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JAMES BROLIN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

James Brolin was born on July 18th, 1940 in Los Angeles, California with the birth name Craig Lenneth Bruderlin, born to Helen Sue and Henry Hurst Bruderlin. He had four siblings and he was the oldest. He was raised in Westwood, California and graduated from University High School.

After graduating from high school he began pursuing a career as an actor with the support of his parents. He began with appearing on such television series as, "Bus Stop" (1961) followed by roles in, "Margie", "Bottom of the Sea", "Twelve O'Clock High", "Love, American Style", "Hot Summer", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "The Virginian", "Batman" and had a recurring role on, "The Monroes".

He was then offered a contract with 20th Century Fox and began appearing in film roles on, "Take her, She's Mine" (1963), "Dear Bridgitte" (1965), "Von Ryan's Express" (1965) starring Frank Sinatra, "Fantastic Voyage" (1966) and "The Cape Town Affair" (1967).

His contract with 20th Century Fox came to an end and he began to freelance working on more films such as, "Skyjacked" (1972), "Westworld" (1973), "Gable and Lombard" (1976), "The Car" (1977), "Capricorn One" (1978), "The Amityville Horror" (1979), "Night of the Juggler" (1980) and "High Risk" (1981).

Along with his film work he began appearing in a number of other television series later on in his career such as a regular role on, "Marcus Welby, M.D." (1969-1976) starring alongside veteran actor Robert Young for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role and received this nomination three other times along with a Golden Globe nomination three times for Best Supporting actor for which he won twice.

Other roles he is remembered by are on the television series, "Hotel" (1983) for which again he was nominated twice for Golden Globe Awards between 1983 and 1984 and "Pensacola: Wings of Gold" (1997) for which he not only acted on but also worked as the executive producer and director for the series.

Recently he has been seen on such films as, "Traffic" (2000), "Catch Me if You Can" (2002), "A Guy Thing" (2003), "The Alibi" (2006), "The Hunting Party" (2007), "Last Chance Harvey" (2008), "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard" (2009), "Burlesque" (2010) and "A Fonder Heart" (2011).

He has married three times throughout his lifetime. His first wife was Jane Cameron Agee whom he married in 1966 and after having two children this marriage ended in divorce in 1986. He then married Jan Smithers in 1986 and they also had one child together before by 1995, this marriage also came to an end. His third time to marry was to Barbra Streisand in 1998 and they remain together today and reside in Malibu, California.