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.
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Movies (95)
Dune: Part Three
2026 · Gurney Halleck
Whalefall
2026 · Mitt Gardiner
La guerra de los últimos
2026 · Bangley
Horse Power
2026 · Narrator
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Self
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025 · Mons. Jefferson Wicks
The Running Man
2025 · Dan Killian
Weapons
2025 · Archer, Executive Producer
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
2025 · Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
2024 · Narrator
Hermanos
2024 · Moke Munger, Producer
Frank Miller: American Genius
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Dune: Part Two
2024 · Gurney Halleck
N-Men: The Untold Story
2023 · John O’Shei
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
2023 · Narrator
Duna
2021 · Gurney Halleck
Flag Day
2021 · Uncle Beck
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 · Self
The Tony Alva Story
2019 · Self
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Thanos
Había una vez un Deadpool
2018 · Cable
Sicario: El Día Del Soldado
2018 · Matt Graver
Deadpool 2
2018 · Cable
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Thanos
De Caza con Papá
2018 · Buck Ferguson
Solo los valientes
2017 · Eric Marsh
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
2016 · Narrator (voice)
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
2016 · Narrator (voice)
¡Salve, César!
2016 · Eddie Mannix
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
2016 · (archive footage)
Sicario: Tierra de nadie
2015 · Matt Graver
Everest
2015 · Beck Weathers
Chryskylodon Blues
2015 · Self
Avengers 2: Era de Ultrón
2015 · Thanos (uncredited)
Vicio propio
2014 · Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Sin City 2: Una Dama Fatal
2014 · Dwight
Guardianes de la galaxia
2014 · Thanos (uncredited)
Aires de Esperanza
2013 · Frank
Oldboy: Días de Venganza
2013 · Joe Doucett
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
2013 · Self - Narrator
Fuerza antigángster
2013 · John O'Mara
Radioman
2012 · Self
Hombres de Negro 3
2012 · Young Agent K
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011 · Self
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
2011 · Self, Thanks
Temple de Acero
2010 · Tom Chaney
The Women of SNL
2010 · Various (archive footage)
Conocerás al hombre de tus sueños
2010 · Roy
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010 · Bretton James
The Tillman Story
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Jonah Hex
2010 · Jonah Hex
The People Speak
2009 · Self, Executive Producer
Women in Trouble
2009 · Nick Chapel
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009 · Bar Guy (archive footage)
Milk: Un hombre, una revolución, una esperanza
2008 · Dan White
W.
2008 · George W. Bush
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
2008 · Self
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008 · Self
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
2008 · Self, Director, Producer, Editor
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
2008 · Self - Llewelyn Moss
Sin lugar para los débiles
2007 · Llewelyn Moss
Gángster Americano
2007 · Detective Trupo
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · (segment "World cinema")
En el valle de las sombras
2007 · Chief Buchwald
Planeta Terror
2007 · Dr. William Block
Grindhouse
2007 · Block (segment "Planet Terror")
The Dead Girl
2006 · Tarlow
Azul extremo
2005 · Bates
Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'
2005 · Self
Melinda y Melinda
2004 · Greg
Milwaukee, Minnesota
2003 · Gary
Coastlines
2002 · Dave Lockhart
Slow Burn
2000 · Duster
El hombre sin sombra
2000 · Matthew Kensington
It's the Rage
2000 · Tennel
Picnic
2000 · Hal Carter
Best Laid Plans
1999 · Bryce
The Mod Squad
1999 · Billy Waites
My Brother's War
1997 · Pete
Mimic
1997 · Josh
Nightwatch
1997 · James
Gang in Blue
1996 · Keith DeBruler
Flirting with Disaster
1996 · Tony Kent
Bed of Roses
1996 · Danny
The Road Killers
1994 · Tom
Finish Line
1989 · Glenn Shrevelow
Prison for Children
1987 · Boise
Thrashin'
1986 · Corey Webster
The Goonies
1985 · Brand
The Making Of The Goonies
1985 · Self
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
· Self
Sicario 3
· Matt Graver
A Speck in the Sea
· Johnny Aldridge
Mister
· Producer
TV shows (45)
VisionQuest
2026 · Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
The American Revolution
2025 · George Washington (voice)
Cuenta atras Canelo vs Crawford
2025 · Narrator (voice)
George & Tammy
2022 · Executive Producer
Tierra de nadie
2022 · Royal Abbott, Executive Producer, Director
What If...?
2021 · Thanos (voice)
Leyendas de Marvel Studios
2021 · Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
2020
Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Ride with Norman Reedus
2016 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest, Self
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
2012 · Self - Narrator
Untamed Americas
2012 · Narrator
Blackout
2011 · Terrance Danfield
Conan
2010 · Self - Guest
30 for 30
2009 · Narrator (voice)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009 · Self - Guest
Stand Up to Cancer
2008 · Self
Chelsea Lately
2007 · Self (archive footage)
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self - Guest
Camino Hacia El Oeste
2005 · Jedediah Smith
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest, Self
Mister Sterling
2003 · Bill Sterling
Lorraine
2001 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
The Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
The Outer Limits
1995 · Jack Pierce
Winnetka Road
1994 · Jack Passion
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Young Riders
1989 · Wild Bill Hickok
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Private Eye
1987 · Johnny Betts
21 Jump Street
1987 · Taylor Rolator
Highway to Heaven
1984
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Oscars
1953 · Self