BRUDERLIN
Craig
(James
Brolin)

• 1. Career
• 2. Personal life

James Brolin (born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin) 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 Steven 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),[1] Jack Barnes in Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Emperor Zurg in the 2022 Toy Story spin-off film Lightyear.

Career

Exhilarated by the experience, James decided to make acting his career and made his way to the University of California to major in theater arts. While working hard at his studies, he earned a regular gig on the television series Bus Stop, which led to a contract with 20th Century Fox.

For five years, James played bit parts in numerous feature films, but it wasn't until landing the role of Dr. Steven Kiley on the hit series Marcus Welby, M.D. that he would finally find stardom. The role would eventually earn him two Golden Globes and an Emmy over the seven years the show was in production. He went on to star for five years as Peter McDermott, the suave general manager of another hit series Hotel, and also starred in movies-of-the-week based on the series Gunsmoke and Hart to Hart.

Though he spent most of his career on the small screen, James has made some notable appearances on the big screen such as in the films Von Ryan's Express (1965), Fantastic Voyage (1966), The Boston Strangler (1968), Westworld (1973), Gable and Lambard (1976), Capricorn One (1978), The Amityville Horror (1979) and Night of the Juggler (1980).

He has had starring roles in the Academy Award-winning drama Traffic (2000) and the comedy The Master of Disguise (2002) opposite Dana Carvey. More recently, he starred in The 33 (2015) and was hilarious as the father of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in the feature comedy Sisters (2015). He'll appear in 2016's The Steps next.

Personal life

No stranger to strolling down the aisle, James has been married three times. His first two unions produced three children including actor Josh Brolin. In the mid-90s, he began dating Barbra Streisand, and by 1998 the two were married. Besides acting James is a licensed pilot, breeds horses, and has designed and built several homes, a restaurant and a bookstore.