Acting
Josh Brolin
Born 1968-02-12
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Josh Brolin
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Avengers: Infinity War
2018
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Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
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Avengers: Endgame
2019
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
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Deadpool 2
2018
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Dune
2021
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No Country for Old Men
2007
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Men in Black 3
2012
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Sicario
2015
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Dune: Part Two
2024
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (147 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dune: Part Three | Gurney Halleck | Movie | 2026 |
 | Whalefall | Mitt Gardiner | Movie | 2026 |
 | The Dog Stars | Bangley | Movie | 2026 |
 | Horse Power | Narrator | Movie | 2026 |
 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Mons. Jefferson Wicks | Movie | 2025 |
 | The American Revolution | George Washington (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
 | The Running Man | Dan Killian | Movie | 2025 |
 | Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Weapons | Archer | Movie | 2025 |
| Weapons | Executive Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2025 |
 | Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross | Narrator | Movie | 2024 |
 | Brothers | Moke Munger | Movie | 2024 |
| Brothers | Producer | Movie | 2024 |
 | Dune: Part Two | Gurney Halleck | Movie | 2024 |
 | N-Men: The Untold Story | John O’Shei | Movie | 2023 |
 | Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear | Narrator | Movie | 2023 |
 | George & Tammy | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Outer Range | Royal Abbott | TV Series | 2022 |
| Outer Range | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
| Outer Range | Director | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Dune | Gurney Halleck | Movie | 2021 |
 | Flag Day | Uncle Beck | Movie | 2021 |
 | What If...? | Thanos (voice) | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Marvel Studios Legends | Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited) | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | Russo Bros. Pizza Film School | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Reunited Apart | Self | TV Series | 2020 |
 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Tony Alva Story | Self | Movie | 2019 |
 | Avengers: Endgame | Thanos | Movie | 2019 |
 | Once Upon a Deadpool | Cable | Movie | 2018 |
 | Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Matt Graver | Movie | 2018 |
 | Deadpool 2 | Cable | Movie | 2018 |
 | Avengers: Infinity War | Thanos | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter | Buck Ferguson | Movie | 2018 |
 | Only the Brave | Eric Marsh | Movie | 2017 |
| Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2016 | |
 | Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2016 |
 | Ride with Norman Reedus | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Hail, Caesar! | Eddie Mannix | Movie | 2016 |
 | Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario | (archive footage) | Movie | 2016 |
 | Sicario | Matt Graver | Movie | 2015 |
 | Everest | Beck Weathers | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Chryskylodon Blues | Self | Movie | 2015 |
 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Thanos (uncredited) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Hot Ones | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Inherent Vice | Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen | Movie | 2014 |
 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Dwight | Movie | 2014 |
 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Thanos (uncredited) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Labor Day | Frank | Movie | 2013 |
 | Oldboy | Joe Doucett | Movie | 2013 |
 | Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau | Self - Narrator | Movie | 2013 |
 | Gangster Squad | John O'Mara | Movie | 2013 |
 | Radioman | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | Mankind: The Story of All of Us | Self - Narrator | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Untamed Americas | Narrator | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Men in Black 3 | Young Agent K | Movie | 2012 |
 | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' | Self | Movie | 2011 |
| Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' | Thanks | Movie | 2011 |
 | Blackout | Terrance Danfield | TV Series | 2011 |
 | True Grit | Tom Chaney | Movie | 2010 |
 | Conan | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2010 |
 | The Women of SNL | Various (archive footage) | Movie | 2010 |
 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Roy | Movie | 2010 |
 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Bretton James | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Tillman Story | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2010 |
 | Jonah Hex | Jonah Hex | Movie | 2010 |
 | The People Speak | Self | Movie | 2009 |
| The People Speak | Executive Producer | Movie | 2009 |
 | Women in Trouble | Nick Chapel | Movie | 2009 |
 | 30 for 30 | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler | Bar Guy (archive footage) | Movie | 2009 |
 | Milk | Dan White | Movie | 2008 |
 | W. | George W. Bush | Movie | 2008 |
 | Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' | Self | Movie | 2008 |
 | Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX | Self | Movie | 2008 |
 | Stand Up to Cancer | Self | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary | Self | Movie | 2008 |
| Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary | Director | Movie | 2008 |
| Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary | Producer | Movie | 2008 |
| Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary | Editor | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' | Self - Llewelyn Moss | Movie | 2008 |
 | No Country for Old Men | Llewelyn Moss | Movie | 2007 |
 | American Gangster | Detective Trupo | Movie | 2007 |
 | To Each His Own Cinema | (segment "World cinema") | Movie | 2007 |
 | In the Valley of Elah | Chief Buchwald | Movie | 2007 |
 | Chelsea Lately | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Planet Terror | Dr. William Block | Movie | 2007 |
 | Grindhouse | Block (segment "Planet Terror") | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2007 |
 | The Dead Girl | Tarlow | Movie | 2006 |
 | Into the Blue | Bates | Movie | 2005 |
| Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue' | Self | Movie | 2005 | |
 | Into the West | Jedediah Smith | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Melinda and Melinda | Greg | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Milwaukee, Minnesota | Gary | Movie | 2003 |
 | Mister Sterling | Bill Sterling | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Coastlines | Dave Lockhart | Movie | 2002 |
 | Lorraine | Self | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Slow Burn | Duster | Movie | 2000 |
 | Hollow Man | Matthew Kensington | Movie | 2000 |
 | It's the Rage | Tennel | Movie | 2000 |
 | Picnic | Hal Carter | Movie | 2000 |
 | Best Laid Plans | Bryce | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Mod Squad | Billy Waites | Movie | 1999 |
 | My Brother's War | Pete | Movie | 1997 |
 | Mimic | Josh | Movie | 1997 |
 | The View | Self | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Nightwatch | James | Movie | 1997 |
 | Gang in Blue | Keith DeBruler | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Daily Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Flirting with Disaster | Tony Kent | Movie | 1996 |
 | Bed of Roses | Danny | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Outer Limits | Jack Pierce | TV Series | 1995 |
 | The Road Killers | Tom | Movie | 1994 |
 | Winnetka Road | Jack Passion | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1993 |
 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The Young Riders | Wild Bill Hickok | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Finish Line | Glenn Shrevelow | Movie | 1989 |
 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Private Eye | Johnny Betts | TV Series | 1987 |
 | 21 Jump Street | Taylor Rolator | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Prison for Children | Boise | Movie | 1987 |
 | Thrashin' | Corey Webster | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Goonies | Brand | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Making Of The Goonies | Self | Movie | 1985 |
 | Highway to Heaven | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV Series | 1975 |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Fleshing Out the Hollow Man | Self | Movie | — |
 | Mister | Producer | Movie | — |