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Known For
Acting
Born
1968-02-12
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Josh Brolin
Biography
Josh James Brolin (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.
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Known For
Acting History
2026
Dune: Part Three as Gurney Halleck
2026Whalefall as Mitt Gardiner
2026The Dog Stars as Bangley
2025Breakdown: 1975 as Self
2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Mons. Jefferson Wicks
2025The American Revolution as George Washington (voice)
2025The American Revolution as George Washington
2025The Running Man as Dan Killian
2025Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford as Narrator (voice)
2025Weapons as Archer
2025Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation as Self
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2024Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross as Narrator
2024Brothers as Moke Munger
2024Dune: Part Two as Gurney Halleck
2023N-Men: The Untold Story as John O’Shei
2023Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear as Narrator
2022Josh Brolin & Josh Brolin | Actors on Actors – Full Conversation as Josh Brolin / Josh Brolin
2022Outer Range as Royal Abbott
2021Dune as Gurney Halleck
2021Flag Day as Uncle Beck
2021What If...? as Thanos (voice)
2021Marvel Studios Legends as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self
2020Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
2020Reunited Apart as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019The Tony Alva Story as Self
2019Avengers: Endgame as Thanos
2018Once Upon a Deadpool as Cable
2018Sicario: Day of the Soldado as Matt Graver
2018Deadpool 2 as Cable
2018Avengers: Infinity War as Thanos
2018The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter as Buck Ferguson
2017Only the Brave as Eric Marsh
2016Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story as Narrator (voice)
2016Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross as Narrator (voice)
2016Ride with Norman Reedus as Self
2016Hail, Caesar! as Eddie Mannix
2015Sicario as Matt Graver
2015Everest as Beck Weathers
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
2015Chryskylodon Blues as Self
2015Avengers: Age of Ultron as Thanos (uncredited)
2015Hot Ones as Self
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Inherent Vice as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Dwight
2014Guardians of the Galaxy as Thanos (uncredited)
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013Labor Day as Frank
2013Oldboy as Joe Doucett
2013Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau as Self - Narrator
2013Gangster Squad as John O'Mara
2012Radioman as Self
2012Mankind: The Story of All of Us as Self - Narrator
2012Untamed Americas as Narrator
2012Men in Black 3 as Young Agent K
2011Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
2011Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' as Self
2011Blackout as Terrance Danfield
2010True Grit as Tom Chaney
2010Conan as Self
2010The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Roy
2010Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Bretton James
2010The Tillman Story as Narrator (voice)
2010Jonah Hex as Jonah Hex
2009The People Speak as Self
2009Women in Trouble as Nick Chapel
200930 for 30 as Narrator (voice)
2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Bar Guy (archive footage)
2008Milk as Dan White
2008W. as George W. Bush
2008Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' as Self
2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX as Self
2008Stand Up to Cancer as Self
2008No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
2008The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' as Self
2007No Country for Old Men as Llewelyn Moss
2007American Gangster as Detective Trupo
2007To Each His Own Cinema as (segment "World cinema")
2007In the Valley of Elah as Chief Buchwald
2007Chelsea Lately as Self (archive footage)
2007Planet Terror as Dr. William Block
2007Grindhouse as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006The Dead Girl as Tarlow
2005Into the Blue as Bates
2005Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue' as Self
2005Into the West as Jedediah Smith
2004Melinda and Melinda as Greg
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
2003Milwaukee, Minnesota as Gary
2003Mister Sterling as Bill Sterling
2002Coastlines as Dave Lockhart
2001Lorraine as Self
2000Slow Burn as Duster
2000Hollow Man as Matthew Kensington
2000Picnic as Hal Carter
1999It's the Rage as Tennel
1999Best Laid Plans as Bryce
1999The Mod Squad as Billy Waites
1997My Brother's War as Pete
1997Mimic as Josh
1997The View as Self
1997Nightwatch as James Gallman
1996Gang in Blue as Keith DeBruler
1996Flirting with Disaster as Tony Kent
1996Bed of Roses as Danny
1995The Outer Limits as Jack Pierce
1994The Road Killers as Tom
1994Winnetka Road as Jack Passion
1993Late Show with David Letterman
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1989The Young Riders as Wild Bill Hickok
1989Finish Line as Glenn Shrevelow
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987Private Eye as Johnny Betts
198721 Jump Street as Taylor Rolator
1987Prison for Children as Boise
1986Thrashin' as Corey Webster
1985The Goonies as Brand
1985The Making of 'The Goonies' as Self
1984Highway to Heaven
1981Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953The Oscars as Self
—My Darling California as Roland
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