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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.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron2015as Thanos (uncredited)Our takeUltron is frightening because his solution removes the very people it supposedly serves. Our reading is that the Avengers defeat him by accepting an obligation he cannot understand: someone must remain answerable to particular lives, even when saving those lives makes victory slower and messier. Vision provides the…
Avengers: Infinity War2018as ThanosOur takethe sunrise is unsettling because the familiar visual language of completion belongs to the person who has inflicted the catastrophe. Calm is not proof that the universe has become just. It tells us that Thanos can regard his project as finished without confronting the people who must live inside its consequences.
Whalefall2026as Mitt GardinerOur takeThe most interesting question is what Jay will carry home. Surviving his father’s influence and preserving something valuable from it are different tasks, and the ending asks him to attempt both.
Dune: Part Two2024as Gurney HalleckOur takeChani is the film's moral point of view. While Stilgar sees proof of destiny in everything Paul does, Chani sees choices being disguised as fate. Her final departure makes the ending more than a coronation: it is the moment the person who knows Paul most intimately refuses the myth he has chosen to inhabit.
The Dog Stars2026as BangleyOur takeWhat would make you leave a place where you can survive? For Hig, the answer is the silence after his dog dies. Food, fuel and weapons are still available. The runway still works. Yet the life he and Bangley have protected no longer feels like a life he can bear.
Weapons2025as ArcherOur takeAt 2:17 a.m., seventeen children leave their homes and run into the darkness with the same unnatural posture. Weapons begins with an absence that turns an entire town into a machine for producing blame. The children’s teacher, Justine Gandy, becomes the easiest target; Archer Graff, whose son is missing, becomes…
Dune2021as Gurney HalleckOur takeThis article contains full spoilers for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part One.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025as Mons. Jefferson WicksOur takeThe ending's boldest move is to make restraint the detective's achievement. Solving the case matters, but Blanc must also decide whether another person's collapse should become his triumph.
Avengers: Endgame2019as ThanosOur takeThe five-year gap prevents the original film from becoming a frictionless undo button. The characters have accumulated relationships, habits and injuries. Wanting their loved ones back is easy to understand; deciding what must survive alongside that return is harder. This is why Tony's concern about his family…Profile and filmography data from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.