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Josh Brolin
Actor, Producer, DirectorBorn February 12, 1968 (57 years)
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.
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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| 2026 | The Dog Stars · as Bangley |
| 2025 | Wake Up Dead Man · as Msgr. Jefferson Wicks |
| 2025 | The Running Man · as Dan Killian |
| 2025 | Weapons · as Archer Graff |
| 2024 | Brothers · as Moke Munger |
| 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 |
| 2022 | George & Tammy (TV Series) · as George Jones |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder · as Thanos |
| 2022 | Outer Range (TV Series) · as Royal Abbott |
| 2021 | Dune: Part One · as Gurney Halleck |
| 2021 | What If…? (TV Series) · as Thanos (voice) |
| 2021 | Flag Day · as Uncle Beck |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Legends (TV Series) · as Thanos (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame · as Thanos |
| 2018 | Once Upon a Deadpool · as Cable |
| 2018 | The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter · as Buck Ferguson |
| 2018 | Sicario: Day of the Soldado · as Matt Graver |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 · as Cable |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War · as Thanos |
| 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 | 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) |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West · as Spectator |
| 2013 | Labor Day · as Frank |
| 2013 | Oldboy · as Joe Doucett |
| 2013 | Gangster Squad · as John O'mara |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Untamed Americas (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2012 | Men in Black³ · as Young Agent K |
| 2010 | True Grit · as Tom Chaney |
| 2010 | The Women of SNL · as Various (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps · as Bretton James |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger · as Roy |
| 2010 | The Tillman Story · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Jonah Hex · as Jonah Hex |
| 2009 | Women in Trouble · as Nick Chapel |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler · as Bar Guy (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Milk · as Dan White |
| 2008 | |
| 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 | 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 | Into the West (TV Series) · as Jedediah Smith |
| 2005 | Murder Book · as Det. Gilroy |
| 2004 | Melinda and Melinda · as Greg |
| 2003 | Milwaukee, Minnesota · as Gary |
| 2003 | Mister Sterling (TV Series) · as Bill Sterling |
| 2002 | Coastlines · as Dave Lockhart |
| 2000 | Slow Burn · as Duster |
| 2000 | Hollow Man · as Matthew Kensington |
| 2000 | Picnic · as Hal Carter |
| 1999 | All 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 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Jack Pierce |
| 1994 | The Road Killers · as Tom |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1989 | The Young Riders (TV Series) · as Wild Bill Hickok |
| 1989 | Finish Line · as Glenn Shrevelow |
| 1987 | Private Eye (TV Series) · as Johnny Betts |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street (TV Series) · as Taylor Rolator |
| 1987 | Prison for Children · as Boise |
| 1986 | Thrashin' · as Corey Webster |
| 1985 | The Goonies · as Brand |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) |