Josh Brolin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Movie · as Self
Sicario 3
Movie · as Matt Graver
A Speck in the Sea
Movie · as Johnny Aldridge
The Dog Stars
Movie · as Bangley
Whalefall
Movie · as Mitt Gardiner
Dune: Part Three
Movie · as Gurney Halleck
Horse Power
Movie · as Narrator
World War II: Behind Enemy Lines
Movie · as Narrator
VisionQuest
TV · as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep
Weapons
Movie · as Archer
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie · as Mons. Jefferson Wicks
The Running Man
Movie · as Dan Killian
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Movie · as Self
Breakdown: 1975
Movie · as Self
Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
The American Revolution
TV · as George Washington (voice) · 6 eps
Brothers
Movie · as Moke Munger
Dune: Part Two
Movie · as Gurney Halleck
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
Movie · as Narrator
Frank Miller: American Genius
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
N-Men: The Untold Story
Movie · as John O’Shei
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
Movie · as Narrator
Outer Range
TV · as Royal Abbott · 15 eps
Dune
Movie · as Gurney Halleck
Flag Day
Movie · as Uncle Beck
What If...?
TV · as Thanos (voice) · 3 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
TV · as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited) · 17 eps
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Movie · as Self
Reunited Apart
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
TV · 1 ep
Avengers: Endgame
Movie · as Thanos
The Tony Alva Story
Movie · as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie · as Thanos
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
Movie · as Buck Ferguson
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Movie · as Matt Graver
Deadpool 2
Movie · as Cable
Once Upon a Deadpool
Movie · as Cable
Only the Brave
Movie · as Eric Marsh
Hail, Caesar!
Movie · as Eddie Mannix
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
Movie · as (archive footage)
Ride with Norman Reedus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Chryskylodon Blues
Movie · as Self
Everest
Movie · as Beck Weathers
Sicario
Movie · as Matt Graver
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie · as Thanos (uncredited)
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 8 eps
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Movie · as Dwight
Inherent Vice
Movie · as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Guardians of the Galaxy
Movie · as Thanos (uncredited)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gangster Squad
Movie · as John O'Mara
Oldboy
Movie · as Joe Doucett
Labor Day
Movie · as Frank
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Men in Black 3
Movie · as Young Agent K
Radioman
Movie · as Self
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
TV · as Self - Narrator · 12 eps
Untamed Americas
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Movie · as Self
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Movie · as Self
Blackout
TV · as Terrance Danfield · 2 eps
Jonah Hex
Movie · as Jonah Hex
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Movie · as Bretton James
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie · as Roy
The Tillman Story
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
True Grit
Movie · as Tom Chaney
The Women of SNL
Movie · as Various (archive footage)
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Women in Trouble
Movie · as Nick Chapel
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Movie · as Bar Guy (archive footage)
The People Speak
Movie · as Self
30 for 30
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Milk
Movie · as Dan White
W.
Movie · as George W. Bush
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
Movie · as Self
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
Movie · as Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
Movie · as Self - Llewelyn Moss
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
Movie · as Self
Stand Up to Cancer
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Planet Terror
Movie · as Dr. William Block
American Gangster
Movie · as Detective Trupo
In the Valley of Elah
Movie · as Chief Buchwald
No Country for Old Men
Movie · as Llewelyn Moss
Grindhouse
Movie · as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie · as (segment "World cinema")
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Chelsea Lately
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Dead Girl
Movie · as Tarlow
Into the Blue
Movie · as Bates
Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'
Movie · as Self
Into the West
TV · as Jedediah Smith · 6 eps
Melinda and Melinda
Movie · as Greg
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Movie · as Gary
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mister Sterling
TV · as Bill Sterling · 10 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 8 eps
Coastlines
Movie · as Dave Lockhart
Lorraine
TV · as Self · 1 ep
It's the Rage
Movie · as Tennel
Hollow Man
Movie · as Matthew Kensington
Slow Burn
Movie · as Duster
Picnic
Movie · as Hal Carter
The Mod Squad
Movie · as Billy Waites
Best Laid Plans
Movie · as Bryce
Nightwatch
Movie · as James
Mimic
Movie · as Josh
My Brother's War
Movie · as Pete
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Flirting with Disaster
Movie · as Tony Kent
Bed of Roses
Movie · as Danny
Gang in Blue
Movie · as Keith DeBruler
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Jack Pierce · 1 ep
The Road Killers
Movie · as Tom
Winnetka Road
TV · as Jack Passion · 6 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 2 eps
Finish Line
Movie · as Glenn Shrevelow
The Young Riders
TV · as Wild Bill Hickok · 68 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Prison for Children
Movie · as Boise
21 Jump Street
TV · as Taylor Rolator · 1 ep
Private Eye
TV · as Johnny Betts · 12 eps
Thrashin'
Movie · as Corey Webster
The Goonies
Movie · as Brand
The Making Of The Goonies
Movie · as Self
Highway to Heaven
TV · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps