Actor profile

Josh Brolin

12th February 1968 Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA Acting

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.

88 Movies 43 TV Shows 3 In Production 134 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Horse Power poster

Horse Power 28th January 2026 as Narrator

Breakdown: 1975 poster

Breakdown: 1975 18th December 2025 as Self

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery poster

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 26th November 2025 as Mons. Jefferson Wicks

The Running Man poster

The Running Man 11th November 2025 as Dan Killian

Weapons poster

Weapons 4th August 2025 as Archer

Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation poster

Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation 1st August 2025 as Self

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music 27th January 2025 as Self (archive footage)

Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross poster

Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross 19th October 2024 as Narrator

Brothers poster

Brothers 10th October 2024 as Moke Munger

Dune: Part Two poster

Dune: Part Two 27th February 2024 as Gurney Halleck

N-Men: The Untold Story poster

N-Men: The Untold Story 31st May 2023 as John O’Shei

Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear poster

Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear 20th January 2023 as Narrator

Dune poster

Dune 15th September 2021 as Gurney Halleck

Flag Day poster

Flag Day 20th August 2021 as Uncle Beck

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King poster

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King 30th August 2020 as Self

The Tony Alva Story poster

The Tony Alva Story 9th May 2019 as Self

Avengers: Endgame poster

Avengers: Endgame 24th April 2019 as Thanos

Once Upon a Deadpool poster

Once Upon a Deadpool 11th December 2018 as Cable

Sicario: Day of the Soldado poster

Sicario: Day of the Soldado 27th June 2018 as Matt Graver

Deadpool 2 poster

Deadpool 2 15th May 2018 as Cable

Avengers: Infinity War poster

Avengers: Infinity War 25th April 2018 as Thanos

The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter poster

The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter 10th March 2018 as Buck Ferguson

Only the Brave poster

Only the Brave 22nd September 2017 as Eric Marsh

Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story 30th September 2016 as Narrator (voice)

Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross poster

Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross 1st August 2016 as Narrator (voice)

Hail, Caesar! poster

Hail, Caesar! 5th February 2016 as Eddie Mannix

Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario poster

Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario 5th January 2016 as (archive footage)

Sicario poster

Sicario 17th September 2015 as Matt Graver

Everest poster

Everest 10th September 2015 as Beck Weathers

Chryskylodon Blues poster

Chryskylodon Blues 7th July 2015 as Self

Avengers: Age of Ultron poster

Avengers: Age of Ultron 22nd April 2015 as Thanos (uncredited)

Inherent Vice poster

Inherent Vice 12th December 2014 as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For poster

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 20th August 2014 as Dwight

Guardians of the Galaxy poster

Guardians of the Galaxy 30th July 2014 as Thanos (uncredited)

Labor Day poster

Labor Day 27th December 2013 as Frank

Oldboy poster

Oldboy 14th November 2013 as Joe Doucett

Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau poster

Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau 1st October 2013 as Self - Narrator

Gangster Squad poster

Gangster Squad 9th January 2013 as John O'Mara

Radioman poster

Radioman 7th December 2012 as Self

Men in Black 3 poster

Men in Black 3 23rd May 2012 as Young Agent K

Woody Allen: A Documentary poster

Woody Allen: A Documentary 20th November 2011 as Self

Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' poster

Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' 27th September 2011 as Self

True Grit poster

True Grit 22nd December 2010 as Tom Chaney

The Women of SNL poster

The Women of SNL 1st November 2010 as Various (archive footage)

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger poster

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 22nd September 2010 as Roy

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps poster

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 20th September 2010 as Bretton James

The Tillman Story poster

The Tillman Story 22nd August 2010 as Narrator (voice)

Jonah Hex poster

Jonah Hex 18th June 2010 as Jonah Hex

The People Speak poster

The People Speak 13th December 2009 as Self

Women in Trouble poster

Women in Trouble 13th November 2009 as Nick Chapel

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler 18th April 2009 as Bar Guy (archive footage)

Milk poster

Milk 5th November 2008 as Dan White

W. poster

W. 17th October 2008 as George W. Bush

Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' poster

Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' 14th October 2008 as Self

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX poster

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX 7th October 2008 as Self

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes poster

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes 11th March 2008 as Self

The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' 22nd February 2008 as Self - Llewelyn Moss

No Country for Old Men poster

No Country for Old Men 9th November 2007 as Llewelyn Moss

American Gangster poster

American Gangster 2nd November 2007 as Detective Trupo

To Each His Own Cinema poster

To Each His Own Cinema 31st October 2007 as (segment "World cinema")

