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James Brolin

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7/18/1940, Los Angeles, California, USA

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James Kenneth Bruderlin

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Jim Brolin

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James Brolin is an American actor, director and producer born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin on July 18, 1940, in Los Angeles, California. His father, Henry Hurst Bruderlin, was a building contractor and his mother, Helen Sue, was a homemaker. Brolin is famous for his many roles in film, movies…more

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Star (49)

Role
- Last Will
  Star
  2012
- Cannes Man
  Star
  2011
- Love Wedding Marriage
  Star
  2011
- Bad Jim
  Star
  2010
- Von Ryan's Express
  Star
  2009
- Last Chance Harvey
  Brian
  2009
- High Risk
  Star
  2009
- The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
  Star
  2009
- Bittersweet
  Star
  2008
- The American Standards
  Star
  2008
- Hunting Party
  Star
  2007
- Bad Girl Island
  Star
  2007
- Wedding Wars (2006)
  Governor Conrad Welling
  2006
  - —
    12/11/06
- Lies & Alibis
  Robert Hatch
  2006
- Lies & Alibies
  Star
  2006
- Category 7: The End of the World
  Donny Hall
  - S 1: Ep 1 Part 1
    11/6/05
- Widow On The Hill
  Hank Cavanaugh
  2005
- A Guy Thing
  Star
  2003
- Con Man
  Star
  2002
- The Master of Disguise
  Fabbrizio Disguisey
  2002
- Catch Me If You Can
  Jack Barnes
  2002
- Traffic
  General Ralph Landry
  2001
- Pensacola: Wings of Gold
  Lt. Col. Bill 'Raider' Kelly
  - S 3: Ep 22 SOCEX: Final Exams
    5/20/00
  - S 3: Ep 21 Brothers
    5/13/00
  - S 3: Ep 20 Casualties of War
    5/6/00
  - S 3: Ep 19 Return to Glory
    4/29/00
  - S 3: Ep 18 Answered Prayers
    4/22/00
  - + 31 More Credits
- Pensacola: Wings of Gold
  Lt. Col. Bill "Raider" Kelly
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Red Baron
    10/26/98
  - S 2: Ep 7 Boom
    10/19/98
  - S 2: Ep 6 Raid on Osirak
    10/12/98
  - S 2: Ep 5 Stand Down
    10/5/98
  - S 2: Ep 4 S.O.D.
    9/28/98
  - + 3 More Credits
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
  Host
  - S 2: Ep 13 Episode 19
    7/24/98
  - S 2: Ep 10 Episode 16
    4/24/98
  - S 2: Ep 9 Episode 15
    4/17/98
  - S 2: Ep 8 Episode 14
    4/3/98
  - S 2: Ep 7 Episode 13
    3/20/98
  - + 7 More Credits
- Pensacola: Wings of Gold
  Lt. Col. Bill "Raven" Kelly
  - S 1: Ep 22 Not in My Back Yard
    5/25/98
  - S 1: Ep 21 Broken Wings
    5/18/98
  - S 1: Ep 20 Great Expectations
    5/11/98
  - S 1: Ep 19 Stranger, Lover, Friend
    5/4/98
  - S 1: Ep 18 We Are Not Alone
    4/27/98
  - + 17 More Credits
- Capricorn One
  Star
  1998
- Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season
  Star
  1996
- Tracks of a Killer
  Star
  1996
- Extreme
  Reece
  - S 1: Ep 7 Into the Deep
    4/6/95
  - S 1: Ep 6 Death Do Us Part
    3/30/95
  - S 1: Ep 5 Competitive Edge
    3/23/95
  - S 1: Ep 4 Higher Ground
    3/16/95
  - S 1: Ep 3 Breaking Away
    3/9/95
  - + 2 More Credits
- A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
  Star
  1994
- Angel Falls
  Luke Larson
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Fall from Grace
    9/30/93
  - S 1: Ep 5 Lost Souls
    9/23/93
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Beginning of the End
    9/16/93
  - S 1: Ep 3 Traps
    9/9/93
  - S 1: Ep 2 Only the Lonely
    9/2/93
  - + 2 More Credits
- Cheatin' Hearts
  Star
  1993
- Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
  Star
  1993
- Gas Food Lodging
  Star
  1992
- Hotel
  Peter McDermott
  - S 5: Ep 16 Aftershocks (2)
    5/5/88
  - S 5: Ep 15 Grand Designs (1)
    4/28/88
  - S 5: Ep 14 Contest of Wills
    3/17/88
  - S 5: Ep 11 Power Play
    3/10/88
  - S 5: Ep 13 Till Death Do Us Part
    1/9/88
  - + 109 More Credits
- Intimate Betrayal
  Star
  1987
- Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
  Himself - as PeeWee
  1985
- The Ambush Murders
  Star
  1982
- The Amityville Horror
  George Lutz
  1979
- The Car
  Wade Parent
  1977
- Gable and Lombard
  Star
  1976
- Westworld
  John Blane
  1973
- Skyjacked
  Star
  1972
- Take Her, She's Mine
  Star
- Untitled Rina Mimoun Project
  Tom Wheeler
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Dr. Steven Kiley
  - S 1: Ep 14 Diagnosis: Fear
    12/30/69
  - S 1: Ep 13 Neither Punch nor Judy
    12/23/69
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Chemistry of Hope
    12/16/69
  - S 1: Ep 11 Let Ernest Come Over
    12/9/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 Homecoming
    11/25/69
  - + 169 More Credits
- Cape Town Affair
  Star
  1967
- Fantastic Voyage
  Technician
  1966
Guest Star (44)

