James Brolin

ActorDirectorProducerProduction Jul 18 (age 85) Los Angeles, California, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Catch Me If You Can

Jack Barnes

Film

True Grit

Frank James (uncredited)

Film

Sweet Tooth

Narrator (voice)

Film

Lightyear

Zurg (voice)

Film

Burlesque

Mr. Anderson

Film

Traffic

General Ralph Landry

Film

Westworld

John Blane

Film

The 33

Jeff Hart

Filmography

Acting (160)

Movies (114)

Lightyear

as Zurg (voice)

Royal Hearts

as Hank Pavlik

Spielberg

as Self

Being Rose

as Max

Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!

as Self

The Steps

as Ed

I'll Be Home for Christmas

as Jack

A Beautiful Day

as Gene Thompson

Accidental Love

as Speaker Buck McCoy

Sisters

as Bucky Ellis

The 33

as Jeff Hart

Elsa & Fred

as Max

It Came From Connemara!

2014

as Self

4.5

Christmas with Tucker

as Bo

Blackout

as Terrance Danfield

Love, Wedding, Marriage

as Bradley

Last Will

as Det. Sloan

Burlesque

as Mr. Anderson

True Grit

as Frank James (uncredited)

7.3

Angel Camouflaged

2010

as Salt

6.0

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

as Ben Selleck

Bitter/Sweet

as Calvert Jenkins

The Secret Behind Escape

2008

as Narrator

Lost City Raiders

2008

as John Kubiac

4.6

Evolution of the Apes

2008

as Narrator

Last Chance Harvey

2008

as Brian

6.3

The American Standards

2008

as Jack Jennings

3.0

From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel

2008

as Narrator

Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times

2008

as Narrator

End of an Epic: The Final Battle

2008

as Narrator

The Hunting Party

as Franklin Harris

Bad Girl Island

as Terry Bamba

The Alibi

as Bob Hatch

Wedding Wars

as Governor Conrad Welling

5.4

Category 7: The End of the World

as Donny Hall

Widow on the Hill

as Hank Cavanaugh

For God's Sake, Get Out!

as Self

A Guy Thing

as Ken Cooper

The Reagans

as Ronald Reagan

Catch Me If You Can

as Jack Barnes

The Master of Disguise

2002

as Fabbrizio Disguisey

3.9

Antwone Fisher

2002

as The Captain (uncredited)

6.9

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand

2001

as self

Traffic

2000

as General Ralph Landry

7.1

Children of Fortune

2000

as Dave Passenger

3.0

To Love, Honor, & Betray

1999

as Ted Brennan

2.2

A Marriage of Convenience

as Mason Whitney

The Haunted Sea

as Captain Ramsey

Goodbye America

as Ed Johnson

Lewis & Clark & George

as Reverend Red

We the People

as Alan Lesard

My Brother's War

as John Hall

Scent of Vengeance

as John Richardson

Blood Money

as Lt. Kincaid

Hijacked: Flight 285

as Ron Showman

Cannes Man

as Self

Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season

as Elliott Manning

Tracks of a Killer

as David Hawkner

To Face Her Past

as Greg Hollander

The Expert

as Warden Munsey

Savate

as Colonel Jones

Der schwarze Fluch

as David Levinski / Charles Marlowe

Terminal Virus

1995

as McCabe

1.7

The Visual Bible: Acts

as Simon Peter

Indecent Behavior II

as Liam O'Donnell

Relative Fear

as Det. Atwater

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

1994

as Ryan Allison

6.3

Parallel Lives

1994

as Professor Spencer Jones

Cheatin' Hearts

as Henry

Visions of Murder

as Hal

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride

1993

as John Parsley

5.4

The Sands of Time

1992

as Col. Ramon Acoca

Twin Sisters

as Michael Mallory

Gas Food Lodging

as John Evans

Ted & Venus

as Max Waters

And the Sea Will Tell

1991

as Mac Graham

5.9

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

as Dr. Alan Lanier

Bad Jim

as B.D. Sweetman

High Score

as Budetzky

The Earth Day Special

as Doctor

Back Stab

as Cliff Murphy

Finish Line

as Martin Shrevelow

Voice of the Heart

as Victor Mason

Intimate Betrayal

as Michael Wakefield

Intimate Encounters

as Nick Atkins

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

1985

as "P. W."

6.5

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues

1985

as Harry Wilde

5.1

Cowboy

1983

as Ward McNally

White Water Rebels

1983

as Mike McKay

The Ambush Murders

as Paul Marshall

Mae West

as Jim Timony

High Risk

as Stone

Night of the Juggler

as Sean Boyd

The Amityville Horror

1979

as George Lutz

6.3

Steel Cowboy

1978

as Clayton Pfanner

The Car

1977

as Wade Parent

6.3

Capricorn One

1977

as Col. Charles Brubaker

Gable and Lombard

as Clark Gable

Trapped

as Chuck Brenner

Westworld

as John Blane

Class of '63

as Joe Hart

Short Walk to Daylight

as Tom Phelan

Skyjacked

as Jerome K. Weber

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities

1969

as Steven Kiley

The Boston Strangler

1968

as Det. Sgt. Phil Lisi

6.7

The Cape Town Affair

1967

as Skip McCoy

3.5

Planet of the Apes Test Reel

1966

as Cornelius

Fantastic Voyage

1966

as Technician

6.7

Our Man Flint

1966

as Technician (uncredited)

Way... Way Out

as Ted Robertson

Dear Brigitte

as Student at Leaf Rally

6.4

Von Ryan's Express

1965

as Private Ames

7.1

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965

as Notre Dame Quarterback (uncredited)

3.1

Take Her, She's Mine

1963

as Mel (uncredited)

5.3

Television (46)

Ransom Canyon

2025

as Cap Fuller

6.8

Amityville: An Origin Story

as Self- Archive

La Californie !

as Self - Actor

Sweet Tooth

as Narrator (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

Eli Roth's History of Horror

as Self

Life in Pieces

as John Short

When Calls the Heart

as Judge Jedidiah Black

8.2

The Defenders

2010

as Teddy Kaczmarek

7.1

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Community

as William Winger

Castle

as Jackson Hunt

Psych

as Hank Mendel

Category 7: The End of the World

as Donny Hall

The Reagans

as Ronald Reagan

Celebrities Uncensored

as Self

Monk

as Daniel Thorn

Good Day Live

as Self

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Richard Finley

7.9

The West Wing

1999

as Gov. Robert Ritchie

8.2

The View

1997

as Self

4.3

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997

as Self - Host

7.2

Pensacola: Wings of Gold

1997

as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly

6.3

Extreme

1995

as Reese Wheeler

Burke's Law

as Mitchell Farrell

Angel Falls

as Luke Larson

And the Sea Will Tell

1991

as Mac Graham

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Hold the Dream

as Ross Nelson

Hotel

as Peter McDermott

Entertainment Tonight

1981

as Self

4.1

People's Choice Awards

1975

as Self

9.0

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Dr. Steven Kiley

The Pet Set

as Self

Love, American Style

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Dr. Steven Kiley

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

Batman

as Driver

The Monroes

Valentine's Day

The Patty Duke Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Bus Stop

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (11)

Movies (9)

Royal Hearts

Director

Royal Hearts

Executive Producer

I'll Be Home for Christmas

2016

Director

6.1

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Executive Producer

Standing Ovation

Executive Producer

The American Standards

Producer

Bad Girl Island

Co-Producer

We the People

Executive Producer

My Brother's War

Director

Television (2)

Pensacola: Wings of Gold

Director

Hotel

Director