James Brolin Biography
James Brolin is an American actor, producer, and director, he is well known for being featured in film and television, including sitcoms and soap operas. He is also known as the father of actor Josh Brolin and husband of Barbra Streisand. Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy.
James Brolin Age|Family
Brolin was born on 18th of July in 1940 Westwood, Los Angeles, California, (he is 78 years old as of 2018). James was born the eldest of two brothers and two sisters, he was to Helen Sue, a housewife, and Henry Hurst Bruderlin, a building contractor. While he was young he started began building and flying when he was at the age of 10 than in acting.
James Brolin Height
Brolin stands at a height of 5 feet 10½ inches or 179 cm.
James Brolin Wife|Children |Son
James is married to Jane Cameron Agee the two got in 1966 and later got divorced in 1984. After nine years, his wife Cameron passed away in a car accident. He later married Jan Smithers and the two later got divorced in 1995. He then met Barbra Streisand, a popular American, singer, actress, and director, who he married in 1998. Brolin currently resides with his wife in Malibu, California. With his first wife Cameron, he had two children and a daughter with his second wife Smithers.
James Brolin Education
Brolin was enrolled at Santa Monica City College and later joined and studied drama at the University of California at Los Angeles.
James Brolin Career
James began his career in a featured movie as Craig Kenneth with his first significant film was ‘Von Ryan’s Express’ a World War II adventure film, which was released in 1965. His film was directed by Mark Robson, which was about a group of Allied Soldiers, and a daring escape they conduct by hijacking a train. He also got featured as soldier Private Ames. He later got featured in ‘The Cape Town Affair’, a spy film which was about South African secret agents trying to save confidential microfilm before the communists could get hold of it. He later got featured as the main role, appearing as Skip McCoy. The film earned negative reviews.
He later got featured in a popular television medical drama ‘Marcus Welby, MD’ featured as the lead role. He later got featured as a young, talented assistant physician Dr. Steven Kiley, The movie earned much popularity and appreciation. The series later became a huge success and was one of the top-rated TV shows of that time. He as well won an Emmy Award, along with a Golden Globe Award, for his performance. He later got featured in several movies over the next years, including ‘Skyjacked’ of 1972, ‘Trapped’ of 1973’, ‘The Car’ of 1977, ‘The Amityville Horror’ of 1979, ‘Night of the Juggler’ of 1980, and ‘High Risk’ of 1981.
He later got back to television to appear in the popular series ‘Hotel’. His role of Peter McDermott, a hotel manager who tries to help people with their problems, was quite appreciated. The role got him nominated for the ‘Golden Globe Award’ twice, though he didn’t win either time.
Over the following years, he appeared in movies, such as ‘Deep Dark Secrets’, ‘Ted & Venus’, and ‘Parallel Lives’.
In the year 2000, he as well got featured in the hit crime drama ‘Traffic’, in which he portrayed a character named General Ralph Landry. The film earned huge commercial success, grossing more than 200 million worldwide. The film as well earned a few Oscars.
Brolin as well got featured as former American president Ronald Reagan, in a popular 3-hour television film ‘The Reagans’. Directed by Robert Allen Ackerman, the film has controversy for its negative portrayal of Reagan. For his acting, Brolin was nominated for a ‘Golden Globe’ and a ‘Primetime Emmy Award’. He then got featured in main roles, as well as supporting roles, in several popular movies such as ‘The Alibi’ of 2006, ‘The Hunting Party’ of 2007, ‘Lost City Raiders’ of 2008, ‘Standing Ovation’ of 2010, ‘A Fonder Heart’ of 2011, and ‘Accidental Love’ of 2015.
He was most recently seen in the film ‘Sisters’, a 2015 American comedy, which was directed by Jason Moore. The same year, he also started appearing in the television series ‘Life in Pieces’, playing a retired pilot named John Bertram Short. As of March 2017, the show is running in its third season.
James Brolin Net Worth
James has an estimated net worth of $50 million. He made his net worth through his acting work in television and movies, but mostly through soap operas and sitcoms.
James Brolin| Josh Brolin | Son
He is the father Josh Brolin who is also an American actor known for his role in the 1985 film The Goonies. He as well appeared in a wide range of films and is known for his roles as Llewelyn Moss in No Country for Old Men, George W. Bush in W. and Dan White in Milk, the last of which earned him Academy Award and SAG Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
James Brolin Sitcom
He was featured in the movie together with actors Dianne Wiest and who heads of a large, happy family, in which each member is approaching different milestones. They had their eldest daughter, Heather and her husband consider having another child as they get closer to an empty nest; middle child Matt thinks he has found true love; and the youngest of the three siblings, Greg is overwhelmed after having his first child with his wife. Various perspectives are employed as each family member’s story unfolds.
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