Role
- Castle
  Jackson Hunt
  - S 5: Ep 16 Hunt
    2/25/13
- The Defenders
  Teddy Kaczmarek aka Teddy K
  - S 1: Ep 11 Nevada v. Riley
    12/15/10
- The Wendy Williams Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 239 Episode 239
    8/30/10
- Psych
  Sheriff Hank Mendel
  - S 4: Ep 3 High Noon-ish
    8/21/09
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Col. Richard Finley
  - S 10: Ep 4 Lunacy
    10/21/08
- The View
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 67 December 6, 2006
    12/6/06
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 125 300th Episode
    3/31/06
- Monk
  Daniel Thorn
  - S 3: Ep 14 Mr. Monk Goes to Vegas
    2/18/05
- The West Wing
  Robert Ritchie
  - S 4: Ep 6 Game On
    10/30/02
  - S 3: Ep 21 Posse Comitatus
    5/22/02
- Live! with Kelly and Michael
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 98 January 29, 1999
    1/29/99
  - S 10: Ep 64 November 28, 1997
    11/28/97
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 214 Show #214
    5/21/97
- Roseanne
  Edgar Wellman Jr.
  - S 9: Ep 16 Lanford's Elite (1)
    2/11/97
  - S 9: Ep 17 Some Enchanted Merger (2)
    2/11/97
- Promised Land
  Scott Porter
  - S 1: Ep 7 Leap of Faith
    10/29/96
- Hart to Hart
  Elliott Manning
  - S 6: Ep 7 Harts in High Season (TV Movie)
    3/24/96
- Perry Mason
  Ryan Allison
  - S 12: Ep 3 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
    11/9/94
- Burke's Law (1994)
  Mitchell Farrell
  - S 1: Ep 7 Who Killed the Soap Star?
    3/11/94
- Gunsmoke
  John Parsley
  - — Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
    5/8/93
- Hotel
  Peter McDermott
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 109 February 20, 1980
    2/20/80
  - S 4: Ep 168 May 24, 1978
    5/24/78
  - S 4: Ep 162 May 16, 1978
    5/16/78
  - S 3: Ep 163 May 23, 1977
    5/23/77
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 110 February 4, 1980
    2/4/80
  - S 16: Ep 212 August 1, 1979
    8/1/79
  - S 15: Ep 177 May 22, 1978
    5/22/78
  - S 14: Ep 166 May 11, 1977
    5/11/77
  - S 13: Ep 166 May 11, 1976
    5/11/76
  - + 17 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 133 Week of April 30, 1979
    4/30/79
  - S 16: Ep 184 June 13, 1978
    6/13/78
  - S 15: Ep 175 Week of May 9, 1977
    5/9/77
  - S 12: Ep 153 April 3, 1974
    4/3/74
  - S 12: Ep 40 October 19, 1973
    10/19/73
  - + 4 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 15: Ep 85 January 21, 1977
    1/21/77
  - S 15: Ep 84 January 20, 1977
    1/20/77
  - S 15: Ep 83 January 19, 1977
    1/19/77
  - S 15: Ep 82 January 18, 1977
    1/18/77
  - S 15: Ep 81 Week of January 17, 1977
    1/17/77
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 58 March 31-April 4, 1975 (NBC-TV)
    3/31/75
  - S 9: Ep 28 December 9-13, 1974 (NBC-TV)
    12/9/74
  - S 9: Ep 14 October 21-25, 1974 (NBC-TV)
    10/21/74
  - S 8: Ep 85 July 29-August 2, 1974 (NBC-TV)
    7/29/74
  - S 8: Ep 72 May 20-24, 1974 (NBC-TV)
    5/20/74
  - + 16 More Credits
- Tattletales
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 April 22, 1974
    4/22/74
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Dr. Kiley
  - S 3: Ep 20 I've Promised You a Father
    3/9/74
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 18 Ralph Nader (Celebrity Roast)
    2/15/74
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 18 Ralph Nader
    2/14/74
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Zack Jamison
  - S 1: Ep 19 Shine a Light on Me
    2/3/72
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance
  - S 5: Ep 3 Episode #95
    9/27/71
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 54 Love and the Note
    3/5/71
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 105 February 19, 1971
    2/19/71
- Allen Ludden's Gallery
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 38 August 13, 1969
    8/13/69
- The Virginian
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 17 Crime Wave at Buffalo Springs
    1/29/69
- Batman
  Kid Gulliver
  - S 3: Ep 2 Ring Around the Riddler
    9/21/67
- Batman
  Officer Reggie Hogan
  - S 2: Ep 34 The Catwoman Goeth
    12/29/66
  - S 2: Ep 33 The Sandman Cometh
    12/28/66
- Batman
  Ralph Staphylococcus
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Cat and the Fiddle
    9/15/66
- Long Hot Summer
  Pete
  - S 1: Ep 26 Man with Two Faces
    4/13/66
- Blue Light
  American Pilot
  - S 1: Ep 7 Sacrifice!
    2/23/66
- The Patty Duke Show
  Hank
  - S 3: Ep 13 Patty Meets the Great Outdoors
    12/8/65
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Sgt.Thibideaux
  - S 2: Ep 2 R/X for a Sick Bird
    9/20/65
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  Spencer
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Saboteur
    2/22/65
- Margie
  Freddie Coates
  - S 1: Ep 14 Madame President
    1/18/62
- Bus Stop
  Deputy
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Resurrection of Annie Ahearn
    10/15/61
- Bus Stop
  Guest Star
Director (2)

