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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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From Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA

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2025 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

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7.90 Music 1

7.51 Family 1

7.34 Science Fiction 9

7.24 Adventure 13

7.13 Documentary 14

6.84 History 5

6.75 Western 3

6.63 Horror 5

6.45 Action 24

6.29 Comedy 17

6.25 Crime 17

6.12 Mystery 8

5.97 Thriller 23

5.94 Drama 32

5.88 TV Movie 6

5.58 Romance 5

5.00 Fantasy 1