Josh Brolin
Known for Acting · 135 credits
- Born
- 1968-02-12 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (43)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The View
1997
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
What If...?
2021
as Thanos (voice)
21 Jump Street
1987
as Taylor Rolator
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Outer Limits
1995
as Jack Pierce
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Chelsea Lately
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
as Self - Guest
30 for 30
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Lorraine
2001
as Self
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ride with Norman Reedus
2016
as Self
Outer Range
2022
as Royal Abbott
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
The Young Riders
1989
as Wild Bill Hickok
Into the West
2005
as Jedediah Smith
Reunited Apart
2020
as Self
The American Revolution
2025
as George Washington (voice)
Mister Sterling
2003
as Bill Sterling
Private Eye
1987
as Johnny Betts
Stand Up to Cancer
2008
as Self
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
2012
as Self - Narrator
Winnetka Road
1994
as Jack Passion
Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
2020
Blackout
2011
as Terrance Danfield
Untamed Americas
2012
as Narrator
Movies (92)
Dune
2021
as Gurney Halleck
Dune: Part Two
2024
as Gurney Halleck
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Thanos
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
as Thanos (uncredited)
The Running Man
2025
as Dan Killian
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Thanos
Dune: Part Three
2026
as Gurney Halleck
The Dog Stars
2026
as Bangley
Deadpool 2
2018
as Cable
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Mons. Jefferson Wicks
Weapons
2025
as Archer
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Llewelyn Moss
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
as Thanos (uncredited)
Sicario
2015
as Matt Graver
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
as Matt Graver
Flag Day
2021
as Uncle Beck
American Gangster
2007
as Detective Trupo
Only the Brave
2017
as Eric Marsh
Hollow Man
2000
as Matthew Kensington
Everest
2015
as Beck Weathers
Oldboy
2013
as Joe Doucett
Men in Black 3
2012
as Young Agent K
Grindhouse
2007
as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
Labor Day
2013
as Frank
The Goonies
1985
as Brand
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Dwight
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
as Cable
Inherent Vice
2014
as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Hail, Caesar!
2016
as Eddie Mannix
Gangster Squad
2013
as John O'Mara
True Grit
2010
as Tom Chaney
Milk
2008
as Dan White
Planet Terror
2007
as Dr. William Block
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Chief Buchwald
Into the Blue
2005
as Bates
Mimic
1997
as Josh
Whalefall
2026
as Mitt Gardiner
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
as Bretton James
Radioman
2012
as Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
Sicario: Capos
as Matt Graver
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self
Thrashin'
1986
as Corey Webster
The Women of SNL
2010
as Various (archive footage)
Brothers
2024
as Moke Munger
Jonah Hex
2010
as Jonah Hex
Nightwatch
1997
as James Gallman
The Mod Squad
1999
as Billy Waites
The Road Killers
1994
as Tom
The People Speak
2009
as Self
Melinda and Melinda
2004
as Greg
Flirting with Disaster
1996
as Tony Kent
Chryskylodon Blues
2015
as Self
The Making Of The Goonies
1985
as Self
W.
2008
as George W. Bush
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
as Self
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Roy
The Dead Girl
2006
as Tarlow
Slow Burn
2000
as Duster
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
All the Rage
1999
as Tennel
Finish Line
1989
as Glenn Shrevelow
Coastlines
2002
as Dave Lockhart
Women in Trouble
2009
as Nick Chapel
Horse Power
2026
as Narrator
Prison for Children
1987
as Boise
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
as Self
Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'
2005
as Self
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Bed of Roses
1996
as Danny
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
2024
as Narrator
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as (segment "World cinema")
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
2011
as Self
Best Laid Plans
1999
as Bryce
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
as Bar Guy (archive footage)
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
2016
as (archive footage)
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
2013
as Self - Narrator
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
2018
as Buck Ferguson
Gang in Blue
1996
as Keith DeBruler
The Tillman Story
2010
as Narrator (voice)
My Brother's War
1997
as Pete
Milwaukee, Minnesota
2003
as Gary
The Tony Alva Story
2019
as Self
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
2025
as Self
Picnic
2000
as Hal Carter
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
as Self
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
2008
as Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
2008
as Self - Llewelyn Moss
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
2023
as Narrator
N-Men: The Untold Story
2023
as John O’Shei
About Josh 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… With 135 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Josh Brolin has appeared in 92 films and 43 TV shows.
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Most Popular Josh Brolin Movies
- Dune (2021) — as Gurney Halleck
- Dune: Part Two (2024) — as Gurney Halleck
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — as Thanos
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) — as Thanos (uncredited)
- The Running Man (2025) — as Dan Killian
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