Role
- Pensacola: Wings of Gold
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 22 SOCEX: Final Exams
    5/20/00
  - S 3: Ep 16 Crash Test
    2/19/00
  - S 3: Ep 10 Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    11/13/99
  - S 3: Ep 4 Call to Glory
    10/2/99
  - S 2: Ep 22 Rules of Engagement
    5/20/99
  - + 5 More Credits
- Hotel
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 12 Double Take
    1/2/88
  - S 4: Ep 19 Glass People
    3/18/87
  - S 4: Ep 14 Controlling Interests
    1/28/87
  - S 4: Ep 9 Restless Night
    12/10/86
  - S 3: Ep 22 Changes of Heart
    4/9/86
  - + 5 More Credits
Executive Producer (1)

Role
- Pensacola: Wings of Gold
  Executive Producer

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- James has been nominated for six Golden Globes. From 1971-1973, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor - Television for Marcus Welby, M.D.. He won in 1971 and 1973. In 1984 and 1985, he was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama for Hotel. In 2004, he was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for the Reagans.
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- James has been nominated for five Emmy Awards. From 1970-1973, he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama for Marcus Welby, M.D.. He won in 1970. In 2004, he was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Reagans.
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- In 2001, James won a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture for Traffic.
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- Best known by the public for his role as Dr. Steven Kiley on Marcus Welby, M.D. and for his starring role as Peter McDermott on Hotel.
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- James is a Democratic supporter and campaigned for Barack Obama to become president in 2008.
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- James is 6'4" tall.
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- James is married to Barbra Streisand.
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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 started when they both had to put up a brave face at a premiere for their son actor , Josh Brolin.
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