Josh Brolin
Acting
Born: February 12, 1968 (age 58) · Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Highest Rated
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
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
Avengers: Endgame
2019
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
Deadpool 2
2018
Dune
2021
No Country for Old Men
2007
Men in Black 3
2012
Sicario
2015
Dune: Part Two
2024
The Goonies
1985
American Gangster
2007
Photos (14)
Movies (70)
The Dog Stars
Bangley
Avengers: Infinity War
Thanos
Avengers: Endgame
Thanos
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thanos (uncredited)
Dune: Part Two
Gurney Halleck
Dune
Gurney Halleck
Deadpool 2
Cable
The Running Man
Dan Killian
Weapons
Archer
No Country for Old Men
Llewelyn Moss
Sicario
Matt Graver
Guardians of the Galaxy
Thanos (uncredited)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Matt Graver
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Mons. Jefferson Wicks
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Dwight
American Gangster
Detective Trupo
The Goonies
Brand
True Grit
Tom Chaney
Men in Black 3
Young Agent K
Only the Brave
Eric Marsh
Oldboy
Joe Doucett
Everest
Beck Weathers
Hollow Man
Matthew Kensington
Inherent Vice
Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Once Upon a Deadpool
Cable
Labor Day
Frank
Hail, Caesar!
Eddie Mannix
Planet Terror
Dr. William Block
Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex
Into the Blue
Bates
Brothers
Moke Munger
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Bretton James
Gangster Squad
John O'Mara
Milk
Dan White
In the Valley of Elah
Chief Buchwald
Mimic
Josh
Grindhouse
Block (segment "Planet Terror")
Nightwatch
James
The Dead Girl
Tarlow
Thrashin'
Corey Webster
W.
George W. Bush
Flirting with Disaster
Tony Kent
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Roy
Flag Day
Uncle Beck
To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "World cinema")
The Mod Squad
Billy Waites
Melinda and Melinda
Greg
Bed of Roses
Danny
The Road Killers
Tom
Women in Trouble
Nick Chapel
All the Rage
Tennel
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
Buck Ferguson
Best Laid Plans
Bryce
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Bar Guy (archive footage)
Slow Burn
Duster
The Tillman Story
Narrator (voice)
My Brother's War
Pete
Gang in Blue
Keith DeBruler
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
Narrator (voice)
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
(archive footage)
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
Narrator
The Women of SNL
Various (archive footage)
Horse Power
Narrator
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Gary
Finish Line
Glenn Shrevelow
Picnic
Hal Carter
Coastlines
Dave Lockhart
N-Men: The Untold Story
John O’Shei
Prison for Children
Boise
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
Narrator
TV Shows (18)
What If...?
Thanos (voice) · 3 eps
21 Jump Street
Taylor Rolator · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Jack Pierce · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited) · 17 eps
30 for 30
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Outer Range
Royal Abbott · 15 eps
The Young Riders
Wild Bill Hickok · 68 eps
The American Revolution
George Washington (voice) · 6 eps
Into the West
Jedediah Smith · 6 eps
Mister Sterling
Bill Sterling · 10 eps
Private Eye
Johnny Betts · 12 eps
Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Untamed Americas
Narrator · 4 eps
Winnetka Road
Jack Passion · 6 eps
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
1 eps
Blackout
Terrance Danfield · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (43)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 7 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 2 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 3 eps
Conan
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 7 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Hot Ones
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Chelsea Lately
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Lorraine
Self · 1 eps
Ride with Norman Reedus
Self · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Reunited Apart
Self · 1 eps
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
Self - Narrator · 12 eps
Breakdown: 1975
Self
Radioman
Self
Stand Up to Cancer
Self · 1 eps
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
The People Speak
Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
Self
Chryskylodon Blues
Self
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Self
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Self
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
Self - Llewelyn Moss
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
Self - Narrator
The Making Of The Goonies
Self
The Tony Alva Story
Self
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Self
Upcoming (4)
Directing (2)
Producing (6)
Weapons
Executive Producer
Outer Range
Executive Producer
Brothers
Producer
George & Tammy
Executive Producer
The People Speak
Executive Producer
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Producer