Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 12, 1968
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
138 titles
Josh 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
Filmography
Dune: Part Three
Gurney Halleck
Whalefall
Mitt Gardiner
The Dog Stars
Bangley
Horse Power
Narrator
Breakdown: 1975
Self
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Mons. Jefferson Wicks
The American Revolution
George Washington (voice)
The Running Man
Dan Killian
Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford
Narrator (voice)
Weapons
Archer
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
Narrator
Brothers
Moke Munger
Dune: Part Two
Gurney Halleck
N-Men: The Untold Story
John O’Shei
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
Narrator
George & Tammy
Executive Producer
Outer Range
Royal Abbott
Dune
Gurney Halleck
Flag Day
Uncle Beck
What If...?
Thanos (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
Reunited Apart
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Tony Alva Story
Self
Avengers: Endgame
Thanos
Once Upon a Deadpool
Cable
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Matt Graver
Deadpool 2
Cable
Avengers: Infinity War
Thanos
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
Buck Ferguson
Only the Brave
Eric Marsh
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
Narrator (voice)
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
Narrator (voice)
Ride with Norman Reedus
Self
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Hail, Caesar!
Eddie Mannix
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
(archive footage)
Sicario
Matt Graver
Everest
Beck Weathers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Chryskylodon Blues
Self
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thanos (uncredited)
Hot Ones
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Inherent Vice
Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Dwight