Josh Brolin
- Acting
- February 12, 1968 · 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 · Gurney Halleck
- Whalefall · Mitt Gardiner
- VisionQuest · Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Dog Stars · Bangley
- Horse Power · Narrator
- Breakdown: 1975 · Self
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery · Mons. Jefferson Wicks
- The American Revolution · George Washington (Voice)
- The Running Man · Dan Killian
- Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford · Narrator (Voice)
- Weapons · Archer, Executive producer
- Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation · Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · Self
- Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross · Narrator
- Brothers · Moke Munger, Producer
- Dune: Part Two · Gurney Halleck
- N-Men: The Untold Story · John O’Shei
- Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear · Narrator
- George & Tammy · Executive producer
- Outer Range · Royal Abbott, Executive producer
- Dune · Gurney Halleck
- Flag Day · Uncle Beck
- What If...? · Thanos (Voice)
- Marvel Studios Legends · Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King · Self
- Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
- Reunited Apart · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- The Tony Alva Story · Self
- Avengers: Endgame · Thanos
- Once Upon a Deadpool · Cable
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado · Matt Graver
- Deadpool 2 · Cable
- Avengers: Infinity War · Thanos
- The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter · Buck Ferguson
- Only the Brave · Eric Marsh
- Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story · Narrator (Voice)
- Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross · Narrator (Voice)
- Ride with Norman Reedus · Self
- Hail, Caesar! · Eddie Mannix
- Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario · (archive footage)
- Sicario · Matt Graver
- Everest · Beck Weathers
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Chryskylodon Blues · Self
- Avengers: Age of Ultron · Thanos (uncredited)
- Hot Ones · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Inherent Vice · Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For · Dwight
- Guardians of the Galaxy · Thanos (uncredited)
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Labor Day · Frank
- Oldboy · Joe Doucett
- Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau · Self
- Gangster Squad · John O'Mara
- Radioman · Self
- Mankind: The Story of All of Us · Self
- Untamed Americas · Narrator
- Men in Black 3 · Young Agent K
- Woody Allen: A Documentary · Self
- Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' · Self, Thanks
- Blackout · Terrance Danfield
- True Grit · Tom Chaney
- Conan · Self
- The Women of SNL · Various (archive footage)
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger · Roy
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps · Bretton James
- The Tillman Story · Narrator (Voice)
- Jonah Hex · Jonah Hex
- The People Speak · Self, Executive producer
- Women in Trouble · Nick Chapel
- 30 for 30 · Narrator (Voice)
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler · Bar Guy (archive footage)
- Milk · Dan White
- W. · George W. Bush
- Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' · Self
- Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX · Self