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Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin

Acting1968Santa 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.

Acting History

Future
Mister
Producer
2026
Dune: Part Three
as Gurney Halleck
The Dog Stars
as Bangley
Whalefall
as Mitt Gardiner
2025
Weapons
as Archer
The Running Man
as Dan Killian
The American Revolution
TVas George Washington (voice)• 6 eps
Weapons
Executive Producer
2024
Brothers
as Moke Munger
Dune: Part Two
as Gurney Halleck
Lorraine
TVas Self• 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self - Guest / Self• 3 eps
Brothers
Producer
Outer Range
TVDirector• 1 eps
2023
N-Men: The Untold Story
as John O’Shei
2022
Outer Range
TVas Royal Abbott• 15 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TVas Self - Guest• 5 eps
Hot Ones
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
Outer Range
TVExecutive Producer• 15 eps
George & Tammy
TVExecutive Producer
2021
Red Flag
as Uncle Beck
Dune
as Gurney Halleck
Marvel Studios Legends
TVas Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)• 17 eps
Ride with Norman Reedus
TVas Self• 1 eps
What If...?
TVas Thanos (voice)• 3 eps
2020
Reunited Apart
TVas Self• 1 eps
2019
2018
Deadpool 2
as Cable
Stand Up to Cancer
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self - Guest• 3 eps
2017
Only the Brave
as Eric Marsh
2016
Hail, Caesar!
as Eddie Mannix
Entertainment Tonight
TVas Self• 1 eps
2015
Everest
as Beck Weathers
Sicario
as Matt Graver
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Thanos (uncredited)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self• 2 eps
2014
Inherent Vice
as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Thanos (uncredited)
2013
Oldboy
as Joe Doucett
Labor Day
as Frank
Gangster Squad
as John O'Mara
30 for 30
TVas Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
Chelsea Lately
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
2012
Men in Black 3
as Young Agent K
Radioman
as Self
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
TVas Self - Narrator• 12 eps
Conan
TVas Self• 1 eps
Untamed Americas
TVas Narrator
2011
Blackout
TVas Terrance Danfield
2010
True Grit
as Tom Chaney
Jonah Hex
as Jonah Hex
The Women of SNL
as Various (archive footage)
The Tillman Story
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Women in Trouble
as Nick Chapel
The People Speak
Executive Producer
2008
W.
as George W. Bush
Milk
as Dan White
The Oscars
TVas Self• 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host• 3 eps
2007
No Country for Old Men
as Llewelyn Moss
To Each His Own Cinema
as (segment "World cinema")
Planet Terror
as Dr. William Block
In the Valley of Elah
as Chief Buchwald
Grindhouse
as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
American Gangster
as Detective Trupo
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2006
The Dead Girl
as Tarlow
2005
Into the West
TVas Jedediah Smith• 6 eps
2004
2003
The View
TVas Self• 1 eps
Mister Sterling
TVas Bill Sterling• 10 eps
2002
Coastlines
as Dave Lockhart
2000
Hollow Man
as Matthew Kensington
Picnic
as Hal Carter
Slow Burn
as Duster
1999
The Mod Squad
as Billy Waites
It's the Rage
as Tennel
1997
Nightwatch
as James Gallman
Mimic
as Josh
1996
Bed of Roses
as Danny
Gang in Blue
as Keith DeBruler
1995
The Outer Limits
TVas Jack Pierce• 1 eps
1994
Winnetka Road
TVas Jack Passion
1989
Finish Line
as Glenn Shrevelow
The Young Riders
TVas Wild Bill Hickok• 68 eps
1987
Private Eye
TVas Johnny Betts• 12 eps
21 Jump Street
TVas Taylor Rolator• 1 eps
1986
Thrashin'
as Corey Webster
1985
The Goonies
as Brand

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/12/1968(58 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA