Josh Brolin

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Josh Brolin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Avengers: Infinity War

as Thanos

Guardians of the Galaxy

as Thanos (uncredited)

Avengers: Endgame

as Thanos

Avengers: Age of Ultron

as Thanos (uncredited)

Deadpool 2

as Cable

Dune

as Gurney Halleck

No Country for Old Men

as Llewelyn Moss

Men in Black 3

as Young Agent K

Sicario

as Matt Graver

Dune: Part Two

as Gurney Halleck