Josh Brolin
4.8Acting

Josh Brolin

Feb 12, 1968 - Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA

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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Media
Movie2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill ForDwight
Movie1996Flirting with DisasterTony Kent
Movie2008MilkDan White
Movie1997NightwatchJames Gallman
Movie2008W.George W. Bush
Movie2007Planet TerrorDr. William Block
Movie1996Bed of RosesDanny
Movie1997MimicJosh
Movie2007American GangsterDetective Trupo
Movie2010Jonah HexJonah Hex
Movie2007In the Valley of ElahChief Buchwald
Movie2007No Country for Old MenLlewelyn Moss
Movie1999It's the RageTennel
Movie2005Into the BlueBates
Movie2009Women in TroubleNick Chapel
Movie2015Chryskylodon BluesSelf
Movie1985The GooniesBrand
Movie2000Hollow ManMatthew Kensington
Movie2010Wall Street: Money Never SleepsBretton James
Movie2006The Dead GirlTarlow
Movie1986Thrashin'Corey Webster
Movie2012Men in Black 3Young Agent K
Movie2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerRoy
Movie2010The Tillman StoryNarrator (voice)
Movie2010True GritTom Chaney
Movie1999The Mod SquadBilly Waites
Movie2003Milwaukee, MinnesotaGary
Movie1999Best Laid PlansBryce
Movie2008Diary of a Country SheriffSelf
Movie2013Gangster SquadJohn O'Mara
Movie2013OldboyJoe Doucett
Movie1994The Road KillersTom
Movie2002CoastlinesDave Lockhart
Movie1996Gang in BlueKeith DeBruler
Movie2013Labor DayFrank
Movie2000Slow BurnDuster
Movie2012RadiomanSelf
Movie1987Prison for ChildrenBoise
Movie2015EverestBeck Weathers
Movie2014Inherent ViceLt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Movie2023N-Men: The Untold StoryJohn O’Shei
Movie2015SicarioMatt Graver
Movie2014Guardians of the GalaxyThanos (uncredited)
Movie2016Hail, Caesar!Eddie Mannix
Movie2007GrindhouseBlock (segment "Planet Terror")
Movie2018Avengers: Infinity WarThanos
Movie2000PicnicHal Carter
Movie2004Melinda and MelindaGreg
Movie2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy PoehlerBar Guy (archive footage)
Movie2013Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie AikauSelf - Narrator
Movie2015Avengers: Age of UltronThanos (uncredited)
Movie2025WeaponsArcher Graff
Movie2023Ground Swell: The Other Side of FearNarrator
Movie1989Finish LineGlenn Shrevelow
Movie2018The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer HunterBuck Ferguson
Movie2009The People SpeakSelf
Movie2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFXSelf
Movie2007To Each His Own Cinema(segment "World cinema")
Movie2011Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf
Movie2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysteryMsgr. Jefferson Wicks
Movie2017Only the BraveEric Marsh
Movie2018Sicario: Day of the SoldadoMatt Graver
Movie2016Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey StoryNarrator (voice)
Movie1997My Brother's WarPete
Movie2016Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle MotocrossNarrator (voice)
Movie2018Deadpool 2Cable
Movie2018Once Upon a DeadpoolCable
Movie2008No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the ScenesSelf
Movie2021DuneGurney Halleck
Movie1985The Making of 'The Goonies'Self
Movie2010The Women of SNLVarious (archive footage)
Movie2024BrothersMoke Munger
Movie2021Flag DayUncle Beck
Movie2019Avengers: EndgameThanos
Movie2024Dune: Part TwoGurney Halleck
Movie2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingSelf
Movie2019The Tony Alva StorySelf
Movie2025The Running ManDan Killian
Movie2011Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'Self
Movie2024Pay Dirt: The Story of SupercrossNarrator
Movie2026The Dog StarsBangley
Movie2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf
Movie2008The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'Self
Movie2026WhalefallMitt Gardiner
Movie2025Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a NationSelf
Movie2007World CinemaCowboy
Movie2005Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'Self
Movie2025Netflix Tudum 2025Self
TV Show2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf1
TV Show198721 Jump StreetTaylor Rolator1
TV Show1989The Young RidersWild Bill Hickok68
TV Show1997The ViewSelf1
TV Show1984Highway to Heaven1
TV Show1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno2
TV Show2003Mister SterlingBill Sterling10
TV Show2005Into the WestJedediah Smith6
TV Show2012Mankind: The Story of All of UsSelf - Narrator12
TV Show1994Winnetka RoadJack Passion6
TV Show2010ConanSelf1
TV Show1995The Outer LimitsJack Pierce1
TV Show1987Private EyeJohnny Betts12
TV Show2012Untamed AmericasNarrator4
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host3
TV Show2021What If...?Thanos (voice)3
TV Show2021Marvel Studios LegendsThanos (archive footage) (uncredited)17
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf2
TV Show200930 for 30Narrator (voice)1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf1
TV Show2015Hot OnesSelf1
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf5
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest1
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf1
TV Show2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf2
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf3
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show2008Stand Up to CancerSelf1
TV Show1981Entertainment TonightSelf1
TV Show2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self2
TV Show2020Reunited ApartSelf1
TV Show2020Russo Bros. Pizza Film School1
TV Show2011BlackoutTerrance Danfield2
TV Show2022Outer RangeRoyal Abbott15
TV Show1993Late Show with David Letterman1
TV Show2001LorraineSelf1
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson Show1
TV Show2007Chelsea LatelySelf (archive footage)1

Crew

Media
Movie2009The People SpeakExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2008No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the ScenesDirectorDirecting
Movie2008No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the ScenesProducerProduction
Movie2008No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the ScenesEditorEditing
Movie2024BrothersProducerProduction
Movie2025WeaponsExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2022George & TammyExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2022Outer RangeExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2022Outer RangeDirectorDirecting