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