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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.
As actor
The Dog Stars
Whalefall
Dune: Part Three
Horse Power
Weapons
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
The Running Man
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Breakdown: 1975
Brothers
Dune: Part Two
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
N-Men: The Untold Story
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
Dune
Flag Day
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Avengers: Endgame
The Tony Alva Story
Avengers: Infinity War
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Deadpool 2
Once Upon a Deadpool
Only the Brave
Hail, Caesar!
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
