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