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Joshua James Brolin (; born February 12, 1968) is an American actor. He has appeared in films such as ''
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'' (1985), ''
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'' (1997), ''
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'' (2000), ''
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'' (2007), ''
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'' (2007), '' American Gangster'' (2007), '' W.'' (2008), ''
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'' (2008), ''
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'' (2010), and ''
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'' (2012). He has also appeared in films such as '' Oldboy'' (2013), ''
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'' (2014), ''Everest'' (2015), '' Sicario'' (2015), ''
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'' (2016), and ''
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'' (2018) in addition to playing
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in the
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. In the MCU, he appeared as Thanos in ''
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'' (2014), '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015) and later starring in '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018) and '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019). In 2021, he returned to provide the voice for an
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version of Thanos in the animated series '' What If...?'' and portrayed
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in Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic ''
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'' (2021) and in the upcoming sequel in 2023. In 2022, he starred in the supernatural mystery series '' Outer Range''. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a
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, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a nomination for an
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.


Early life

Brolin was born on February 12, 1968, in
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, the son of Jane Cameron (Agee), a wildlife activist who was a native of
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, and actor
James Brolin James Brolin (, born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin; July 18, 1940) is an American actor. Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27, 1998. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin. He ...
. Brolin was raised on a ranch in
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, with little exposure to his father's acting career. His parents divorced in 1984, when he was 16 years old. Brolin said in a 2014 interview that during his youth, he was a member of a
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friendship group who called themselves the "Cito Rats". In his description of the group, he said, "It was Santa Barbara. It was the '80s. It was punk rock. You either had the children of rich, neglectful parents or children of poor, so it was a mix. But we basically grew up the same way. I've never seen a group like that before or since." He admitted to stealing cars to pay for his drug use, which included
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, a drug that he explained he did not like: "I mean, I never got into it and I never died from it, which is a good thing. I've had 19 friends who died. Most of those guys I grew up with, they're all dead now."


Career


Acting

Brolin started his career in TV films and guest roles on TV shows before landing a more notable role as Brandon Walsh in the
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-directed film ''
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'' (1985).Stated on ''
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'', 2008.
He was considered for the role of Tom Hanson in the series '' 21 Jump Street''; he and
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were the finalists for the role, and the two became close and remained friends. The role ultimately went to Depp. Brolin guest-starred in an episode of the show in its first season. Brolin played a small role in the 1994 movie ''
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''. He has implied that he turned away from film acting for years after the premiere of his second film, ''
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'', where he witnessed what he called "horrendous" acting on his part. For several years, he appeared in stage roles in
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, often alongside mentor and friend
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. One of Brolin's more prominent roles early in his career was that of "Wild Bill" Hickok in the
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TV series ''
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'', which lasted three seasons (1989–92). Two other TV series he was involved in include the
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production ''
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'' (1994) and ''
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'' (2003), both of which were cancelled after a few episodes. Brolin's film work consists of many villainous roles in late-2000s/early-2010s films, including ''
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'' (one of two feature-length segments of the
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/
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collaboration ''
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''), '' American Gangster'', and
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's '' Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps''. He also played the lead role in the
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'
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-winning film ''
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''. In 2008, Brolin starred in another Oliver Stone film, '' W.'', a biopic about key events in the life of President
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. Stone pursued an initially hesitant Brolin for the role. He said of his decision to cast Brolin in the leading role: Brolin received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Gus Van Sant's biopic ''Milk'' as city supervisor
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, who assassinated
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Supervisor
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and Mayor
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. He made news by wearing a White Knot to the Academy Awards ceremony to demonstrate solidarity with the
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movement. Brolin told an interviewer that co-star
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, who portrayed Milk, decided to dispel any nerves the actors had about playing
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by "grabbing the bull by the horns". At the first cast dinner, which included castmates
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,
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and
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, "
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walked right up and grabbed me and planted a huge one right on my lips", Brolin said. Brolin has received critical acclaim for his performance and, in addition to his Oscar nomination, received NYFCC and NBR Awards for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2010, Brolin portrayed the
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in ''
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'', based on the
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' character with the same name. Brolin later played the younger version of
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's character Kevin Brown / Agent K in ''
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'' in 2012, which reunited both Brolin and Jones after their initial colaboration in ''No Country for Old Men'' and ''In the Valley of Elah'', both in 2007. Brolin later starred in the 2013 film '' Gangster Squad'', portraying a fictional
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veteran named John O'Mara. He also portrayed Joe Doucett in '' Oldboy'', a remake of the 2003 South Korean film of the same name. Brolin was one of the actors who was considered for the role of Bruce Wayne / Batman in the
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, a deal which would have begun with
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's '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'', but
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was chosen for the role instead. The following year, it was announced that Brolin would play
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within the
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. He portrays the character through
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performance, as well as voice acting. He cameoed as the character in ''
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'' (2014) and '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015), and then reprised Thanos in a starring role in '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018) and 2019's '' Avengers: Endgame'', which were filmed back-to-back. In April 2017, Brolin signed a four-film contract with
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studios to portray the
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character Nathan Summers / Cable in the ''X-Men'' film series. 2018's ''
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'' is his first installment within that contract. He was set to reprise his role in Fox's planned ''
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'' movie until the acquisition of 20th Century Fox by Disney. In 2021, Brolin voiced an alternate Thanos in '' What If...?''


Writing and directing

In 2009, Brolin executive produced and performed in ''
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'', a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian
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's '' A People's History of the United States''. Brolin wrote and directed the short film ''X'' as his directorial debut. The film, about an inmate who escapes prison to reunite with his daughter and search for her murdered mother. It was the opening film at the first annual Union City International Film Festival in
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for six months. He married actress
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on August 15, 2004. Brolin and Lane divorced in 2013. In March 2013, Brolin began dating his former assistant and model Kathryn Boyd. They became engaged in March 2015. The couple married on September 24, 2016, and announced on May 29, 2018, that they were expecting their first child. Brolin announced through Instagram on November 4, 2018, that Boyd had given birth to a daughter. Their second daughter was born on December 25, 2020.


Legal issues

On December 20, 2004, Brolin's wife at the time, Diane Lane, called the police after an altercation with him, and he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of
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. Lane declined to press charges and the couple's spokesman characterized the incident as a misunderstanding. On July 12, 2008, Brolin was arrested after an altercation at the Stray Cat Bar in
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, along with actor
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and five other men who were crew members of '' W.'' Brolin was released after posting a cash bond of $334. Brolin said to a reporter, "It was nice to be in jail knowing that I hadn't done anything wrong. And it was maddening to be in jail knowing that I hadn't done anything wrong." Charges against all seven men were later dropped by Shreveport prosecutors. Brolin was arrested for public intoxication on New Year's Day 2013 in
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. The remainder of 2013 proved very difficult for him, and he later explained: "Well, it was another turning point. It made me think of a lot of things. My mom dying when I was in my twenties. All the impact that had on me that I hadn't moved past; I was always such a mama's boy. But I realized that I was on a destructive path. I knew that I had to change and mature."


Business interests

Brolin commenced in
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in his mid-20s and briefly considered quitting acting. In 2014, he explained he made a large amount of money over a three-year period: "Fear and greed, that's all that there is. And I traded very specifically. I found momentum stocks that had room to breathe and I just grab a little of the breath." He was also co-founder of a now defunct stock trading website.


Filmography


Awards and nominations


References


External links


Josh-Brolin.com
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