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.
134 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 134
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Conan
2010
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Hot Ones
2015
Avengers: Endgame
2019
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
21 Jump Street
1987
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
What If...?
2021
The Outer Limits
1995
Dune
2021
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Dune: Part Two
2024
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Highway to Heaven
1984
Weapons
2025
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
The Running Man
2025
No Country for Old Men
2007
The Oscars
1953
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
Chelsea Lately
2007
Deadpool 2
2018
Outer Range
2022
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
30 for 30
2009
Sicario
2015
The Young Riders
1989
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
The Goonies
1985
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
Reunited Apart
2020
Men in Black 3
2012
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
Dune: Part Three
2026
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Hollow Man
2000
The American Revolution
2025
American Gangster
2007
Oldboy
2013
True Grit
2010
Into the West
2005
Ride with Norman Reedus
2016
Only the Brave
2017
Everest
2015
Into the Blue
2005
Planet Terror
2007
Inherent Vice
2014
The Dog Stars
2026
Mister Sterling
2003
Mimic
1997
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
2012
Hail, Caesar!
2016
Grindhouse
2007
Gangster Squad
2013
Labor Day
2013
Milk
2008
Brothers
2024
Jonah Hex
2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
Lorraine
2001
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Private Eye
1987
W.
2008
Stand Up to Cancer
2008
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
In the Valley of Elah
2007
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Thrashin'
1986
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
Winnetka Road
1994
Untamed Americas
2012
Nightwatch
1997
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
Flirting with Disaster
1996
Radioman
2012
The Dead Girl
2006
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
2020
Bed of Roses
1996
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
The Tillman Story
2010
Blackout
2011
Whalefall
2026
Flag Day
2021
Melinda and Melinda
2004
The Women of SNL
2010
Women in Trouble
2009
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
2018
Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford
2025
The Mod Squad
1999
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
All the Rage
1999
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
Best Laid Plans
1999
Picnic
2000
Slow Burn
2000
Coastlines
2002
The Road Killers
1994
The People Speak
2009
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
2011
The Making Of The Goonies
1985
Gang in Blue
1996
Milwaukee, Minnesota
2003
My Brother's War
1997
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
2016
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
2008
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
2025
Finish Line
1989
Prison for Children
1987
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
2016
Sicario: Capos
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Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'
2005
Chryskylodon Blues
2015
N-Men: The Untold Story
2023
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
2023
The Tony Alva Story
2019
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
2024
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
2013
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
2016
Horse Power
2026