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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (92)

• Dune: Part Three2026 · as Gurney Halleck
• Whalefall2026 · as Mitt Gardiner
• The Dog Stars2026 · as Bangley
• Horse Power2026 · as Narrator
• Breakdown: 19752025 · as Self
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025 · as Mons. Jefferson Wicks
• The Running Man2025 · as Dan Killian
• Weapons2025 · as Archer
• Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation2025 · as Self
• Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross2024 · as Narrator
• Brothers2024 · as Moke Munger
• Dune: Part Two2024 · as Gurney Halleck
• N-Men: The Untold Story2023 · as John O’Shei
• Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear2023 · as Narrator
• Dune2021 · as Gurney Halleck
• Flag Day2021 · as Uncle Beck
• Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King2020 · as Self
• The Tony Alva Story2019 · as Self
• Avengers: Endgame2019 · as Thanos
• Once Upon a Deadpool2018 · as Cable
• Sicario: Day of the Soldado2018 · as Matt Graver
• Deadpool 22018 · as Cable
• Avengers: Infinity War2018 · as Thanos
• The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter2018 · as Buck Ferguson
• Only the Brave2017 · as Eric Marsh
• Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hail, Caesar!2016 · as Eddie Mannix
• Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario2016 · as (archive footage)
• Sicario2015 · as Matt Graver
• Everest2015 · as Beck Weathers
• Chryskylodon Blues2015 · as Self
• Avengers: Age of Ultron2015 · as Thanos (uncredited)
• Inherent Vice2014 · as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
• Sin City: A Dame to Kill For2014 · as Dwight
• Guardians of the Galaxy2014 · as Thanos (uncredited)
• Labor Day2013 · as Frank
• Oldboy2013 · as Joe Doucett
• Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau2013 · as Self - Narrator
• Gangster Squad2013 · as John O'Mara
• Radioman2012 · as Self
• Men in Black 32012 · as Young Agent K
• Woody Allen: A Documentary2011 · as Self
• Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'2011 · as Self
• True Grit2010 · as Tom Chaney
• The Women of SNL2010 · as Various (archive footage)
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010 · as Roy
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps2010 · as Bretton James
• The Tillman Story2010 · as Narrator (voice)
• Jonah Hex2010 · as Jonah Hex
• The People Speak2009 · as Self
• Women in Trouble2009 · as Nick Chapel
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler2009 · as Bar Guy (archive footage)
• Milk2008 · as Dan White
• W.2008 · as George W. Bush
• Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'2008 · as Self
• Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX2008 · as Self
• No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes2008 · as Self
• The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'2008 · as Self - Llewelyn Moss
• No Country for Old Men2007 · as Llewelyn Moss
• American Gangster2007 · as Detective Trupo
• To Each His Own Cinema2007 · as (segment "World cinema")
• In the Valley of Elah2007 · as Chief Buchwald
• Planet Terror2007 · as Dr. William Block
• Grindhouse2007 · as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
• The Dead Girl2006 · as Tarlow
• Into the Blue2005 · as Bates
• Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'2005 · as Self
• Melinda and Melinda2004 · as Greg
• Milwaukee, Minnesota2003 · as Gary
• Coastlines2002 · as Dave Lockhart
• Slow Burn2000 · as Duster
• Hollow Man2000 · as Matthew Kensington
• Picnic2000 · as Hal Carter
• All the Rage1999 · as Tennel
• Best Laid Plans1999 · as Bryce
• The Mod Squad1999 · as Billy Waites
• My Brother's War1997 · as Pete
• Mimic1997 · as Josh
• Nightwatch1997 · as James Gallman
• Gang in Blue1996 · as Keith DeBruler
• Flirting with Disaster1996 · as Tony Kent
• Bed of Roses1996 · as Danny
• The Road Killers1994 · as Tom
• Finish Line1989 · as Glenn Shrevelow
• Prison for Children1987 · as Boise
• Thrashin'1986 · as Corey Webster
• The Goonies1985 · as Brand
• The Making Of The Goonies1985 · as Self
• Sicario: Capos— · as Matt Graver
• Fleshing Out the Hollow Man— · as Self

All TV Shows (45)

• The American Revolution2025 · as George Washington (voice)
• Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford2025 · as Narrator (voice)
• Outer Range2022 · as Royal Abbott
• What If...?2021 · as Thanos (voice)
• Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Russo Bros. Pizza Film School2020
• Reunited Apart2020 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Ride with Norman Reedus2016 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Mankind: The Story of All of Us2012 · as Self - Narrator
• Untamed Americas2012 · as Narrator
• Blackout2011 · as Terrance Danfield
• Conan2010 · as Self - Guest
• 30 for 302009 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien2009 · as Self - Guest
• Stand Up to Cancer2008 · as Self
• Chelsea Lately2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
• Into the West2005 · as Jedediah Smith
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Mister Sterling2003 · as Bill Sterling
• Lorraine2001 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• The Outer Limits1995 · as Jack Pierce
• Winnetka Road1994 · as Jack Passion
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• The Young Riders1989 · as Wild Bill Hickok
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Private Eye1987 · as Johnny Betts
• 21 Jump Street1987 · as Taylor Rolator
• Highway to Heaven1984
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self