In the Valley of Elah poster

In the Valley of Elah 14th September 2007 as Chief Buchwald

Grindhouse poster

Grindhouse 6th April 2007 as Block (segment "Planet Terror")

Planet Terror poster

Planet Terror 6th April 2007 as Dr. William Block

The Dead Girl poster

The Dead Girl 7th November 2006 as Tarlow

Into the Blue poster

Into the Blue 30th September 2005 as Bates

Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue' 1st September 2005 as Self

Melinda and Melinda poster

Melinda and Melinda 22nd December 2004 as Greg

Milwaukee, Minnesota poster

Milwaukee, Minnesota 21st January 2003 as Gary

Coastlines poster

Coastlines 15th January 2002 as Dave Lockhart

Slow Burn poster

Slow Burn 12th September 2000 as Duster

Hollow Man poster

Hollow Man 4th August 2000 as Matthew Kensington

Picnic poster

Picnic 16th April 2000 as Hal Carter

All the Rage poster

All the Rage 11th September 1999 as Tennel

Best Laid Plans poster

Best Laid Plans 9th April 1999 as Bryce

The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad 26th March 1999 as Billy Waites

My Brother's War poster

My Brother's War 17th September 1997 as Pete

Mimic poster

Mimic 22nd August 1997 as Josh

Nightwatch poster

Nightwatch 31st January 1997 as James Gallman

Gang in Blue poster

Gang in Blue 8th September 1996 as Keith DeBruler

Flirting with Disaster poster

Flirting with Disaster 22nd March 1996 as Tony Kent

Bed of Roses poster

Bed of Roses 26th January 1996 as Danny

The Road Killers poster

The Road Killers 7th May 1994 as Tom

Finish Line poster

Finish Line 11th January 1989 as Glenn Shrevelow

Prison for Children poster

Prison for Children 14th March 1987 as Boise

Thrashin' poster

Thrashin' 29th August 1986 as Corey Webster

The Goonies poster

The Goonies 7th June 1985 as Brand

The Making Of The Goonies poster

The Making Of The Goonies 1st June 1985 as Self

Sicario: Capos as Matt Graver

The American Revolution poster

The American Revolution 16th November 2025 as George Washington (voice)

Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford poster

Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford 4th September 2025 as Narrator (voice)

Outer Range poster

Outer Range 14th April 2022 as Royal Abbott

What If...? poster

What If...? 11th August 2021 as Thanos (voice)

Marvel Studios Legends poster

Marvel Studios Legends 8th January 2021 as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)

Russo Bros. Pizza Film School poster

Russo Bros. Pizza Film School 26th June 2020

Reunited Apart poster

Reunited Apart 27th April 2020 as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

Ride with Norman Reedus poster

Ride with Norman Reedus 12th June 2016 as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self - Guest

Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones 12th March 2015 as Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 21st December 2014 as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self

Mankind: The Story of All of Us poster

Mankind: The Story of All of Us 18th November 2012 as Self - Narrator

Untamed Americas poster

Untamed Americas 10th June 2012 as Narrator

Blackout poster

Blackout 2nd September 2011 as Terrance Danfield

Conan poster

Conan 8th November 2010 as Self - Guest

30 for 30 poster

30 for 30 6th October 2009 as Narrator (voice)

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien 1st June 2009 as Self - Guest

Stand Up to Cancer poster

Stand Up to Cancer 5th September 2008 as Self

Chelsea Lately poster

Chelsea Lately 16th July 2007 as Self (archive footage)

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self - Guest

Into the West poster

Into the West 10th June 2005 as Jedediah Smith

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self

Mister Sterling poster

Mister Sterling 10th January 2003 as Bill Sterling

Lorraine poster

Lorraine 3rd September 2001 as Self

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self - Guest

The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits 26th March 1995 as Jack Pierce

Winnetka Road poster

Winnetka Road 12th March 1994 as Jack Passion

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman 30th August 1993 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 25th May 1992

The Young Riders poster

The Young Riders 20th September 1989 as Wild Bill Hickok

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self - Guest

Private Eye poster

Private Eye 13th September 1987 as Johnny Betts

21 Jump Street poster

21 Jump Street 12th April 1987 as Taylor Rolator

Highway to Heaven poster

Highway to Heaven 19th September 1984

Entertainment Tonight poster

Entertainment Tonight 15th September 1981 as Self

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Host

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self

Dune: Part Three poster

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Dune: Part Three 16th December 2026 as Gurney Halleck

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Whalefall 14th October 2026 as Mitt Gardiner

The Dog Stars poster

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The Dog Stars 26th August 2026 as Bangley