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.
Known for
Lorraine
Self
Weapons
Archer Graff
What If...?
Thanos (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
Avengers: Infinity War
Thanos
30 for 30
Narrator (voice)
21 Jump Street
Taylor Rolator
Dune: Part Two
Gurney Halleck
Dune
Gurney Halleck
Outer Range
Royal Abbott
Highway to Heaven
No Country for Old Men
Llewelyn Moss
Avengers: Endgame
Thanos
The Outer Limits
Jack Pierce
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thanos (uncredited)
The Oscars
Self
The Young Riders
Wild Bill Hickok
Deadpool 2
Cable
Into the West
Jedediah Smith
Sicario
Matt Graver
Guardians of the Galaxy
Thanos (uncredited)
Men in Black 3
Young Agent K
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
Self - Narrator
Brothers
Moke Munger
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Matt Graver
The Goonies
Brand
Chelsea Lately
Self (archive footage)
American Gangster
Detective Trupo
True Grit
Tom Chaney
Everest
Beck Weathers
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Dwight
Only the Brave
Eric Marsh
Private Eye
Johnny Betts
Oldboy
Joe Doucett
Inherent Vice
Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Hollow Man
Matthew Kensington
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Bretton James
Into the Blue
Bates
Labor Day
Frank
Planet Terror
Dr. William Block
The Running Man
Dan Killian
Once Upon a Deadpool
Cable
Untamed Americas
Narrator
Hail, Caesar!
Eddie Mannix
Mister Sterling
Bill Sterling
Gangster Squad
John O'Mara
Mimic
Josh
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Msgr. Jefferson Wicks
Milk
Dan White
Grindhouse
Block (segment "Planet Terror")
Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
In the Valley of Elah
Chief Buchwald
W.
George W. Bush
Thrashin'
Corey Webster
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
Stand Up to Cancer
Self
Nightwatch
James Gallman
To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "World cinema")
The Dead Girl
Tarlow
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Self
Melinda and Melinda
Greg
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Roy
Radioman
Self
The Dog Stars
Bangley
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
Flag Day
Uncle Beck
Flirting with Disaster
Tony Kent
World Cinema
Cowboy
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
Whalefall
Mitt Gardiner
The Mod Squad
Billy Waites
Prison for Children
Boise
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Bar Guy (archive footage)
Winnetka Road
Jack Passion
The People Speak
Self
Women in Trouble
Nick Chapel
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
Buck Ferguson
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Self
The Road Killers
Tom
Bed of Roses
Danny
Gang in Blue
Keith DeBruler
Best Laid Plans
Bryce
Blackout
Terrance Danfield
Slow Burn
Duster
Picnic
Hal Carter
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
Narrator (voice)
Coastlines
Dave Lockhart
The Tony Alva Story
Self
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
Narrator
It's the Rage
Tennel
The Women of SNL
Various (archive footage)
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
Narrator (voice)
The Tillman Story
Narrator (voice)
My Brother's War
Pete
The Making of 'The Goonies'
Self
Diary of a Country Sheriff
Self
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
Narrator
N-Men: The Untold Story
John O’Shei
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
Self - Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Gary
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
Self
Finish Line
Glenn Shrevelow
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Chryskylodon Blues
Self
Late Show with David Letterman
Conan
Self
Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'
Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
Self
The View
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Hot Ones
Self
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Reunited Apart
Self