Acting credits
132
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Josh Brolin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
7.0
Moderate attention
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Movies: 90Series: 44Crew credits: 8
TMDB ID: 16851
IMDb ID: nm0000982
Known for: Acting
Born: February 12, 1968
Age: 58
Place of birth: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.58
Wikidata: Q41396
Also known as
Josh J. Brolin • Josh James Brolin • Joshua Brolin
Other jobs
Executive Producer (4)Producer (3)Thanks (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Josh Brolin.
Dec 15
Dune: Part Three
as Gurney Halleck
2026 Movie
In 2 weeks
Whalefall
as Mitt Gardiner
2026 Movie
The Dog Stars
as Bangley
2026 Movie
Horse Power
as Narrator
2026 Movie
Breakdown: 1975
as Self
2025 Movie
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Mons. Jefferson Wicks
2025 Movie
The Running Man
as Dan Killian
2025 Movie
Weapons
as Archer
2025 Movie
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
as Self
2025 Movie
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
as Narrator
2024 Movie
Brothers
as Moke Munger
2024 Movie
Dune: Part Two
as Gurney Halleck
2024 Movie
N-Men: The Untold Story
as John O’Shei
2023 Movie
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
as Narrator
2023 Movie
Dune
as Gurney Halleck
2021 Movie
Flag Day
as Uncle Beck
2021 Movie
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self
2020 Movie
The Tony Alva Story
as Self
2019 Movie
Avengers: Endgame
as Thanos
2019 Movie
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Cable
2018 Movie
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Matt Graver
2018 Movie
Deadpool 2
as Cable
2018 Movie
Avengers: Infinity War
as Thanos
2018 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Josh Brolin.
The American Revolution
as George Washington (voice) • 6 eps
2025 Series
Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford
as Narrator (voice) • 2 eps
2025 Series
George & Tammy
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2022 Series
Outer Range
as Royal Abbott • 15 eps
2022 Series
What If...?
as Thanos (voice) • 3 eps
2021 Series
Marvel Studios Legends
as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited) • 17 eps
2021 Series
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
1 eps
2020 Series
Reunited Apart
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
Ride with Norman Reedus
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 7 eps
2015 Series
Hot Ones
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
as Self - Narrator • 12 eps
2012 Series
Untamed Americas
as Narrator • 4 eps
2012 Series
Blackout
as Terrance Danfield • 2 eps
2011 Series
Conan
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2010 Series
30 for 30
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2009 Series
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
Stand Up to Cancer
as Self • 1 eps
2008 Series
Chelsea Lately
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2007 Series
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
2007 Series