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
- 2024 · Brothers as Moke Munger
- 2024 · Dune: Part Two as Gurney Halleck
- 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 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show 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
- 2017 · Only the Brave as Eric Marsh
- 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 · 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 · Gangster Squad as John O'Mara
- 2012 · Men in Black 3 as Young Agent K
- 2010 · True Grit as Tom Chaney
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Bretton James
- 2010 · Jonah Hex as Jonah Hex
- 2009 · 30 for 30 as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · American Gangster as Detective Trupo
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Llewelyn Moss
- 2007 · Planet Terror as Dr. William Block
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2005 · Into the Blue as Bates
- 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
- 2000 · Hollow Man as Matthew Kensington
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 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
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · 21 Jump Street as Taylor Rolator
- 1985 · The Goonies as Brand Walsh
- 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 · Sicario: Capos as Matt Graver
- 2026 · Weapons as
- 2025 · The Running Man as
- 2023 · N-Men: The Untold Story as John O’Shei
- 2023 · Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear as Narrator
- 2021 · Flag Day as Uncle Beck
- 2020 · Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self
- 2020 · Russo Bros. Pizza Film School as
- 2019 · The Tony Alva Story as Self
- 2018 · Asesinato en El Hormiguero Express as Josh Brolin
- 2018 · Asesinato en El Hormiguero Express as
- 2018 · The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter as Buck Ferguson
- 2016 · Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Chryskylodon Blues as Self
- 2013 · Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau as Self - Narrator
- 2012 · Radioman as Self
- 2012 · Mankind: The Story of All of Us as Self - Narrator
- 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
- 2010 · The Tillman Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · The People Speak as Self
- 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
- 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
- 2007 · To Each His Own Cinema as (segment "World cinema")
- 2007 · In the Valley of Elah as Chief Buchwald
- 2007 · World Cinema as cowboy
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Tarlow
- 2004 · Melinda and Melinda as Greg
- 2003 · Milwaukee, Minnesota as Gary
- 2003 · Mister Sterling as Bill Sterling
- 2002 · Coastlines as Dave Lockhart
- 2000 · Slow Burn as Duster
- 1999 · It's the Rage as Tennel
- 1999 · Best Laid Plans as Bryce
- 1997 · Mimic as Josh
- Future · Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as
- 2000 · Picnic as Hal Carter
- 1999 · The Mod Squad as Billy Waites
- 1997 · My Brother's War as Pete
- 1997 · Nightwatch as James Gallman
- 1996 · Gang in Blue as Keith DeBruler
- 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
- 1989 · Finish Line as Glenn Shrevelow
- 1987 · Private Eye as Johnny Betts
- 1987 · Prison for Children as Boise
- 1986 · Thrashin' as Corey Webster
- 1985 · The Making of 'The Goonies' as Self
- 1985 · Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough as Brand
- Future · Nevermind as Zoogoer (uncredited)