Josh Brolin

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Actor

Birth Date: February 12, 1968

Age: 55 years old

Birth Place: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California

Parents: James Brolin

Josh James Brolin was born on Feb. 12, 1968 in Santa Monica, CA. Despite being born to successful film actor James Brolin, Josh's upbringing in rural Templeton, CA kept him estranged from the Hollywood world. By the time he was a teenager, however, Brolin had begun his own acting career, making his screen debut with a starring role in the Richard Donner-directed and Steven Spielberg-produced adventure comedy "The Goonies" (1985). Notice from the role earned Brolin work in films like "Thrashin'" (1986) and television shows like "The Young Riders" (ABC 1989-1992). Following the cancelation of said series, in which Brolin starred as Wild Bill Hickok, he returned to film acting, accruing roles in "The Road Killers" (1994), David O. Russell's "Flirting with Disaster" (1996), Guillermo del Toro's "Mimic" (1997), and "My Brother's War" (1997), directed by his father James. The decade to follow paired Brolin with a number of big name directors: he appeared in Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda" (2004), Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's "Grindhouse" (2007), Joel and Ethan Coen's "No Country for Old Men" (2007), Gus Van Sant's "Milk" (2008), and Oliver Stone's "W." (2008), in which Brolin played President George W. Bush. He reteamed with Stone for "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" (2010) and with the Coens for "True Grit" (2010), and then went on to work with Spike Lee on "Oldboy" (2013) and Paul Thomas Anderson on "Inherent Vice" (2014). That same year marked Brolin's first appearance as Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by way of "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014); he reprised the character in "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015), "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018), and "Avengers: Endgame" (2019).

Credits

Dune: Part Two

Actor
Gurney Halleck
Movie
2023

George & TammyStream

Executive Producer
TV Show
2022
86%

Outer RangeStream

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Royal Abbott
TV Show
2022
81%

Outer RangeStream

Executive Producer
TV Show
2022
81%

What If...?Stream

Voice
Thanos
TV Show
2021
94%

DuneStream

Actor
Gurney Halleck
Movie
2021
83%

Flag Day

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Uncle Beck
Movie
2021

A Bend in the River

Executive Producer
Movie
2020

The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream

Guest
TV Show
2019

Avengers: EndgameStream

Actor
Thanos
Movie
2019
94%

Wilde Western-Woche

Actor
Tom Chaney
TV Show
2018

Stand Up to Cancer

Guest
TV Show
2018

Deadpool 2Stream

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Cable
Movie
2018
84%

Avengers: Infinity WarStream

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Thanos
Movie
2018
85%

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

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Matt Graver
Movie
2018

The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter

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Buck Ferguson
Movie
2018

Once Upon a Deadpool

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Cable
Movie
2018

Placeni Ubica 2: Ratnik

Actor
Movie
2018

Ride With Norman Reedus: Extras

Self
TV Show
2017

Live with Kelly and Ryan

Guest
TV Show
2017

Only the Brave

Actor
Eric Marsh
Movie
2017

Vetëm guximtarët

Actor
Movie
2017

Ride With Norman ReedusStream

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TV Show
2016

Ride With Norman ReedusStream

Self
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2016

Sicario: Extras

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2016

Celebrity PageStream

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2016

Hail, Caesar!

Actor
Eddie Mannix
Movie
2016

Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story

Narrator
Movie
2016

Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross

Executive Producer
Movie
2016

Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross

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Movie
2016

Xin Chào Caesar

Actor
Movie
2016

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

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TV Show
2015

Everest

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Beck Weathers
Movie
2015

SicarioStream

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Matt
Movie
2015
92%

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

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2014

Late Night With Seth MeyersStream

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2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream

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2014

Inherent Vice

Actor
Bigfoot Bjornsen
Movie
2014

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Actor
Dwight McCarthy
Movie
2014

