Josh Brolin
Acting
- Born:
- 1968-02-12
- Place of birth:
- Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Dune: Part Three
World War II: Behind Enemy Lines
Whalefall
VisionQuest
Avengers Endgame: Encore
The Dog Stars
Horse Power
Breakdown: 1975
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
The American Revolution
The Running Man
Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford
Weapons
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
Brothers
Frank Miller: American Genius
Dune: Part Two
N-Men: The Untold Story
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
George & Tammy
Outer Range
Dune
Flag Day
What If...?
Marvel Studios Legends
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
Reunited Apart
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Tony Alva Story
Avengers: Endgame
Once Upon a Deadpool
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Deadpool 2
Avengers: Infinity War
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
Only the Brave
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
Ride with Norman Reedus
Hail, Caesar!
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
Sicario
Everest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Chryskylodon Blues
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Hot Ones
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Inherent Vice
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Guardians of the Galaxy
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Labor Day
Oldboy
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
Gangster Squad