James Brolin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-07-18 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

James Brolin

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 f...

Acting

2002

Catch Me If You Can

as Jack Barnes

1966

Fantastic Voyage

as Technician

1973

Westworld

as John Blane

2006

Wedding Wars

as Governor Conrad Welling

2007

The Hunting Party

as Franklin Harris

1965

Von Ryan's Express

as Private Ames

1979

The Amityville Horror

as George Lutz

2008

Lost City Raiders

as John Kubiac

1977

The Car

as Wade Parent

1977

Capricorn One

as Col. Charles Brubaker

2003

A Guy Thing

as Ken Cooper

1968

The Boston Strangler

as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi

2002

The Master of Disguise

as Fabbrizio Disguisey

1994

2006

The Alibi

as Bob Hatch

2005

Widow on the Hill

as Hank Cavanaugh

1967

1980

2008

1981

High Risk

as Stone

1992

Gas Food Lodging

as John Evans

2002

Antwone Fisher

as The Captain

1997

Goodbye America

as Ed Johnson

1995

The Expert

as Warden Munsey

2022

Lightyear

as Zurg (voice)

1995

Relative Fear

as Det. Atwater

1994

Indecent Behavior II

as Liam O'Donnell

2009

Bitter/Sweet

as Calvert Jenkins

1991

Ted & Venus

as Max Waters

2007

Bad Girl Island

as Terry Bamba

1972

Skyjacked

as Jerome K. Weber

1990

Bad Jim

as B.D. Sweetman

2003

The Reagans

as Ronald Reagan

1996

Tracks of a Killer

as David Hawkner

2008

The American Standards

as Jack Jennings

1974

Trapped

as Chuck Brenner

1999

1995

1973

Class of '63

as Joe Hart

1992

Twin Sisters

as Michael Mallory

1990

Back Stab

as Cliff Murphy

1963

Take Her, She's Mine

as Mel (uncredited)

1993

1985

1982

Mae West

as Jim Timony

2014

1997

The Haunted Sea

as Captain Ramsey

1996

Hijacked: Flight 285

as Ron Showman

2015

Sisters

as Bucky Ellis

1991

1972

1994

Parallel Lives

as Professor Spencer Jones

1997

Cannes Man

as Self

1997

Lewis & Clark & George

as Reverend Red

1992

The Sands of Time

as Col. Ramon Acoca

1976

Gable and Lombard

as Clark Gable

2015

Accidental Love

as Speaker Buck McCoy

1995

Der schwarze Fluch

as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe

1978

Steel Cowboy

as Clayton Pfanner

2012

Blackout sur Los Angeles

as Terrance Danfield

1982

The Ambush Murders

as Paul Marshall

2015

The 33

as Jeff Hart

1989

Finish Line

as Martin Shrevelow

2010

Burlesque

as Mr. Anderson

1965

Dear Brigitte

as Student at Leaf Rally

2008

1997

We the People

as Alan Lesard

1996

Blood Money

as Lt. Kincaid

1996

To Face Her Past

as Greg Hollander

2016

A Beautiful Day

as Gene Thompson

1997

My Brother's War

as John Hall

2000

Children of Fortune

as Dave Passenger

1990

High Score

as Budetzky

2010

True Grit

as Frank James (uncredited)

2016

1990

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

as Dr. Alan Lanier

1966

Way... Way Out

as Ted Robertson

1986

Intimate Encounters

as Nick Atkins

2017

Spielberg

as Self

1993

2018

Royal Hearts

as Hank Pavlik

1995

Savate

as Colonel Jones

1998

2000

Traffic

as General Ralph Landry

1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)

2011

Last Will

as Det. Sloan

2017

1983

Cowboy

as Ward McNally

1989

Voice of the Heart

as Victor Mason

1987

Intimate Betrayal

as Michael Wakefield

1997

El Aroma del Copal

as John Richardson

1983

White Water Rebels

as Mike McKay

1966

Our Man Flint

as Technician (uncredited)

Production

1997

My Brother's War

as Director

2018

Royal Hearts

as Director

2018

Royal Hearts

as Executive Producer

2016

I'll Be Home for Christmas

as Executive Producer

2007

Bad Girl Island

as Co-Producer

2010

Standing Ovation

as Executive Producer

1997

We the People

as Executive Producer

2008

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