Josh Brolin

Career timeline

1. 1968 · Born

   Born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA

2. 1984 · Screen debut

   Highway to Heaven (TV)

3. 2014 · Breakthrough

   Guardians of the Galaxy (Movie)

4. 2022 · Directing debut

   Outer Range (TV)

5. 2024 · First production

   Brothers (Movie)

6. 2026 · Latest release

   Whalefall (Movie)

Career in numbers

6 1980s

10 1990s

17 2000s

25 2010s

17 2020s

• Drama33
• Thriller23
• Action21
• Crime17
• Comedy16
• Adventure13

Highest-rated title VisionQuest 2026 8.3 Most popular title Avengers: Infinity War 2018 8.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Josh Brolin in our catalogue.

Javier Bardem

3 titles together

Zendaya

3 titles together

Timothée Chalamet

3 titles together

Mark Ruffalo

3 titles together

Paul Bettany

3 titles together

Hans Zimmer

3 titles together

Rebecca Ferguson

3 titles together

Charlotte Rampling

3 titles together

Robert Downey Jr.

3 titles together

Danny Elfman

3 titles together

1. 2026 Dune: Part Three Upcoming as Gurney Halleck Movie
2. 2026 Whalefall as Mitt Gardiner 6.6 Movie
3. 2026 VisionQuest as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited) 8.3 TV
4. 2026 The Dog Stars as Bangley 7.2 Movie
5. 2025 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Mons. Jefferson Wicks 7.2 Movie
6. 2025 The American Revolution as George Washington (voice) 6.1 TV
7. 2025 The Running Man as Dan Killian 6.7 Movie
8. 2025 Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford as Narrator (voice) TV
9. 2025 Weapons as Archer 7.3 Movie
10. 2024 Brothers as Moke Munger 5.9 Movie
11. 2024 Dune: Part Two as Gurney Halleck 8.1 Movie
12. 2022 Outer Range as Royal Abbott 6.9 TV
13. 2021 Dune as Gurney Halleck 7.8 Movie
14. 2021 Flag Day as Uncle Beck 5.8 Movie
15. 2021 What If...? as Thanos (voice) 8.0 TV
16. 2021 Marvel Studios Legends as Thanos (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.4 TV
17. 2020 Russo Bros. Pizza Film School TV
18. 2019 Avengers: Endgame as Thanos 8.3 Movie
19. 2018 Once Upon a Deadpool as Cable 7.1 Movie
20. 2018 Sicario: Day of the Soldado as Matt Graver 7.0 Movie
21. 2018 Deadpool 2 as Cable 7.5 Movie
22. 2018 Avengers: Infinity War as Thanos 8.3 Movie
23. 2018 The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter as Buck Ferguson 5.2 Movie
24. 2017 Only the Brave as Eric Marsh 7.5 Movie
25. 2016 Hail, Caesar! as Eddie Mannix 5.9 Movie
26. 2015 Sicario as Matt Graver 7.4 Movie
27. 2015 Everest as Beck Weathers 6.8 Movie
28. 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron as Thanos (uncredited) 7.3 Movie
29. 2014 Inherent Vice as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen 6.5 Movie
30. 2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Dwight 6.4 Movie
31. 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy as Thanos (uncredited) 7.9 Movie
32. 2013 Labor Day as Frank 7.1 Movie
33. 2013 Oldboy as Joe Doucett 5.9 Movie
34. 2013 Gangster Squad as John O'Mara 6.4 Movie
35. 2012 Untamed Americas as Narrator TV
36. 2012 Men in Black 3 as Young Agent K 6.6 Movie
37. 2011 Blackout as Terrance Danfield TV
38. 2010 True Grit as Tom Chaney 7.3 Movie
39. 2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Roy 5.9 Movie
40. 2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Bretton James 6.1 Movie
41. 2010 The Tillman Story as Narrator (voice) 7.1 Movie
42. 2010 Jonah Hex as Jonah Hex 5.0 Movie
43. 2009 Women in Trouble as Nick Chapel 5.1 Movie
44. 2009 30 for 30 as Narrator (voice) 7.6 TV
45. 2008 Milk as Dan White 7.2 Movie
46. 2008 W. as George W. Bush 6.2 Movie
47. 2007 No Country for Old Men as Llewelyn Moss 8.0 Movie
48. 2007 American Gangster as Detective Trupo 7.6 Movie
49. 2007 To Each His Own Cinema as (segment "World cinema") 6.4 Movie
50. 2007 In the Valley of Elah as Chief Buchwald 6.8 Movie
51. 2007 Grindhouse as Block (segment "Planet Terror") 7.0 Movie
52. 2007 Planet Terror as Dr. William Block 6.7 Movie
53. 2006 The Dead Girl as Tarlow 6.0 Movie
54. 2005 Into the Blue as Bates 6.0 Movie
55. 2005 Into the West as Jedediah Smith 8.0 TV
56. 2004 Melinda and Melinda as Greg 6.2 Movie
57. 2003 Mister Sterling as Bill Sterling TV
58. 2000 Hollow Man as Matthew Kensington 6.0 Movie
59. 2000 It's the Rage as Tennel 5.5 Movie
60. 1999 Best Laid Plans as Bryce 5.7 Movie
61. 1999 The Mod Squad as Billy Waites 4.4 Movie
62. 1997 Mimic as Josh 6.1 Movie
63. 1997 Nightwatch as James 6.1 Movie
64. 1996 Flirting with Disaster as Tony Kent 6.2 Movie
65. 1996 Bed of Roses as Danny 5.9 Movie
66. 1995 The Outer Limits as Jack Pierce 7.7 TV
67. 1994 The Road Killers as Tom 5.6 Movie
68. 1994 Winnetka Road as Jack Passion TV
69. 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 5.3 TV
70. 1989 The Young Riders as Wild Bill Hickok 7.4 TV
71. 1987 Private Eye as Johnny Betts TV
72. 1987 21 Jump Street as Taylor Rolator 7.3 TV
73. 1986 Thrashin' as Corey Webster 6.3 Movie
74. 1985 The Goonies as Brand 7.5 Movie
75. 1984 Highway to Heaven 7.4 TV

1. 2025 Weapons 7.3 Movie
2. 2022 George & Tammy 6.7 TV
3. 2022 Outer Range 6.9 TV

1. 2022 Outer Range 6.9 TV

1. 2024 Brothers 5.9 Movie

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