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James Brolin
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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As actor
Lightyear
Royal Hearts
Spielberg
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Being Rose
I'll Be Home for Christmas
A Beautiful Day
The Steps
Sisters
Accidental Love
The 33
Elsa & Fred
It Came From Connemara!
Christmas with Tucker
Blackout
Love, Wedding, Marriage
Last Will
Burlesque
True Grit
Angel Camouflaged
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Bitter/Sweet
Lost City Raiders
Last Chance Harvey
The American Standards
Evolution of the Apes
The Secret Behind Escape
Riots & Revolutions: Confronting the Times
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
End of an Epic: The Final Battle