Josh Brolin
ActingAlso Known As
Josh J. Brolin, Josh James 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.
Movies
(90 total)
Avengers: Infinity War
as Thanos
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Thanos (uncredited)
Avengers: Endgame
as Thanos
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Thanos (uncredited)
Deadpool 2
as Cable
Dune
as Gurney Halleck
No Country for Old Men
as Llewelyn Moss
Men in Black 3
as Young Agent K
Sicario
as Matt Graver
Dune: Part Two
as Gurney Halleck
The Goonies
as Brand
American Gangster
as Detective Trupo
True Grit
as Tom Chaney
Everest
as Beck Weathers
Gangster Squad
as John O'Mara
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
as Dwight
Hail, Caesar!
as Eddie Mannix
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Matt Graver
Planet Terror
as Dr. William Block
Weapons
as Archer
TV Shows
(43 total)
What If...?
as Thanos (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Outer Range
as Royal Abbott
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
Conan
as Self - Guest
The Outer Limits
as Jack Pierce
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
21 Jump Street
as Taylor Rolator
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The View
as Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest