Josh Brolin

A powerful, sought-after film actor, Academy Award®-nominated Josh Brolin continues to balance challenging roles in both mainstream studio productions and thought-provoking independents.

Brolin starred in Universal Pictures' Everest, which also starred Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke and John Hawkes. Based on the bestselling book "Into Thin Air," the film recounts the devastating events which occurred as a group of hikers attempted to conquer the summit in 1996. Brolin also starred in Lionsgate Entertainment's Sicario, which also starred Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, this film is about an FBI agent enlisted to bring down a Mexican drug cartel and has been nominated for a 2015 Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture. Brolin appeared in Jody Hill's The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter, alongside Danny McBride, and rejoined the illustrious Avengers franchise as supervillain Thanos.

In 2015, Brolin received rave reviews and a Critics' Choice Movie Award nomination for his performance in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.  In 2008, he was nominated for an Academy Award® and a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award and he also received awards from the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review for his portrayal of Dan White in Gus Van Sant's acclaimed film Milk. He also co-starred in the Coen Brothers' True Grit, which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards® including Best Picture. In 2007, Brolin earned a SAG Award as part of the ensemble for his work in the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men, which also won four Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Other film credits include Labor Day, directed by Jason Reitman; Spike Lee's Oldboy; Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For; Gangster Squad, opposite Sean Penn; Men in Black 3, opposite Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones; Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and W.; Ridley Scott's blockbuster American Gangster, opposite Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe; Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, opposite Anthony Hopkins and Naomi Watts; Planet Terror, part of the critically acclaimed Quentin Tarantino/Rodriguez double feature Grindhouse; In the Valley of Elah for director Paul Haggis; John Stockwell's Into the Blue; Paul Verhoeven's blockbuster hit Hollow Man; Scott Silver's The Mod Squad; Ole Bornedal's psychological thriller Nightwatch; Best Laid Plans, opposite Witherspoon, which was produced by Mike Newell; All the Rage; and Guillermo del Toro's science-fiction thriller Mimic. Brolin also received recognition from critics and audiences in David O. Russell's Flirting With Disaster, portraying a bisexual federal agent, alongside an outstanding ensemble cast led by Ben Stiller. Brolin made his feature-film debut back in 1985, starring in the action-comedy classic Goonies, directed by Richard Donner for producer Steven Spielberg.

On television, Brolin made his mark as a series regular in the popular ABC series The Young Riders, Private Eye for NBC and Winnetka Road for CBS. Brolin also received critical praise in TNT's epic miniseries Into the West, opposite Beau Bridges, Gary Busey and Jessica Capshaw. In addition, Brolin starred in the title role of NBC's acclaimed political drama Mister Sterling.

As a producer, Brolin joined Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove and Howard Zinn in a documentary entitled The People Speak, based on Zinn's influential 1980 book "A People's History of the United States." The film, which aired on the History Channel in 2009, looked at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights, and featured readings by Viggo Mortensen, Sean Penn and David Strathairn, among others.

Brolin made his directing debut in 2008 with a short entitled X, which he also wrote and produced. It premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival before screening at additional film festivals, including the South By Southwest Film Festival and the AFI Dallas International Film Festival.

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