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Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin’s screen credits include Thanos in Avengers: Endgame, Gurney Halleck in Dune, and Llewelyn Moss in No Country for Old Men.

Born February 12, 1968 Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA10 movies on MoviHero

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Avengers: Endgame

2019 · 3h 1m · Action · Adventure

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Dune

2021 · 2h 35m · Adventure · Science Fiction

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No Country for Old Men

2007 · 2h 2m · Crime · Thriller

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About 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.

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2026
Dune: Part Three
Gurney HalleckUpcoming
2026
Whalefall
Mitt Gardiner
2026
The Dog Stars
Bangley
2026
Horse Power
Narrator
2025
Breakdown: 1975
Self
2025
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Mons. Jefferson Wicks
2025
The Running Man
Dan Killian
2025
Weapons
Producer · Archer
2025
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2024
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross
Narrator
2024
Brothers
Producer · Moke Munger
2024
Dune: Part Two
Gurney Halleck
2023
N-Men: The Untold Story
John O’Shei
2023
Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear
Narrator
2021
Flag Day
Uncle Beck
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
2019
The Tony Alva Story
Self
2018
Once Upon a Deadpool
Cable
2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Matt Graver
2018
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
Buck Ferguson
2017
Only the Brave
Eric Marsh
2016
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
Narrator (voice)
2016
Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross
Narrator (voice)
2016
Hail, Caesar!
Eddie Mannix
2016
Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario
(archive footage)
2015
Everest
Beck Weathers
2015
Chryskylodon Blues
Self
2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thanos (uncredited)
2014
Inherent Vice
Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Dwight
2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
Thanos (uncredited)
2013
Labor Day
Frank
2013
Oldboy
Joe Doucett
2013
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
Self - Narrator
2013
Gangster Squad
John O'Mara
2012
Radioman
Self
2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2011
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Self
2010
True Grit
Tom Chaney
2010
The Women of SNL
Various (archive footage)
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Roy
2010
The Tillman Story
Narrator (voice)
2010
Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex
2009
The People Speak
Producer · Self
2009
Women in Trouble
Nick Chapel
2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Bar Guy (archive footage)
2008
W.
George W. Bush
2008
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
Self
2008
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
Self
2008
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
Director · Producer · Self
2008
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
Self - Llewelyn Moss
2007
To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "World cinema")
2007
In the Valley of Elah
Chief Buchwald
2007
World Cinema
Cowboy
2007
Grindhouse
Block (segment "Planet Terror")
2007
Planet Terror
Dr. William Block
2006
The Dead Girl
Tarlow
2005
Into the Blue
Bates
2005
Diving Deeper 'Into the Blue'
Self
2004
Melinda and Melinda
Greg
2003
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Gary
2002
Coastlines
Dave Lockhart
2000
Slow Burn
Duster
2000
Hollow Man
Matthew Kensington
2000
It's the Rage
Tennel
2000
Picnic
Hal Carter
1999
Best Laid Plans
Bryce
1999
The Mod Squad
Billy Waites
1997
My Brother's War
Pete
1997
Mimic
Josh
1997
Nightwatch
James
1996
Gang in Blue
Keith DeBruler
1996
Flirting with Disaster
Tony Kent
1996
Bed of Roses
Danny
1994
The Road Killers
Tom
1989
Finish Line
Glenn Shrevelow
1987
Prison for Children
Boise
1986
Thrashin'
Corey Webster
1985
The Goonies
Brand
1985
The Making Of The Goonies
Self
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Self
Mister
Producer
Sicario 3
Matt Graver

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