Josh Brolin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 12 February 1968 · Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Acting 109
- 2026Dune: Part Three as Gurney Halleck
- 2026Whalefall as Mitt Gardiner
- 2026My Darling California as Roland
- 2026Fleshing Out the Hollow Man as Self
- 2026The Dog Stars as Bangley
- 2026Sicario: Capos as Matt Graver
- 2026Horse Power as Narrator
- 2025Breakdown: 1975 as Self
- 2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Mons. Jefferson Wicks
- 2025The Running Man as Dan Killian
- 2025The Infinity Saga as Thanos
- 2025Weapons as Archer
- 2025Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation as Self
- 2025Netflix Tudum 2025 as Self
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross as Narrator
- 2024Brothers as Moke Munger
- 2024Dune: Part Two - An Ensemble for the Ages as Self
- 2024Dune: Part Two as Gurney Halleck
- 2023N-Men: The Untold Story as John O’Shei
- 2023Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear as Narrator
- 2022Josh Brolin & Josh Brolin | Actors on Actors – Full Conversation as Josh Brolin / Josh Brolin
- 2021Dune as Gurney Halleck
- 2021Flag Day as Uncle Beck
- 2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self
- 2019The Tony Alva Story as Self
- 2019Avengers: Endgame as Thanos
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self · 2 episodes
- 2018Once Upon a Deadpool as Cable
- 2018Sicario: Day of the Soldado as Matt Graver
- 2018Deadpool 2 as Cable
- 2018Avengers: Infinity War as Thanos
- 2018The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter as Buck Ferguson
- 2017Only the Brave as Eric Marsh
- 2016Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2016Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross as Narrator (voice)
- 2016Hail, Caesar! as Eddie Mannix
- 2016Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario as (archive footage)
- 2015Sicario as Matt Graver
- 2015Everest as Beck Weathers
- 2015Chryskylodon Blues as Self
- 2015Avengers: Age of Ultron as Thanos (uncredited)
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self · 8 episodes
- 2014Inherent Vice as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
- 2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Dwight
- 2014Guardians of the Galaxy as Thanos (uncredited)
- 2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest · 3 episodes
- 2013Labor Day as Frank
- 2013Oldboy as Joe Doucett
- 2013Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau as Self - Narrator
- 2013Gangster Squad as John O'Mara
- 2012Radioman as Self
- 2012Men in Black 3 as Young Agent K
- 2011Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- 2011Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' as Self
- 2010True Grit as Tom Chaney
- 2010The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
- 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Roy
- 2010Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Bretton James
- 2010The Tillman Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2010Jonah Hex as Jonah Hex
- 2009The People Speak as Self
- 2009Women in Trouble as Nick Chapel
- 2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Bar Guy (archive footage)
- 2008Milk as Dan White
- 2008W. as George W. Bush
- 2008Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' as Self
- 2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX as Self
- 2008Diary of a Country Sheriff as Self
- 2008Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary as Self
- 2008The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' as Self - Llewelyn Moss
- 2007No Country for Old Men as Llewelyn Moss
- 2007American Gangster as Detective Trupo
- 2007To Each His Own Cinema as (segment "World cinema")
- 2007In the Valley of Elah as Chief Buchwald
- 2007World Cinema as Cowboy
- 2007World Cinema as Cowboy
- 2007Grindhouse as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
- 2007Planet Terror as Dr. William Block
- 2006The Dead Girl as Tarlow
- 2005Into the Blue as Bates
- 2005Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue' as Self
- 2004Melinda and Melinda as Greg
- 2003Milwaukee, Minnesota as Gary
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest · 8 episodes
- 2002Coastlines as Dave Lockhart
- 2000Slow Burn as Duster
- 2000Hollow Man as Matthew Kensington
- 2000Picnic as Hal Carter
- 1999All the Rage as Tennel
- 1999Best Laid Plans as Bryce
- 1999The Mod Squad as Billy Waites
- 1997My Brother's War as Pete
- 1997Mimic as Josh
- 1997Nightwatch as James
- 1997The View as Self · 1 episode
- 1996Gang in Blue as Keith DeBruler
- 1996Flirting with Disaster as Tony Kent
- 1996Bed of Roses as Danny
- 1996The Daily Show as Self - Guest · 1 episode
- 1994The Road Killers as Tom
- 1993Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest · 1 episode
- 1989Finish Line as Glenn Shrevelow
- 1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest · 1 episode
- 1987Prison for Children as Boise
- 1986Thrashin' as Corey Webster
- 1985The Goonies as Brand
- 1985The Making Of The Goonies as Self
- 1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host · 1 episode
Production 5
- 2026Mister · producer
- 2025Weapons · executive producer
- 2024Brothers · producer
- 2009The People Speak · executive producer
- 2008Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary · producer
crew 1
- 2011Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' · thanks