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My Take
Josh Brolin is my favorite kind of Hollywood story: the early peak, the long wilderness, the magnificent second act. Being a Goonies kid could have been his entire biography, but he ground through decades of middling parts until No Country for Old Men revealed an actor of granite stillness. That weathered quality cannot be faked; it is earned. His Thanos worked precisely because Brolin understands how quiet conviction reads as menace, and his Oscar-nominated turn in Milk showed he can make even a killer pitiable. As the son of an actor, he could have coasted; instead he built his credibility scar by scar. I trust his face more than most scripts.
Overview
Josh James Brolin (; born February 12, 1968) is an American actor and producer. 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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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Josh Brolin
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョシュ・ブローリン
- Reading
- じょしゅ・ぶろーりん
- Born
- February 12, 1968 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Monkey
- Origin
- Santa Monica, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film producer / character actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Templeton High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2019 MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.