Gangster Squad: Extras

Actor
TV Show
2013

Gangster Squad

Actor
Sgt. John O'Mara
Movie
2013

Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau

Executive Producer
Movie
2013

Oldboy

Actor
Joe Doucett
Movie
2013

Labor DayStream

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Frank
Movie
2013
34%

Mankind: The Story of All of Us

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TV Show
2012

Live! With Kelly and Michael

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TV Show
2012

Entertainment Studios.TV

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TV Show
2012

Untamed Americas

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2012

Men in Black 3Stream

Actor
Young Agent K
Movie
2012
67%

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Self
Movie
2012

Radioman

Actor
Movie
2012

LIVE with Kelly

Guest
TV Show
2011

LIVE with Kelly

Guest
TV Show
2011

Dish Nation

Guest
TV Show
2011

ConanStream

Guest
TV Show
2010

Jonah Hex

Actor
Jonah Hex
Movie
2010

Wall Street: Money Never SleepsStream

Actor
Bretton James
Movie
2010
55%

The Tillman Story

Narrator
Movie
2010

True GritStream

Actor
Tom Chaney
Movie
2010
95%

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Actor
Roy
Movie
2010

The People Speak

Actor
TV Show
2009

The People Speak

Executive Producer
TV Show
2009

ES.TV

Guest
TV Show
2009

The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien

Guest
TV Show
2009

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Guest
TV Show
2009

Women in Trouble

Actor
Nick Chapel
Movie
2009

Stand Up to Cancer

Guest
TV Show
2008

MilkStream

Actor
Dan White
Movie
2008
93%

W.

Actor
President George W. Bush
Movie
2008

The Graham Norton ShowStream

Guest
TV Show
2007

American GangsterStream

Actor
Detective Trupo
Movie
2007
81%

Grindhouse

Actor
William
Movie
2007

In the Valley of Elah

Actor
Chief Buchwald
Movie
2007

Planet Terror

Actor
Block
Movie
2007

No Country for Old MenStream

Actor
Llewelyn Moss
Movie
2007
93%

Grindhouse présente: Planète terreur

Actor
Movie
2007

etalk

Guest
TV Show
2006

The Dead Girl

Actor
Tarlow
Movie
2006

Made in Hollywood

Guest
TV Show
2005

Entertainment Tonight Canada

Guest
TV Show
2005

Out There with Melissa DiMarco

Guest
TV Show
2005

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

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TV Show
2005

Into the BlueStream

Actor
Bates
Movie
2005
21%

Melinda and Melinda

Actor
Greg
Movie
2004

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Guest
TV Show
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

Actor
TV Show
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

Guest
TV Show
2003

Mister Sterling

Actor
Sen. William Sterling, Jr.
TV Show
2003

Milwaukee, Minnesota

Actor
Gary
Movie
2003

Coastlines

Actor
Dave Lockhart
Movie
2002

Live With Regis and Kelly

Guest
TV Show
2001

Entertainment Studios.com

Guest
TV Show
2000

Picnic

Actor
Hal Carter
Movie
2000

Hollow Man

Actor
Matthew Kensington
Movie
2000

Slow Burn

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Duster
Movie
2000

The Early Show

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1999

The Daily Show With Jon StewartStream

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TV Show
1999

Cité obscure

Actor
Movie
1999

The Mod SquadStream

Actor
Billy Waites
Movie
1999
3%

Best Laid Plans

Actor
Bryce
Movie
1999

All the Rage

Actor
Movie
1999

Kickin' It: With Byron Allen

Guest
TV Show
1998

Nightwatch

Actor
James Gallman
Movie
1998

Mimic

Actor
Josh
Movie
1997

My Brother's War

Actor
Pete
Movie
1997

Access Hollywood

Guest
TV Show
1996

Bed of Roses

Actor
Danny
Movie
1996

Flirting With Disaster

Actor
Tony
Movie
1996

Gang in Blue

Actor
Keith DeBruler
Movie
1996

Cama de Rosas

Actor
Movie
1996

The Outer LimitsStream

Actor
TV Show
1995

The Road Killers

Actor
Tom
Movie
1995

Entertainers: With Byron Allen

Guest
TV Show
1994

Extra

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TV Show
1994

Inside the Actors Studio

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TV Show
1994

Late Night With Conan O'Brien

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TV Show
1993

Late Show With David Letterman

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TV Show
1993

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

Guest
TV Show
1992

The Young RidersStream

Actor
James Butler Hickok
TV Show
1989

Finish Line

Actor
Glenn Shrevelow
Movie
1989

Private Eye

Actor
Johnny Betts
TV Show
1987

21 Jump StreetStream

Guest Star
Taylor Rolador
TV Show
1987

Private Eye

Actor
Johnny Betts
Movie
1987

The Neon Payback

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Johnny Betts
Movie
1987

Thrashin'

Actor
Corey Webster
Movie
1986

The GooniesStream

Actor
Brandon "Brand" Walsh
Movie
1985
76%

Highway to HeavenStream

Guest Star
Josh Bryant
TV Show
1984

Entertainment Tonight

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TV Show
1981

20/20Stream

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TV Show
1978

Good Morning America

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TV Show
1975

Saturday Night LiveStream

Host
TV Show
1975

TodayStream

Guest
TV Show
1952

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