Acting credits
132
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Josh Brolin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
7.1
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Movies: 89Series: 45Crew 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
as Gurney Halleck
Dune: Part Three
2026 • Movie
Oct 14
as Mitt Gardiner
Whalefall
2026 • Movie
In 7 days
as Bangley
The Dog Stars
2026 • Movie
as Narrator
Horse Power
2026 • Movie
as Self
Breakdown: 1975
2025 • Movie
as Mons. Jefferson Wicks
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025 • Movie
as Dan Killian
The Running Man
2025 • Movie
as Archer
Weapons
2025 • Movie
as Self
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
2025 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 • Movie
as Narrator
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
2024 • Movie
as Moke Munger
Brothers
2024 • Movie
as Gurney Halleck
Dune: Part Two
2024 • Movie
as John O’Shei
N-Men: The Untold Story
2023 • Movie
as Narrator
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
2023 • Movie
as Gurney Halleck
Dune
2021 • Movie
as Uncle Beck
Flag Day
2021 • Movie
as Self
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 • Movie
as Self
The Tony Alva Story
2019 • Movie
as Thanos
Avengers: Endgame
2019 • Movie
as Cable
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018 • Movie
as Matt Graver
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018 • Movie
as Cable
Deadpool 2
2018 • Movie
as Thanos
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Josh Brolin.
as George Washington (voice) • 6 eps
The American Revolution
2025 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 2 eps
Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford
2025 • Series
Executive Producer • 6 eps
George & Tammy
2022 • Series
as Royal Abbott • 15 eps
Outer Range
2022 • Series
as Thanos (voice) • 3 eps
What If...?
2021 • Series
as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited) • 17 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
2021 • Series
1 eps
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Reunited Apart
2020 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Ride with Norman Reedus
2016 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 • Series
as Self - Guest • 7 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Hot Ones
2015 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 • Series
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self - Narrator • 12 eps
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
2012 • Series
as Narrator • 4 eps
Untamed Americas
2012 • Series
as Terrance Danfield • 2 eps
Blackout
2011 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Conan
2010 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
30 for 30
2009 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Stand Up to Cancer
2008 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
Chelsea Lately
2007 • Series