Josh Brolin
Known for Acting · 134 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 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
21 Jump Street
1987
as Taylor Rolator
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
What If...?
2021
as Thanos (voice)
The Outer Limits
1995
as Jack Pierce
Highway to Heaven
1984
Chelsea Lately
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Outer Range
2022
as Royal Abbott
30 for 30
2009
as Narrator (voice)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
as Self - Guest
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
The Young Riders
1989
as Wild Bill Hickok
Reunited Apart
2020
as Self
The American Revolution
2025
as George Washington (voice)
Ride with Norman Reedus
2016
as Self
Into the West
2005
as Jedediah Smith
Mister Sterling
2003
as Bill Sterling
Lorraine
2001
as Self
Stand Up to Cancer
2008
as Self
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
2012
as Self - Narrator
Private Eye
1987
as Johnny Betts
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
2020
Winnetka Road
1994
as Jack Passion
Blackout
2011
as Terrance Danfield
Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Untamed Americas
2012
as Narrator
Movies (91)
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Thanos
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Thanos
Dune
2021
as Gurney Halleck
Weapons
2025
as Archer
The Running Man
2025
as Dan Killian
Dune: Part Two
2024
as Gurney Halleck
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
as Thanos (uncredited)
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Llewelyn Moss
Deadpool 2
2018
as Cable
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Mons. Jefferson Wicks
Sicario
2015
as Matt Graver
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
as Matt Graver
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
as Thanos (uncredited)
The Goonies
1985
as Brand
Oldboy
2013
as Joe Doucett
American Gangster
2007
as Detective Trupo
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Dwight
Dune: Part Three
2026
as Gurney Halleck
Hollow Man
2000
as Matthew Kensington
Men in Black 3
2012
as Young Agent K
True Grit
2010
as Tom Chaney
Planet Terror
2007
as Dr. William Block
Everest
2015
as Beck Weathers
Inherent Vice
2014
as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Only the Brave
2017
as Eric Marsh
Hail, Caesar!
2016
as Eddie Mannix
Gangster Squad
2013
as John O'Mara
Into the Blue
2005
as Bates
Grindhouse
2007
as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
The Dog Stars
2026
as Bangley
Labor Day
2013
as Frank
Mimic
1997
as Josh
Jonah Hex
2010
as Jonah Hex
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
as Cable
Milk
2008
as Dan White
Brothers
2024
as Moke Munger
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
as Bretton James
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as (segment "World cinema")
Radioman
2012
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
as Bar Guy (archive footage)
W.
2008
as George W. Bush
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Chief Buchwald
Picnic
2000
as Hal Carter
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Thrashin'
1986
as Corey Webster
Nightwatch
1997
as James Gallman
Flirting with Disaster
1996
as Tony Kent
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Roy
Bed of Roses
1996
as Danny
Melinda and Melinda
2004
as Greg
The Dead Girl
2006
as Tarlow
The People Speak
2009
as Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
Flag Day
2021
as Uncle Beck
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self
Coastlines
2002
as Dave Lockhart
The Women of SNL
2010
as Various (archive footage)
Whalefall
2026
as Mitt Gardiner
Best Laid Plans
1999
as Bryce
Women in Trouble
2009
as Nick Chapel
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
2018
as Buck Ferguson
Milwaukee, Minnesota
2003
as Gary
The Road Killers
1994
as Tom
All the Rage
1999
as Tennel
The Mod Squad
1999
as Billy Waites
Sicario: Capos
as Matt Graver
The Tillman Story
2010
as Narrator (voice)
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
as Self
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
as Self
Slow Burn
2000
as Duster
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
2025
as Self
Finish Line
1989
as Glenn Shrevelow
The Making Of The Goonies
1985
as Self
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
2011
as Self
The Tony Alva Story
2019
as Self
Gang in Blue
1996
as Keith DeBruler
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
2008
as Self - Llewelyn Moss
My Brother's War
1997
as Pete
Prison for Children
1987
as Boise
Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'
2005
as Self
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
2008
as Self
Chryskylodon Blues
2015
as Self
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
2016
as (archive footage)
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
2023
as Narrator
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
2013
as Self - Narrator
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
2024
as Narrator
N-Men: The Untold Story
2023
as John O’Shei
Horse Power
2026
as Narrator
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 134 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Josh Brolin has appeared in 91 films and 43 TV shows.
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Most Popular Josh Brolin Movies
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — as Thanos
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) — as Thanos
- Dune (2021) — as Gurney Halleck
- Weapons (2025) — as Archer
- The Running Man (2025) — as Dan Killian
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