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.
Born: 12 February 1968
Played In
Dune: Part Three
Gurney Halleck
Whalefall
Mitt Gardiner
The Dog Stars
Bangley
Horse Power
Narrator
Breakdown: 1975
Self
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Mons. Jefferson Wicks
The American Revolution
George Washington (voice)
The Running Man
Dan Killian
Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford
Narrator (voice)
Weapons
Archer
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
Narrator
Brothers
Moke Munger
Dune: Part Two
Gurney Halleck
N-Men: The Untold Story
John O’Shei
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
Narrator
Outer Range
Royal Abbott
Dune
Gurney Halleck
Flag Day
Uncle Beck
What If...?
Thanos (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
Reunited Apart
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Tony Alva Story
Self
Avengers: Endgame
Thanos
Once Upon a Deadpool
Cable
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Matt Graver
Deadpool 2
Cable
Avengers: Infinity War
Thanos
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
Buck Ferguson
Only the Brave
Eric Marsh
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
Narrator (voice)
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
Narrator (voice)
Ride with Norman Reedus
Self
Hail, Caesar!
Eddie Mannix
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
(archive footage)
Sicario
Matt Graver
Everest
Beck Weathers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Chryskylodon Blues
Self
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thanos (uncredited)
Hot Ones
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Inherent Vice
Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Dwight
Guardians of the Galaxy
Thanos (uncredited)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Labor Day
Frank
Oldboy
Joe Doucett
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
Self - Narrator
Gangster Squad
John O'Mara
Radioman
Self
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
Self - Narrator
Untamed Americas
Narrator
Men in Black 3
Young Agent K
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Self
Blackout
Terrance Danfield
True Grit
Tom Chaney
Conan
Self - Guest
The Women of SNL
Various (archive footage)
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Roy
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Bretton James
The Tillman Story
Narrator (voice)
Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex
The People Speak
Self
Women in Trouble
Nick Chapel
30 for 30
Narrator (voice)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Bar Guy (archive footage)
Milk
Dan White
W.
George W. Bush
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
Self
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
Self
Stand Up to Cancer
Self
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
Self - Llewelyn Moss
No Country for Old Men
Llewelyn Moss
American Gangster
Detective Trupo
To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "World cinema")
In the Valley of Elah
Chief Buchwald
Chelsea Lately
Self (archive footage)
Planet Terror
Dr. William Block
Grindhouse
Block (segment "Planet Terror")
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
The Dead Girl
Tarlow
Into the Blue
Bates
Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'
Self
Into the West
Jedediah Smith
Melinda and Melinda
Greg
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Gary
Mister Sterling
Bill Sterling
Coastlines
Dave Lockhart
Lorraine
Self
Slow Burn
Duster
Hollow Man
Matthew Kensington
Picnic
Hal Carter
All the Rage
Tennel
Best Laid Plans
Bryce
The Mod Squad
Billy Waites
My Brother's War
Pete
Mimic
Josh
The View
Self
Nightwatch
James Gallman
Gang in Blue
Keith DeBruler
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Flirting with Disaster
Tony Kent
Bed of Roses
Danny
The Outer Limits
Jack Pierce
The Road Killers
Tom
Winnetka Road
Jack Passion
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Young Riders
Wild Bill Hickok
Finish Line
Glenn Shrevelow
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Private Eye
Johnny Betts
21 Jump Street
Taylor Rolator
Prison for Children
Boise
Thrashin'
Corey Webster
The Goonies
Brand
The Making Of The Goonies
Self
Highway to Heaven
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Oscars
Self
Sicario: Capos
Matt Graver
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Self