
Cast
Josh Brolin
Acting
Cast
Josh Brolin
Known for
Acting
Born
1968-02-12
From
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Josh J. Brolin, Josh James Brolin, Joshua Brolin
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.

Avengers: Infinity War
as Thanos

Avengers: Endgame
as Thanos

Dune
as Gurney Halleck

Weapons
as Archer

The Running Man
as Dan Killian

Dune: Part Two
as Gurney Halleck

Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Thanos (uncredited)

No Country for Old Men
as Llewelyn Moss

Deadpool 2
as Cable

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Mons. Jefferson Wicks

Sicario
as Matt Graver

Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Matt Graver

Guardians of the Galaxy
as Thanos (uncredited)

The Goonies
as Brand

Oldboy
as Joe Doucett

American Gangster
as Detective Trupo

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
as Dwight

Dune: Part Three
as Gurney Halleck

Hollow Man
as Matthew Kensington

Men in Black 3
as Young Agent K

True Grit
as Tom Chaney

Planet Terror
as Dr. William Block

Everest
as Beck Weathers

Inherent Vice
as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen

Only the Brave
as Eric Marsh

Hail, Caesar!
as Eddie Mannix

Gangster Squad
as John O'Mara

Into the Blue
as Bates

Grindhouse
as Block (segment "Planet Terror")

The Dog Stars
as Bangley

Labor Day
as Frank

Mimic
as Josh

Jonah Hex
as Jonah Hex

Once Upon a Deadpool
as Cable

Milk
as Dan White

Brothers
as Moke Munger

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Bretton James

To Each His Own Cinema
as (segment "World cinema")

Radioman
as Self

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
as Bar Guy (archive footage)

W.
as George W. Bush

Breakdown: 1975
as Self

In the Valley of Elah
as Chief Buchwald

Picnic
as Hal Carter

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)

Thrashin'
as Corey Webster

Nightwatch
as James Gallman

Flirting with Disaster
as Tony Kent

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Roy

Bed of Roses
as Danny

Melinda and Melinda
as Greg

The Dead Girl
as Tarlow

The People Speak
as Self

Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self

Flag Day
as Uncle Beck

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self

Coastlines
as Dave Lockhart

The Women of SNL
as Various (archive footage)

Whalefall
as Mitt Gardiner

Best Laid Plans
as Bryce

Women in Trouble
as Nick Chapel

The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
as Buck Ferguson

Milwaukee, Minnesota
as Gary

The Road Killers
as Tom

All the Rage
as Tennel

The Mod Squad
as Billy Waites

Sicario: Capos
as Matt Graver

The Tillman Story
as Narrator (voice)

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
as Self

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
as Self

Slow Burn
as Duster

Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
as Self

Finish Line
as Glenn Shrevelow

The Making Of The Goonies
as Self

Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
as Self

The Tony Alva Story
as Self

Gang in Blue
as Keith DeBruler

The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
as Self - Llewelyn Moss

My Brother's War
as Pete

Prison for Children
as Boise

Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'
as Self

Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
as Narrator (voice)

Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
as Narrator (voice)

Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
as Self

Chryskylodon Blues
as Self

Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
as (archive footage)

Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
as Narrator

Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
as Self - Narrator

Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
as Narrator

N-Men: The Untold Story
as John O’Shei

Horse Power
as Narrator