
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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