Defenders
2010 • Series
as William Winger • 1 eps
Community
2009 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 • Series
as Jackson Hunt • 2 eps
Castle
2009 • Series
as Hank Mendel • 1 eps
Psych
2006 • Series
as Donny Hall • 2 eps
Category 7: The End of the World
2005 • Series
as Ronald Reagan • 2 eps
The Reagans
2003 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 • Series
as Daniel Thorn • 1 eps
Monk
2002 • Series
as Gov. Robert Ritchie • 2 eps
The West Wing
1999 • Series
as Richard Finley • 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly • 66 eps
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
1997 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Self - Host • 6 eps
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997 • Series
as Mitchell Farrell • 1 eps
Burke's Law
1994 • Series