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