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 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.
Filmography (45)
The Dog Stars
Weapons
The Running Man
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Dune: Part Two
Brothers
Dune
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War
Deadpool 2
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Once Upon a Deadpool
Only the Brave
Hail, Caesar!
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Everest
Sicario
Guardians of the Galaxy
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Inherent Vice
Oldboy
Gangster Squad
Labor Day
Men in Black 3
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
True Grit
Jonah Hex
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Milk
W.
No Country for Old Men
American Gangster
Planet Terror
In the Valley of Elah
Grindhouse
The Dead Girl
Into the Blue
Hollow Man
The Mod Squad
Mimic
Nightwatch
Bed of Roses
Flirting with Disaster
Thrashin'
