Josh Brolin
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
as Thanos
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
as Thanos
Dune: Part Two (2024)
as Gurney Halleck
Dune (2021)
as Gurney Halleck
The Dog Stars (2026)
as Bangley
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
as Thanos (uncredited)
Weapons (2025)
as Archer
The Running Man (2025)
as Dan Killian
Deadpool 2 (2018)
as Cable
No Country for Old Men (2007)
as Llewelyn Moss
Dune: Part Three (2026)
as Gurney Halleck
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
as Mons. Jefferson Wicks
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
as Thanos (uncredited)
Sicario (2015)
as Matt Graver
American Gangster (2007)
as Detective Trupo
Whalefall (2026)
as Mitt Gardiner
The Goonies (1985)
as Brand
Men in Black 3 (2012)
as Young Agent K
Only the Brave (2017)
as Eric Marsh
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
as Matt Graver
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
as Dwight
Hollow Man (2000)
as Matthew Kensington
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
as Eddie Mannix
Oldboy (2013)
as Joe Doucett
Everest (2015)
as Beck Weathers
Planet Terror (2007)
as Dr. William Block
True Grit (2010)
as Tom Chaney
Inherent Vice (2014)
as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Labor Day (2013)
as Frank
Gangster Squad (2013)
as John O'Mara
Into the Blue (2005)
as Bates
Brothers (2024)
as Moke Munger
Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
as Cable
Jonah Hex (2010)
as Jonah Hex
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
as Chief Buchwald
Mimic (1997)
as Josh
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
as Bretton James
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
as Roy
Grindhouse (2007)
as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
Milk (2008)
as Dan White
Nightwatch (1997)
as James
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
as Greg
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
as (segment "World cinema")
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
as Tony Kent
Flag Day (2021)
as Uncle Beck
Bed of Roses (1996)
as Danny
The Dead Girl (2006)
as Tarlow
The Women of SNL (2010)
as Various (archive footage)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020)
as Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
as Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Road Killers (1994)
as Tom
W. (2008)
as George W. Bush
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (2018)
as Buck Ferguson
Women in Trouble (2009)
as Nick Chapel
Thrashin' (1986)
as Corey Webster
Best Laid Plans (1999)
as Bryce
Radioman (2012)
as Self
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Self
The Mod Squad (1999)
as Billy Waites
The People Speak (2009)
as Self
It's the Rage (2000)
as Tennel
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (2009)
as Bar Guy (archive footage)
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man (—)
as Self
Chryskylodon Blues (2015)
as Self
The Making Of The Goonies (1985)
as Self
My Brother's War (1997)
as Pete
The Tillman Story (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation (2025)
as Self
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (2008)
as Self
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' (2008)
as Self
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary (2008)
as Self
Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue' (2005)
as Self
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' (2011)
as Self
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross (2016)
as Narrator (voice)
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau (2013)
as Self - Narrator
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario (2016)
as (archive footage)
Gang in Blue (1996)
as Keith DeBruler
The Tony Alva Story (2019)
as Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' (2008)
as Self - Llewelyn Moss
N-Men: The Untold Story (2023)
as John O’Shei
Prison for Children (1987)
as Boise
Picnic (2000)
as Hal Carter
Slow Burn (2000)
as Duster
Milwaukee, Minnesota (2003)
as Gary
Coastlines (2002)
as Dave Lockhart
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear (2023)
as Narrator
Horse Power (2026)
as Narrator
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross (2024)
as Narrator
Finish Line (1989)
as Glenn Shrevelow
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story (2016)
as Narrator (voice)