James Brolin is a California-born actor, director and producer who is mostly noted for his leading role in hit Hollywood movies like “The Amityville Horror”, “Capricorn One” , “High Risk” and many more. Born as Craig Kenneth Bruderlin on 18 July 1940, he is recognized by his professional name “James Brolin”., and has been prominent in film-making and acting since 1961 and is still active in his field.
A very successful actor and director, how rich is James Brolin? As of 2015, James’ net worth amounts to a hefty $50 million. Almost all of his wealth has been is accumulated from his acting and film-making career as he has appeared in many hit movies like “Westworld”, “The Cape Town Affair” and more which earned him millions. His award-winning roles in television series like “Marcus Welby, M.D.” and others have also helped him add to his wealth.
James Brolin Net Worth $50 Million
A keen enthusiast of airplanes and animals in his childhood, James found his interest in acting only when he was a teenager. A friend to respected actor Ryan O’ Neal, James attended University High School in Los Angeles with Ryan and after graduating, he focused on having an acting career as encouraged by his parents. Brolin initiated his career in 1961 as he played a minor role in the series “Bus Stop”. His career skyrocketed as he was cast in many other series like “American Style”, “The Long, Hot Summer” and became more notable with the series “Marcus Welby, M.D.” which earned him an Emmy Award for best supporting actor. These series helped him to increase his net worth extensively, as indeed have the other almost 30 other TV series in which he has appeared.
Later, in the mid-70s, James became a leading actor in Hollywood who was highly sought after. This popularity gained him leading roles in many hit movies including “High Risk”, “The Car”, “Gable and Lombard” and “Night of the Juggler” among others. He has been a part of more than forty movies to date, and has many more coming in the future.
Recently, he has been enjoying his appearances in major television series and movies like “Catch Me if You Can”, “Castle” and many more. With all this popularity, James has managed to earn a fortune of millions of dollars that still serves as a big part of his net worth.
Talking about his personal life, James has been married thrice in his life, to the popular actress and singer Barbra Streisand since 1998, and previously to Cameron Agee(1996-84) with whom he has two children including actor Josh Brolin, and Jan Smithers(1986-95), and they have a daughter. James currently lives a luxurious life with his wife in Malibu as a multi-millionaire given his net worth amounts to $50 million. This rich actor is not anywhere near his retirement yet, as he still continues to act.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, People's Choice Award for ...
Movies
Westworld, Catch Me If You Can, Capricorn One, The Car, The Amityville Horror, The 33, Sisters, Last Chance Harvey, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, A Guy Thing, The Cape Town Affair, Gable and Lombard, Von Ryan's Express, Fantastic Voyage, The Master of Disguise, Love, Wedding, Marriage, The Huntin...
TV Shows
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Pensacola: Wings of Gold, Hotel, Marcus Welby, M.D., Life in Pieces, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Extreme, Angel Falls
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[on winning his first Emmy Award in 1970 for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)]: Well, you start these shows out with a bang, don't you? Well, I ... I had no speech. I ... started to write one and my wife came in and asked me, what I was doing. I said I was writing a speech. And she said, 'What for? You haven't got a chance in hell!' But here I am. Geez!
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[on the death of Jane Agee, his first ex-wife, in a car crash]: I think it was she was avoiding a deer. I was surprised, and oh, I was affected. Yeah, I was really ripped up.
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[on his son's, Josh's arrest, at a bar brawl]: There were people who lived across the street who said there was no fight. How come nobody is suing for being hit? There was no fight.
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[As a director]: One of the things I love about directing is I love actors, because no matter how complex they are, once you get down to working and talking to them and the toughest guy will want you to open them up and he wants to show you stuff he was afraid to show anybody before.
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I think you can have a whole terrific, smart career as a second and third banana and work more and have much less risk than the lead guy. But I like being the lead guy.
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I spent most of the money I made on phone calls.
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Fact
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Credits Robert Young as his favorite acting mentor/best friend.
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He has German-Swiss, English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry.
Acted in a make-up test for Planet of the Apes (1968) as "Cornelius," the chimpanzee scientist later portrayed in the final version of the film by Roddy McDowall.
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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, Josh Brolin.
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Father of actor Josh Brolin (born 1968), J. Brolin (A.K.A. Jess Brolin) (born 1972) and Molly Brolin (A.K.A. Molly Elizabeth Brolin) (born 1987).