Josh Brolin
Birthdate
February 12, 1968 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
February 12, 1968 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
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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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Josh Brolin's LGBTQ+ Titles
Milk
Dan White
Acting (122)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Nevermind as Zoogoer (uncredited)
Sicario: Capos as Matt Graver
2026
Weapons
2025
The Running Man
2024
Brothers as Moke Munger
2024
Dune: Part Two as Gurney Halleck
2023
N-Men: The Untold Story as John O’Shei
2023
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear as Narrator
2022
Outer Range as Royal Abbott (15 episodes)
2021
Dune as Gurney Halleck
2021
Flag Day as Uncle Beck
2021
What If...? as Thanos (voice) (2 episodes)
2021
Marvel Studios Legends as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited) (17 episodes)
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self
2020
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School (1 episode)
2020
Reunited Apart as Self (1 episode)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (1 episode)
2019
The Tony Alva Story as Self
2019
Avengers: Endgame as Thanos
2018
Once Upon a Deadpool as Cable
2018
Asesinato en El Hormiguero Express
2018
Asesinato en El Hormiguero Express as Josh Brolin
2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado as Matt Graver
2018
Deadpool 2 as Cable
2018
Avengers: Infinity War as Thanos
2018
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter as Buck Ferguson
2017
Only the Brave as Eric Marsh
2016
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story as Narrator (voice)
2016
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross as Narrator (voice)
2016
Hail, Caesar! as Eddie Mannix
2015
Sicario as Matt Graver
2015
Everest as Beck Weathers
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (3 episodes)
2015
Chryskylodon Blues as Self
2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron as Thanos (uncredited)
2015
Hot Ones as Self (1 episode)
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (1 episode)
2014
Inherent Vice as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Dwight
2014
Guardians of the Galaxy as Thanos (uncredited)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 episode)
2013
Labor Day as Frank
2013
Oldboy as Joe Doucett
2013
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau as Self - Narrator
2013
Gangster Squad as John O'Mara
2012
Radioman as Self
2012
Mankind: The Story of All of Us as Self - Narrator (12 episodes)
2012
Untamed Americas as Narrator (4 episodes)
2012
Men in Black 3 as Young Agent K
2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
2011
Blackout as Terrance Danfield (2 episodes)
2010
True Grit as Tom Chaney
2010
Conan as Self (1 episode)
2010
The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Roy
2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Bretton James
2010
The Tillman Story as Narrator (voice)
2010
Jonah Hex as Jonah Hex
2009
The People Speak as Self
2009
Women in Trouble as Nick Chapel
2009
30 for 30 as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Bar Guy (archive footage)
2008
Milk as Dan White
2008
W. as George W. Bush
2008
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX as Self
2008
Stand Up to Cancer as Self (1 episode)
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
2008
Diary of a Country Sheriff as Self
2007
American Gangster as Detective Trupo
2007
To Each His Own Cinema as (segment "World cinema")
2007
In the Valley of Elah as Chief Buchwald
2007
No Country for Old Men as Llewelyn Moss
2007
World Cinema as cowboy
2007
Planet Terror as Dr. William Block
2007
Grindhouse as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (3 episodes)
2006
The Dead Girl as Tarlow
2005
Into the Blue as Bates
2005
Into the West as Jedediah Smith (6 episodes)
2004
Melinda and Melinda as Greg
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2003
Milwaukee, Minnesota as Gary
2003
Mister Sterling as Bill Sterling (10 episodes)
2002
Coastlines as Dave Lockhart
2000
Slow Burn as Duster
2000
Hollow Man as Matthew Kensington
2000
Picnic as Hal Carter
1999
It's the Rage as Tennel
1999
Best Laid Plans as Bryce
1999
The Mod Squad as Billy Waites
1997
My Brother's War as Pete
1997
Mimic as Josh
1997
The View as Self (1 episode)
1997
Nightwatch as James Gallman
1996
Gang in Blue as Keith DeBruler
1996
Flirting with Disaster as Tony Kent
1996
Bed of Roses as Danny
1995
The Outer Limits as Jack Pierce (1 episode)
1994
The Road Killers as Tom
1994
Winnetka Road as Jack Passion (6 episodes)
1993
Late Show with David Letterman (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 episodes)
1989
The Young Riders as Wild Bill Hickok (68 episodes)
1989
Finish Line as Glenn Shrevelow
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1987
Private Eye as Johnny Betts (12 episodes)
1987
21 Jump Street as Taylor Rolator (1 episode)
1987
Prison for Children as Boise
1986
Thrashin' as Corey Webster
1985
The Goonies as Brand Walsh
1985
The Making of 'The Goonies' as Self
1985
Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough as Brand
1984
Highway to Heaven (1 episode)
1981
Entertainment Tonight as Self (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (3 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Sidekick (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Space Nazi (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
Directing (2)
2022
Outer Range (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
• Director
Production (5)
2024
Brothers
• Producer
2022
George & Tammy (6 episodes)
• Executive Producer (6 episodes)
2022
Outer Range (15 episodes)
• Executive Producer (15 episodes)
2009
The People Speak
• Executive Producer
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
• Producer
Editing (1)
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
• Editor