Josh Brolin

Biography

Josh James Brolin (/ˈbroʊlɪn/; born February 12, 1968) is an American actor. A son of actor James Brolin, he gained fame in his youth for his role in the adventure film The Goonies (1985). After years of decline, Brolin had a resurgence with his starring role in the crime film No Country for Old Men (2007). Brolin received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Dan White in the biopic Milk (2008). Brolin's career progressed with roles in W. (2008), True Grit (2010), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Men in Black 3 (2012), Oldboy (2013), Inherent Vice (2014), Everest (2015), and Hail, Caesar! (2016). He gained wider recognition for playing Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), including in the films Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), as well as Cable in Deadpool 2 (2018). Brolin also collaborated with filmmaker Denis Villeneuve in the action thriller Sicario (2015) and in the science fiction films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), in which he played Gurney Halleck. Description above from the Wikipedia article Josh Brolin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Dwight

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Tony Kent

Flirting with Disaster

Dan White

Milk

James Gallman

Nightwatch

George W. Bush

W.

Dr. William Block

Planet Terror

Danny

Bed of Roses

Josh

Mimic

Detective Trupo

American Gangster

Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex

Chief Buchwald

In the Valley of Elah

Llewelyn Moss

No Country for Old Men

Tennel

It's the Rage

Bates

Into the Blue

Nick Chapel

Women in Trouble

Self

Chryskylodon Blues

Brand Walsh

The Goonies

Matthew Kensington

Hollow Man

Bretton James

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Tarlow

The Dead Girl

Corey Webster

Thrashin'

Young Agent K

Men in Black 3

Roy

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Narrator (voice)

The Tillman Story

Tom Chaney

True Grit

Billy Waites

The Mod Squad

Gary

Milwaukee, Minnesota

Bryce

Best Laid Plans

Self

Diary of a Country Sheriff

John O'Mara

Gangster Squad

Joe Doucett

Oldboy

Tom

The Road Killers

Dave Lockhart

Coastlines

Keith DeBruler

Gang in Blue

Frank

Labor Day

Duster

Slow Burn

Self

Radioman

Boise

Prison for Children

Beck Weathers

Everest

Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen

Inherent Vice

John O’Shei

N-Men: The Untold Story

Matt Graver

Sicario

Thanos (uncredited)

Guardians of the Galaxy

Eddie Mannix

Hail, Caesar!

Block (segment "Planet Terror")

Grindhouse

Thanos

Avengers: Infinity War

Hal Carter

Picnic

Greg

Melinda and Melinda

Bar Guy (archive footage)

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Self - Narrator

Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau

Thanos (uncredited)

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Weapons

Narrator

Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear

Glenn Shrevelow

Finish Line

Buck Ferguson

The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter

Self

The People Speak

Self

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

(segment "World cinema")

Chacun son cinema ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumiere s'eteint et que le film commence

Self

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Father Frank

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Eric Marsh

Only the Brave

Matt Graver

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Narrator (voice)

Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story

Pete

My Brother's War

Narrator (voice)

Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross

Cable

Deadpool 2

Cable

Once Upon a Deadpool

Self

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes

Gurney Halleck

Dune

Self

The Making of 'The Goonies'

Various (archive footage)

The Women of SNL

Moke Munger

Brothers

Uncle Beck

Flag Day

Thanos

Avengers: Endgame

Gurney Halleck

Dune: Part Two

Self

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Self

The Tony Alva Story

Dan Killian

The Running Man

Self

Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'

Narrator

Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross

Bangley

The Dog Stars

Self

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Self

The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'

Whalefall

Self

Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation

World Cinema

Self

Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

87

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-02-12

Place of Birth

Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Josh J. Brolin