Josh Brolin
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 12, 1968 (58 years old)
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
| 2026 | The Dog StarsBangley | |
| 2026 | WhalefallMitt Gardiner | |
| 2026 | Dune: Part ThreeGurney Halleck | |
| 2025 | WeaponsArcher | |
| 2025 | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysteryMons. Jefferson Wicks | |
| 2025 | The Running ManDan Killian | |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2025 | Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a NationSelf | |
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975Self | |
| 2025 | Countdown: Canelo vs. CrawfordNarrator (voice) | |
| 2025 | The American RevolutionGeorge Washington (voice) | |
| 2024 | BrothersMoke Munger | |
| 2024 | Dune: Part TwoGurney Halleck | |
| 2024 | Pay Dirt: The Story of SupercrossNarrator | |
| 2023 | N-Men: The Untold StoryJohn O’Shei | |
| 2023 | Ground Swell: The Other Side of FearNarrator | |
| 2022 | Outer RangeRoyal Abbott | |
| 2021 | DuneGurney Halleck | |
| 2021 | Flag DayUncle Beck | |
| 2021 | What If...?Thanos (voice) | |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios LegendsThanos (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingSelf | |
| 2020 | Reunited ApartSelf | |
| 2020 | Russo Bros. Pizza Film School | |
| 2019 | Avengers: EndgameThanos | |
| 2019 | The Tony Alva StorySelf | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf | |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity WarThanos | |
| 2018 | The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer HunterBuck Ferguson | |
| 2018 | Sicario: Day of the SoldadoMatt Graver | |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2Cable | |
| 2018 | Once Upon a DeadpoolCable | |
| 2017 | Only the BraveEric Marsh | |
| 2016 | Hail, Caesar!Eddie Mannix | |
| 2016 | Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey StoryNarrator (voice) | |
| 2016 | Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle MotocrossNarrator (voice) | |
| 2016 | Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario(archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Ride with Norman ReedusSelf | |
| 2015 | Chryskylodon BluesSelf | |
| 2015 | EverestBeck Weathers | |
| 2015 | SicarioMatt Graver | |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of UltronThanos (uncredited) | |
| 2015 | Hot OnesSelf | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill ForDwight | |
| 2014 | Inherent ViceLt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen | |
| 2014 | Guardians of the GalaxyThanos (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf | |
| 2013 | Gangster SquadJohn O'Mara | |
| 2013 | OldboyJoe Doucett | |
| 2013 | Labor DayFrank | |
| 2013 | Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie AikauSelf - Narrator | |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3Young Agent K | |
| 2012 | RadiomanSelf | |
| 2012 | Mankind: The Story of All of UsSelf - Narrator | |
| 2012 | Untamed AmericasNarrator | |
| 2011 | Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf | |
| 2011 | Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'Self | |
| 2011 | BlackoutTerrance Danfield | |
| 2010 | Jonah HexJonah Hex | |
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never SleepsBretton James | |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerRoy | |
| 2010 | The Tillman StoryNarrator (voice) | |
| 2010 | True GritTom Chaney | |
| 2010 | The Women of SNLVarious (archive footage) | |
| 2010 | ConanSelf - Guest | |
| 2009 | Women in TroubleNick Chapel | |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy PoehlerBar Guy (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | The People SpeakSelf | |
| 2009 | 30 for 30Narrator (voice) | |
| 2009 | The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest | |
| 2008 | MilkDan White | |
| 2008 | W.George W. Bush | |
| 2008 | Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFXSelf | |
| 2008 | No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the ScenesSelf | |
| 2008 | The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'Self | |
| 2008 | Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'Self | |
| 2008 | Stand Up to CancerSelf | |
| 2007 | Planet TerrorDr. William Block | |
| 2007 | American GangsterDetective Trupo | |
| 2007 | In the Valley of ElahChief Buchwald | |
| 2007 | No Country for Old MenLlewelyn Moss | |
| 2007 | GrindhouseBlock (segment "Planet Terror") | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema(segment "World cinema") | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2007 | Chelsea LatelySelf (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | The Dead GirlTarlow | |
| 2005 | Into the BlueBates | |
| 2005 | Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'Self | |
| 2005 | Into the WestJedediah Smith | |
| 2004 | Melinda and MelindaGreg | |
| 2003 | Milwaukee, MinnesotaGary | |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf | |
| 2003 | Mister SterlingBill Sterling | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest | |
| 2002 | CoastlinesDave Lockhart | |
| 2001 | LorraineSelf | |
| 2000 | Hollow ManMatthew Kensington | |
| 2000 | Slow BurnDuster | |
| 2000 | PicnicHal Carter | |
| 1999 | All the RageTennel | |
| 1999 | The Mod SquadBilly Waites | |
| 1999 | Best Laid PlansBryce | |
| 1997 | NightwatchJames Gallman | |
| 1997 | MimicJosh | |
| 1997 | My Brother's WarPete | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1996 | Flirting with DisasterTony Kent | |
| 1996 | Bed of RosesDanny | |
| 1996 | Gang in BlueKeith DeBruler | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1995 | The Outer LimitsJack Pierce | |
| 1994 | The Road KillersTom | |
| 1994 | Winnetka RoadJack Passion | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest | |
| 1993 | Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1989 | Finish LineGlenn Shrevelow | |
| 1989 | The Young RidersWild Bill Hickok | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest | |
| 1987 | Prison for ChildrenBoise | |
| 1987 | 21 Jump StreetTaylor Rolator | |
| 1987 | Private EyeJohnny Betts | |
| 1986 | Thrashin'Corey Webster | |
| 1985 | The GooniesBrand | |
| 1985 | The Making Of The GooniesSelf | |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | |
| 1981 | Entertainment TonightSelf | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| - | My Darling CaliforniaRoland |
| 2025 | WeaponsExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | BrothersProducer | |
| 2022 | George & TammyExecutive Producer | |
| 2022 | Outer RangeExecutive Producer | |
| 2009 | The People SpeakExecutive Producer | |
| 2008 | No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the ScenesProducer | |
| - | MisterProducer |
| 2022 | Outer RangeDirector | |
| 2008 | No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the ScenesDirector |
| 2011 | Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'Thanks |