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James Brolin
James Brolin (born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin; July 18, 1940) is an American actor, producer and director.
Born July 18, 1940 Los Angeles, California, USA1 movie on MoviHero
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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. …
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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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- 2022LightyearZurg / Old Buzz (voice)
- 2018Royal HeartsDirector · Producer · Hank Pavlik
- 2017Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!Self
- 2017Being RoseMax
- 2017SpielbergSelf
- 2016I'll Be Home for ChristmasDirector · Producer · Jack
- 2016A Beautiful DayGene Thompson
- 2016The StepsEd
- 2015SistersBucky Ellis
- 2015The 33Jeff Hart
- 2015Accidental LoveBuck McCoy
- 2014It Came From Connemara!Self
- 2014Elsa & FredMax
- 2013Christmas with TuckerBo
- 2012BlackoutTerrance Danfield
- 2011A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen KingSelf (archive footage)
- 2011Love, Wedding, MarriageBradley
- 2011Last WillDet. Sloan
- 2010True GritFrank James (uncredited)
- 2010BurlesqueMr. Anderson
- 2010Angel CamouflagedSalt
- 2010Standing OvationProducer
- 2009Bitter/SweetCalvert Jenkins
- 2009The Goods: Live Hard, Sell HardBen Selleck
- 2008Last Chance HarveyBrian
- 2008End of an Epic: The Final BattleNarrator
- 2008Evolution of the ApesNarrator
- 2008From Alpha to Omega: Building a SequelNarrator
- 2008Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the TimesNarrator
- 2008The Secret Behind EscapeNarrator
- 2008Lost City RaidersJohn "Pa" Kubiak
- 2008The American StandardsProducer · Jack Jennings
- 2007Bad Girl IslandProducer · Terry Bamba
- 2007The Hunting PartyFranklin Harris
- 2006Wedding WarsGovernor Conrad Welling
- 2006The AlibiBob Hatch
- 2005For God's Sake, Get Out!Self
- 2005Widow on the HillHank Cavanaugh
- 2003The ReagansRonald Reagan
- 2003A Guy ThingKen Cooper
- 2002Antwone FisherThe Captain (uncredited)
- 2002The Master of DisguiseFabbrizio Disguisey
- 2001AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisandself
- 2000TrafficGeneral Ralph Landry
- 2000Children of FortuneDave Passenger
- 1999To Love, Honor, & BetrayTed Brennan
- 1998A Marriage of ConvenienceMason Whitney
- 1997The Haunted SeaCaptain Ramsey
- 1997My Brother's WarDirector · John Hall
- 1997Scent of VengeanceJohn Richardson
- 1997Lewis & Clark & GeorgeReverend Red
- 1997We the PeopleProducer · Alan Lesard
- 1997Goodbye AmericaEd Johnson
- 1996To Face Her PastGreg Hollander
- 1996Cannes ManSelf
- 1996Tracks of a KillerDavid Hawkner
- 1996Hijacked: Flight 285Ron Showman
- 1996Blood MoneyLt. Kincaid
- 1996Hart to Hart: Harts in High SeasonElliott Manning
- 1995Terminal VirusMcCabe
- 1995SavateColonel Jones
- 1995The ExpertWarden Munsey
- 1995Der schwarze FluchDavid Levinski / Charles Marlowe
- 1994Indecent Behavior IILiam O'Donnell
- 1994Relative FearDet. Atwater
- 1994Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing GovernorRyan Allison
- 1994The Visual Bible: ActsPeter
- 1994Parallel LivesProfessor Spencer Jones
- 1993Cheatin' HeartsHenry
- 1993Gunsmoke: The Long RideJohn Parsley
- 1993Visions of MurderHal
- 1992The Sands of TimeCol. Ramon Acoca
- 1992Gas Food LodgingJohn Evans
- 1992Twin SistersMichael Mallory
- 1991Ted & VenusMax Waters
- 1991And the Sea Will TellMac Graham
- 1990Nightmare on the 13th FloorDr. Alan Lanier
- 1990Back StabCliff Murphy
- 1990High ScoreBudetzky
- 1990Bad JimB.D. Sweetman
- 1990The Earth Day SpecialDoctor
- 1989Voice of the HeartVictor Mason
- 1989Finish LineMartin Shrevelow
- 1987Intimate BetrayalMichael Wakefield
- 1986Intimate EncountersNick Atkins
- 1985Beverly Hills Cowgirl BluesHarry Wilde
- 1985Pee-wee's Big Adventure"P. W."
- 1983CowboyWard McNally
- 1983White Water RebelsMike McKay
- 1982Mae WestJim Timony
- 1982The Ambush MurdersPaul Marshall
- 1981High RiskStone
- 1980Night of the JugglerSean Boyd
- 1979The Amityville HorrorGeorge Lutz
- 1978Steel CowboyClayton Pfanner
- 1977Capricorn OneCol. Charles Brubaker
- 1977The CarWade Parent
- 1976Gable and LombardClark Gable
- 1974TrappedChuck Brenner
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