Acting
Josh Brolin
EN, FR cinema · 94 credits
Born
12 February 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Josh J. Brolin · Josh James Brolin · Joshua Brolin
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
Sicario 3
Sicario 3
as Matt Graver
Mister
Producer
The Dog Stars
as Bangley
Whalefall
as Mitt Gardiner
Dune: Part Three
as Gurney Halleck
Horse Power
as Narrator
Weapons
as Archer, Executive Producer
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Mons. Jefferson Wicks
The Running Man
as Dan Killian
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
as Self
Brothers
as Moke Munger, Producer
Dune: Part Two
as Gurney Halleck
Frank Miller: American Genius
as Self (archive footage)
N-Men: The Untold Story
as John O’Shei
Dune
as Gurney Halleck
Flag Day
as Uncle Beck
Avengers: Endgame
as Thanos
Avengers: Infinity War
as Thanos
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
as Buck Ferguson
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Matt Graver
Deadpool 2
as Cable
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Cable
Only the Brave
as Eric Marsh
Hail, Caesar!
as Eddie Mannix
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
2016
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
as Narrator (voice)
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
as Narrator (voice)
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
as (archive footage)
Everest
as Beck Weathers
Sicario
as Matt Graver
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Thanos (uncredited)
Inherent Vice
as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Thanos (uncredited)
Gangster Squad
as John O'Mara
Oldboy
as Joe Doucett
Labor Day
as Frank
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
as Self - Narrator
Men in Black 3
as Young Agent K
Radioman
as Self
Jonah Hex
as Jonah Hex
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Bretton James
The Tillman Story
as Narrator (voice)
True Grit
as Tom Chaney
The Women of SNL
as Various (archive footage)
Women in Trouble
as Nick Chapel
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
as Bar Guy (archive footage)
The People Speak
as Self, Executive Producer
Milk
as Dan White
W.
as George W. Bush
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
as Self, Producer, Editor, Director
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
as Self - Llewelyn Moss
Planet Terror
as Dr. William Block
American Gangster
as Detective Trupo
In the Valley of Elah
as Chief Buchwald
No Country for Old Men
as Llewelyn Moss
Grindhouse
as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
To Each His Own Cinema
as (segment "World cinema")
The Dead Girl
as Tarlow
Into the Blue
as Bates
Coastlines
as Dave Lockhart
It's the Rage
as Tennel
Hollow Man
as Matthew Kensington
Slow Burn
as Duster
Picnic
as Hal Carter
The Mod Squad
as Billy Waites
Best Laid Plans
as Bryce
Nightwatch
as James
Mimic
as Josh
My Brother's War
as Pete
Flirting with Disaster
as Tony Kent
Bed of Roses
as Danny
Gang in Blue
as Keith DeBruler
Finish Line
as Glenn Shrevelow
Prison for Children
as Boise
Thrashin'
as Corey Webster
The Goonies
as Brand
