James Brolin

Actor
Producer
Director

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James Brolin is an American actor. Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27, 1998. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin.

He is best known for his TV roles such as Stephen Kiley on Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969-1976), Peter McDermott on Hotel (1983-1988), and John Short in Life in Pieces (2015-2019), 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.

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 8 wins & 11 nominations total

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Traffic

7.5

General Ralph Landry

2000

Capricorn One

6.8

Charles Brubaker

1977

The Amityville Horror

6.2

George Lutz

1979

Westworld

6.9

John Blane

1973

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Actor

Ransom Canyon
6.8
TV Series
- Cap Fuller
- 2025
Sweet Tooth
7.7
TV Series
- Narrator (voice)
- 2021–2024
Lightyear
6.1
- Zurg (voice)
- 2022
Life in Pieces
8.0
TV Series
- John Short
- John
- 2015–2019
Royal Hearts
6.0
TV Movie
- Hank Pavlik
- 2018
Being Rose
5.8
- Max
- 2017
I'll Be Home for Christmas
6.1
TV Movie
- Jack Foster
- 2016
A Beautiful Day
7.7
Short
- Gene Thompson
- 2016
Sisters
6.0
- Bucky Ellis
- 2015
The Steps
6.0
- Ed
- 2015
The 33
6.9
- Jeff Hart
- 2015
Accidental Love
4.1
- Speaker Buck McCoy
- 2015
When Calls the Heart
7.9
TV Series
- Judge Jedidiah Black
- 2014
Elsa & Fred
6.5
- Max
- 2014
Castle
8.1
TV Series
- Jackson Hunt
- 2013–2014

Producer

Alternative names
- Jim Brolin
Height
- 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
Born
- July 18, 1940
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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His first wife, Jane, died in a car crash in 1995. This was devastating to him because after all the turmoil during their divorce, they had become friends. This friendship began when they both had to put up a brave face at a premiere for their son, Josh Brolin.