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James Brolin
Los Angeles, California, USA
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 Hollywo…
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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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2025
Ransom Canyon
TV show Cap Fuller
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2023
La Californie !
TV show Self - Actor
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2023
Amityville: An Origin Story
TV show Self- Archive
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2022
Lightyear
Movie Zurg (voice)
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2021
Sweet Tooth
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV show Self
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2018
Royal Hearts
Movie Hank Pavlik
- 2017
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2017
Being Rose
Movie Max
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2017
Spielberg
Movie Self
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2017
Steve
TV show Self
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2016
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Movie Jack
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2016
A Beautiful Day
Movie Gene Thompson
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2016
The Steps
Movie Ed
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2015
Sisters
Movie Bucky Ellis
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2015
Life in Pieces
TV show John Short
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2015
The 33
Movie Jeff Hart
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2015
Accidental Love
Movie Buck McCoy
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2014
It Came From Connemara!
Movie Self
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2014
Elsa & Fred
Movie Max
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2014
When Calls the Heart
TV show Judge Jedidiah Black
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2013
Christmas with Tucker
Movie Bo
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2012
Blackout
Movie Terrance Danfield
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2011
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2011
Love, Wedding, Marriage
Movie Bradley
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2011
Last Will
Movie Det. Sloan
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2010
True Grit
Movie Frank James (uncredited)
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2010
Burlesque
Movie Mr. Anderson
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2010
Angel Camouflaged
Movie Salt
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2010
The Defenders
TV show Teddy Kaczmarek
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2010
Standing Ovation
Movie Executive Producer
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2009
Community
TV show William Winger
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
Bitter/Sweet
Movie Calvert Jenkins
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2009
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Movie Ben Selleck
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2009
Castle
TV show Jackson Hunt
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2008
Last Chance Harvey
Movie Brian
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2008
Evolution of the Apes
Movie Narrator
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2008
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
Movie Narrator
