James Brolin - Biography

Last Editor: sarah.barron				James Brolin Biography -   Name : James Brolin Profession : Actor/ Director Birth Details : born July 18, 1940 Birth name : James Bruderlin Height : 6' 4" (1.93 m) Nickname : Mr. Streisand Spouse : Barbra Streisand (1 July 1998 - present) Jan Smithers (1986 - 1995) (divorced) 1 daughter Jane Cameron Agee (1966 - 1984) (divorced) 2 sons

James Brolin Trivia -

Announced engagement to Barbra Streisand [May 1997] Father of actor Josh Brolin Was screen-tested for the role of James Bond in Octopussy (1983). 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, Josh Brolin. Acted in a makeup test for Planet of the Apes (1968). Father-in-law of Diane Lane.

James Brolin Detailed Biography -

James Brolin (born July 18, 1940) is an American television, film, character actor and director who's best known for his starring roles as Dr. Steven Kiley on Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969-1976), as Peter McDermott on Hotel (1983-1988), and as Lt. Bill "Raven" Kelly on Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997-2000). He was born James Kenneth Bruderlin in Los Angeles, California to an aeronautical engineer, Henry and a singer, Helen, and the family settled in Westwood, after his birth. As a teenager in the mid-1950s, he would often be fascinated with another actor James Dean, (this was due to him watching movies of his time). At the same time, while his parents invited a director over to his family's house for dinner before auditioning, he met another fellow actor and classmate Ryan O'Neal, who's about a year younger than Brolin, and the two clicked. At the age of 20, he changed his last name from Bruderlin to Brolin, and began his contract over at 20th Century Fox studios, where he took 5,000 hours of acting classes. He made his acting debut in 1961 on an episode of Bus Stop. He also had small roles in several movies from Take Her, She's Mine (1963), Dear Brigitte (1965), Fantastic Voyage (1966), among many others. He also had a recurring role on the short-lived series The Monroes, but was soon canceled. The following year, his first big role was The Cape Town Affair (1967), where it did not receive any recognition from the box office. Despite of the issues Brolin had, he was fired from 20th Century Fox Studios. Marcus Welby, M.D. and Film Work In 1968, he would then transfer to another job at Universal Studios, where he auditioned for a co-starring role opposite longtime actor Robert Young in the 1960s medical drama, Marcus Welby, M.D. for ABC in 1969. On the show, he played Dr. Steven Kiley, a young and highly-skilled trained doctor who was asked to work with another doctor of experience, and the chemistry of Brolin & Young clicked. In its first season in 1970, he was nominated and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, but was nominated for three more times for a total of four Emmy nominations. He was also nominated for Golden Globes three times for Best Supporting Actor, and won twice between 1971 and 1973, and the actor was on his way to greater fame as the years went on. He would also had two hiatuses in a year when he wasn't working on Marcus Welby, he would then star in a couple of movies, such as, Skyjacked (1972), and Westworld (1973). After launching a movie career in 1976, Brolin was very pleased that his first show finally went off the air so that the actor could concentrate on his movie career.