Josh Brolin
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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self | FLOP | |
| 2025 | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Mons. Jefferson Wicks | HIT | |
| 2025 | The Running Man | Dan Killian | HIT | |
| 2025 | Weapons | Archer | HIT | |
| 2025 | Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation | Self | FLOP | |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Gurney Halleck | HIT | |
| 2021 | Dune | Gurney Halleck | HIT | |
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self | HIT | |
| 2019 | The Tony Alva Story | Self | HIT | |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Thanos | HIT | |
| 2018 | Once Upon a Deadpool | Cable | HIT | |
| 2018 | Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Matt Graver | HIT | |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | Cable | HIT | |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Thanos | HIT | |
| 2017 | Only the Brave | Eric Marsh | HIT | |
| 2016 | Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross | Narrator (voice) | FLOP | |
| 2015 | Sicario | Matt Graver | HIT | |
| 2015 | Everest | Beck Weathers | HIT | |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Thanos (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 2014 | Inherent Vice | Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen | HIT | |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Dwight | FLOP | |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Thanos (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 2013 | Labor Day | Frank | HIT | |
| 2013 | Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau | Self - Narrator | FLOP | |
| 2013 | Gangster Squad | John O'Mara | FLOP | |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | Young Agent K | HIT | |
| 2011 | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | HIT | |
| 2010 | True Grit | Tom Chaney | HIT | |
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Bretton James | FLOP | |
| 2010 | The Tillman Story | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 2009 | The People Speak | Self | HIT | |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler | Bar Guy (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2008 | Milk | Dan White | HIT | |
| 2008 | W. | George W. Bush | FLOP | |
| 2008 | Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX | Self | HIT | |
| 2008 | No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes | Self | HIT | |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Llewelyn Moss | HIT | |
| 2007 | American Gangster | Detective Trupo | HIT | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | (segment "World cinema") | HIT | |
| 2007 | In the Valley of Elah | Chief Buchwald | HIT | |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Block (segment "Planet Terror") | HIT | |
| 2007 | Planet Terror | Dr. William Block | HIT | |
| 2004 | Melinda and Melinda | Greg | FLOP | |
| 1997 | Mimic | Josh | FLOP | |
| 1997 | Nightwatch | James Gallman | FLOP | |
| 1996 | Flirting with Disaster | Tony Kent | FLOP | |
| 1986 | Thrashin' | Corey Webster | FLOP | |
| 1985 | The Goonies | Brand | HIT | |
| 1985 | The Making Of The Goonies | Self | HIT |