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.
Movies
Oldboy
2013
as Joe Doucett
Gangster Squad
2013
as John O'Mara
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Bill Sterling
Jonah Hex
2010
as Jonah Hex
W.
2008
as George W. Bush
The Goonies
1985
as Brand
Labor Day
2013
as Frank
Will Penny
1967
as Wild Bill Hickok
Nightwatch
1997
as James Gallman
Men in Black 3
2012
as Young Agent K
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
as Bretton James
Milk
2008
as Dan White
Hollow Man
2000
as Matthew Kensington
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Llewelyn Moss
American Gangster
2007
as Detective Trupo
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Dwight
True Grit
2010
as Tom Chaney
Planet Terror
2007
as Dr. William Block
Into the Blue
2005
as Bates
Mimic
1997
as Josh
In the Valley of Elah
2007
as Chief Buchwald
Flirting with Disaster
1996
as Tony Kent
Melinda and Melinda
2004
as Greg