James Brolin

Born: July 18 1940
Where: LA, California, USA

The double Golden Globe winner is a familiar face on American television and has appeared in big films including Traffic and Catch Me If You Can.

He made his feature debut in Take Her She's Mine with James Stewart but didn't receive a name role until Von Ryan's Express with Frank Sinatra.

He went on to enjoy supporting roles in Westworld, Capricorn One and The Amityville Horror.

TV credits include the long running American TV series Marcus Welby MD - for which he received an Emmy - and Hotel.

He has also directed a number of episodes of Pensacola: Wings of Gold and one episode of the The Young Riders.

His feature directorial debut Mr Brother's War (in which he also starred) landed a best film award at the Hollywood Film Festival.

Recent work has included Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can and the romantic comedy A Guy Thing.

Upcoming projects include Wes Craven's horror movie Cursed with Christin Ricci.