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Josh Brolin

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

2026
Dune: Part Three

as Gurney Halleck

Movie
2026
The Dog Stars

as Bangley

Movie
2025
Breakdown: 1975

as Self

Movie
2025
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

as Mons. Jefferson Wicks

Movie
2025
The Running Man

as Dan Killian

Movie
2025
Weapons

as Archer

Movie
2024
Dune: Part Two

as Gurney Halleck

Movie
2021
Dune

as Gurney Halleck

Movie
2019
Avengers: Endgame

as Thanos

Movie
2018
Once Upon a Deadpool

as Cable

Movie
2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado

as Matt Graver

Movie
2018
Deadpool 2

as Cable

Movie
2018
Avengers: Infinity War

as Thanos

Movie
2015
Sicario

as Matt Graver

Movie
2015
Everest

as Beck Weathers

Movie
2012
Men in Black 3

as Young Agent K

Movie
2010
True Grit

as Tom Chaney

Movie
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

as Roy

Movie
2007
No Country for Old Men

as Llewelyn Moss

Movie
2007
American Gangster

as Detective Trupo

Movie
2007
Planet Terror

as Dr. William Block

Movie
2005
Into the Blue

as Bates

Movie
1985
The Goonies

as Brand

Movie
2025
The American Revolution

as George Washington (voice)

TV Show