Josh Brolin
Born February 12, 1968 (Age: 58)
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Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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.
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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Filmography
Breakdown: 1975
2025
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as Self
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Age: 57
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
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as Mons. Jefferson Wicks
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Age: 57
The Running Man
2025
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as Dan Killian
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Age: 57
Weapons
2025
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as Archer
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Age: 57
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 56
Dune: Part Two
2024
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as Gurney Halleck
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Age: 56
Dune
2021
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as Gurney Halleck
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Age: 53
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
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as Self
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Age: 52
Avengers: Endgame
2019
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as Thanos
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Age: 51
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
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as Cable
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Age: 50
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
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as Matt Graver
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Age: 50
Deadpool 2
2018
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as Cable
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Age: 50
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
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as Thanos
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Age: 50
Only the Brave
2017
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as Eric Marsh
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Age: 49
Hail, Caesar!
2016
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as Eddie Mannix
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Age: 47
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
2016
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 47
Sicario
2015
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as Matt Graver
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Age: 47
Everest
2015
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as Beck Weathers
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Age: 47
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
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as Thanos (uncredited)
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Age: 47
Inherent Vice
2014
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as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
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Age: 46
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
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as Dwight
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Age: 46
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
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as Thanos (uncredited)
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Age: 46
Labor Day
2013
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as Frank
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Age: 45
Oldboy
2013
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as Joe Doucett
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Age: 45
Gangster Squad
2013
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as John O'Mara
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Age: 44
Men in Black 3
2012
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as Young Agent K
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Age: 44
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
2011
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as Self
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Age: 43
True Grit
2010
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as Tom Chaney
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Age: 42
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
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as Roy
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Age: 42
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
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as Bretton James
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Age: 42
Jonah Hex
2010
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as Jonah Hex
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Age: 42
Women in Trouble
2009
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as Nick Chapel
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Age: 41
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
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as Bar Guy (archive footage)
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Age: 41
Milk
2008
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as Dan White
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Age: 40
W.
2008
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as George W. Bush
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Age: 40
No Country for Old Men
2007
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as Llewelyn Moss
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Age: 39
In the Valley of Elah
2007
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as Chief Buchwald
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Age: 39
Planet Terror
2007
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as Dr. William Block
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Age: 39
The Dead Girl
2006
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as Tarlow
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Age: 38
Into the Blue
2005
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as Bates
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Age: 37
No Image
Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'
2005
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as Self
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Age: 37
Melinda and Melinda
2004
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as Greg
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Age: 36
Slow Burn
2000
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as Duster
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Age: 32
Hollow Man
2000
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as Matthew Kensington
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Age: 32
Picnic
2000
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as Hal Carter
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Age: 32
The Mod Squad
1999
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as Billy Waites
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Age: 31
Mimic
1997
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as Josh
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Age: 29
Nightwatch
1997
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as James Gallman
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Age: 28
Flirting with Disaster
1996
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as Tony Kent
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Age: 28
Bed of Roses
1996
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as Danny
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Age: 27
The Goonies
1985
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as Brand
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Age: 17