Josh James Brolin (/ˈbroʊlɪn/; 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.
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Primarily2025 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Father Frank
2025 The Running Man as Dan Killian
2025 Weapons as Archer Executive Producer
2025 The Making of 'Dune: Part Two'
2025 Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation as Self
2025 The Dog Stars as Bangley
2025 Whalefall
2025 Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2024 Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross as Narrator
2024 Brothers as Moke Munger Producer
2024 Dune: Part Two as Gurney Halleck
2023 N-Men: The Untold Story as John O’Shei
2023 Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear as Narrator
2021 Dune as Gurney Halleck
2021 Flag Day as Uncle Beck
2020 Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self
2019 The Tony Alva Story as Self
2019 Avengers: Endgame as Thanos
2018 Once Upon a Deadpool as Cable
2018 Sicario: Day of the Soldado as Matt Graver
2018 Deadpool 2 as Cable
2018 Avengers: Infinity War as Thanos
2018 The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter as Buck Ferguson
2017 Only the Brave as Eric Marsh
2016 Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story as Narrator (voice)
2016 Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross as Narrator (voice)
2016 Hail, Caesar! as Eddie Mannix
2015 Sicario as Matt Graver
2015 Everest as Beck Weathers
2015 Chryskylodon Blues as Self
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron as Thanos (uncredited)
2014 Inherent Vice as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Dwight
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy as Thanos (uncredited)
2013 Labor Day as Frank
2013 Oldboy as Joe Doucett
2013 Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau as Self - Narrator
2013 Gangster Squad as John O'Mara
2012 Radioman as Self
2012 Men in Black 3 as Young Agent K
2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
2011 Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' as Self
2010 True Grit as Tom Chaney
2010 The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Roy
2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Bretton James
2010 The Tillman Story as Narrator (voice)
2010 Jonah Hex as Jonah Hex
2009 The People Speak as Self Executive Producer
2009 Women in Trouble as Nick Chapel
2009 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Bar Guy (archive footage)
2008 Milk as Dan White
2008 W. as George W. Bush
2008 Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX as Self
2008 Diary of a Country Sheriff as Self
2008 No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self Director, Editor, Producer
2008 The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' as Self
2007 No Country for Old Men as Llewelyn Moss
2007 American Gangster as Detective Trupo
2007 To Each His Own Cinema as (segment "World cinema")
2007 In the Valley of Elah as Chief Buchwald
2007 World Cinema
2007 Grindhouse as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
2007 Planet Terror as Dr. William Block
2006 The Dead Girl as Tarlow
2005 Into the Blue as Bates
2005 Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue' as Self
2004 Melinda and Melinda as Greg
2003 Milwaukee, Minnesota as Gary
2002 Coastlines as Dave Lockhart
2000 Slow Burn as Duster
2000 Hollow Man as Matthew Kensington
2000 Picnic as Hal Carter
1999 It's the Rage as Tennel
1999 Best Laid Plans as Bryce
1999 The Mod Squad as Billy Waites
1997 My Brother's War as Pete
1997 Mimic as Josh
1997 Nightwatch as James Gallman
1996 Gang in Blue as Keith DeBruler
1996 Flirting with Disaster as Tony Kent
1996 Bed of Roses as Danny
1994 The Road Killers as Tom
1989 Finish Line as Glenn Shrevelow
1987 Prison for Children as Boise
1986 Thrashin' as Corey Webster
1985 The Goonies as Brand Walsh
1985 The Making of 'The Goonies' as Self