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.

Filmography

• 2026Dune: Part Three — Gurney Halleck
• 2026Horse Power — Narrator
• 2026The Dog Stars — Bangley
• 2026Whalefall — Mitt Gardiner
• Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford — Narrator (voice)
• The American Revolution — George Washington (voice)
• 2025The Running Man — Dan Killian
• 2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — Mons. Jefferson Wicks
• 2025Weapons — Archer, Executive Producer
• 2024Brothers — Moke Munger, Producer
• 2024Dune: Part Two — Gurney Halleck
• 2024Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross — Narrator
• 2023Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear — Narrator
• 2023N-Men: The Untold Story — John O’Shei
• George & Tammy — Executive Producer
• Outer Range — Royal Abbott, Executive Producer, Director
• 2021Dune — Gurney Halleck
• 2021Flag Day — Uncle Beck
• Marvel Studios Legends — Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited)
• What If...? — Thanos (voice)
• Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
• 2019Avengers: Endgame — Thanos
• 2018Avengers: Infinity War — Thanos
• 2018Deadpool 2 — Cable
• 2018Once Upon a Deadpool — Cable
• 2018Sicario: Day of the Soldado — Matt Graver
• 2018The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter — Buck Ferguson
• 2017Only the Brave — Eric Marsh
• 2016Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario — (archive footage)
• 2016Hail, Caesar! — Eddie Mannix
• 2016Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story — Narrator (voice)
• 2016Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross — Narrator (voice)
• 2015Avengers: Age of Ultron — Thanos (uncredited)
• 2015Everest — Beck Weathers
• 2015Sicario — Matt Graver
• 2014Guardians of the Galaxy — Thanos (uncredited)
• 2014Inherent Vice — Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
• 2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill For — Dwight
• 2013Gangster Squad — John O'Mara
• 2013Labor Day — Frank
• 2013Oldboy — Joe Doucett
• 2012Men in Black 3 — Young Agent K
• Untamed Americas — Narrator
• 2011Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic' — Self, Thanks
• Blackout — Terrance Danfield
• 2010Jonah Hex — Jonah Hex
• 2010The Tillman Story — Narrator (voice)
• 2010The Women of SNL — Various (archive footage)
• 2010True Grit — Tom Chaney
• 2010Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps — Bretton James
• 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger — Roy
• 30 for 30 — Narrator (voice)
• 2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler — Bar Guy (archive footage)
• 2009The People Speak — Self, Executive Producer
• 2009Women in Trouble — Nick Chapel
• 2008Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary — Self, Director, Editor, Producer
• 2008Milk — Dan White
• 2008W. — George W. Bush
• 2007American Gangster — Detective Trupo
• 2007Grindhouse — Block (segment "Planet Terror")
• 2007In the Valley of Elah — Chief Buchwald
• 2007No Country for Old Men — Llewelyn Moss
• 2007Planet Terror — Dr. William Block
• 2007To Each His Own Cinema — (segment "World cinema")
• 2006The Dead Girl — Tarlow
• 2005Into the Blue — Bates
• Into the West — Jedediah Smith
• 2004Melinda and Melinda — Greg
• 2003Milwaukee, Minnesota — Gary
• Mister Sterling — Bill Sterling
• 2002Coastlines — Dave Lockhart
• 2000Hollow Man — Matthew Kensington
• 2000It's the Rage — Tennel
• 2000Picnic — Hal Carter
• 2000Slow Burn — Duster
• 1999Best Laid Plans — Bryce
• 1999The Mod Squad — Billy Waites
• 1997Mimic — Josh
• 1997My Brother's War — Pete
• 1997Nightwatch — James
• 1996Bed of Roses — Danny
• 1996Flirting with Disaster — Tony Kent
• 1996Gang in Blue — Keith DeBruler
• The Outer Limits — Jack Pierce
• 1994The Road Killers — Tom
• Winnetka Road — Jack Passion
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1989Finish Line — Glenn Shrevelow
• The Young Riders — Wild Bill Hickok
• 21 Jump Street — Taylor Rolator
• 1987Prison for Children — Boise
• Private Eye — Johnny Betts
• 1986Thrashin' — Corey Webster
• 1985The Goonies — Brand
• Highway to Heaven
• Mister — Producer

Appearances as themselves (40)

• 2025Breakdown: 1975 — Self
• 2025Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation — Self
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King — Self
• Reunited Apart — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2019The Tony Alva Story — Self
• Ride with Norman Reedus — Self
• 2015Chryskylodon Blues — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau — Self - Narrator
• Mankind: The Story of All of Us — Self - Narrator
• 2012Radioman — Self
• 2011Woody Allen: A Documentary — Self
• Conan — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 2008Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' — Self
• 2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX — Self
• Stand Up to Cancer — Self
• 2008The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' — Self - Llewelyn Moss
• Chelsea Lately — Self (archive footage)
• The Graham Norton Show — Self - Guest
• 2005Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue' — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Lorraine — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• 1985The Making Of The Goonies — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self
• Fleshing Out the Hollow Man — Self