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Josh Brolin

Also known as Josh James Brolin

Josh James Brolin 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). 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).

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Josh Brolin is an American film producer, character actor, stage actor, and television actor. Born James Josh Brolin on February 12, 1968, in Santa Monica, he began his professional work period in 1985. He is the son of James Brolin and is married to Diane Lane, with whom he has two children, including Eden Brolin. Brolin speaks English and has a height of 178.

His acting career includes work in the Western film genre. He has received the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. As an author, he has three works listed, including *Dune*, *From under the Truck*, and *W. - Bush*.

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Dune
From under the Truck
W. - Bush

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1968

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Josh James Brolin (/ˈbroʊlɪn/; 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). 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), Dune: Part Two (2024), and Dune: Part Three (2026), in which he played Gurney Halleck.

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