Josh Brolin, from Milk to the role of Thanos: all his most famous films on the big screen

Dark look and tough face: it’s the unmistakable trademark of Josh Brolin. The American actor turns 55. From the beginning to the cult role in It’s no country for old menfromOscar touched for his interpretation in Milk (he is the protagonist’s killer) to worldwide fame as Marvel’s villain par excellence: here are all his most famous films

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Joshua James Brolin (this is his real name) is born in Santa Monica on February 12, 1968. Son of an artist (both his father and mother were actors), he has debuted in 1985 on the big screenat 17, in the cult film The Gooniesin which he plays Brand Walsh, the older brother of the protagonist

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In the following years works mainly in TV and appears in several series, including 21 Jump Street And Prairie Boysin which he played Wild Bill Hickok between 1989 and 1992. In the mid-1990s Brolin was in the cast of Love and disasters (in the picture) by David O. Russell, alongside Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette. He plays a gay cop

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In the following ten years he always manages to carve out supporting roles but works with great directors: from Guillermo del Toro (in Mimicof 1997) a Paul Verhoeven (in The man without a shadowin 2000), up to Woody Allen (in Melinda and Melinda, of 2004). He later appears in the episode Planet Terror Of grindhouse (the film directed by four hands by Tarantino and Rodríguez)

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2007 is the turning point for his career. He is chosen by Coen brothers for the role of Llewelyn Moss in the movie It’s no country for old men. It is the protagonist, a Texan welder, Vietnam veteran, who finds himself in his hands a large sum of money belonging to narcos and must flee from the ruthless killer masterfully played by Javier Bardem

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After playing Detective Trupo in American Gangsters by Ridley Scott and appearing in In the valley of Elah by Paul Haggis, is chosen by Oliver Stone to play George W. Bush in the controversial biopic w.

In 2008 Brolin is City Councilman Dan White in Milkaward-winning film by Gus Van Sant on the life of Harvey Milk (in whose shoes there is an unforgettable Sean Penn). For his role as Milk’s killer, Josh Brolin wins the National Board of Review Award and above gets his first and only Oscar nomination (for Best Supporting Actor)

In 2010 he returned to work with his brothers Coen in the western The Grit, remake of the film of the same name starring John Wayne. He plays Tom Chaney, a wanted for murder on whose trail “Rooster” Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) and the Texan ranger La Boeuf (Matt Damon) put themselves

Among the many films to remember these years there are Johan Hexin which he plays the vengeful superhero cowboy of the DC Comicsin 2012 is next to Will Smith in the role of young version of Agent K in the movie Men in Black 3. The following year is Sergeant O’Mara in gangster squad, leading a super cast with Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Emma Stone and Nick Nolte. The film tells of a team of Los Angeles police officers who fight the criminal Mickey Cohen in the 1940s

In 2013 Brolin is the protagonist of Oldboy, Spike Lee remake of the South Korean masterpiece of the same name signed by Park Chan-wook. It is then the photographer Dwight McCarthy in Sin City – A Dame to Kill For and is Detective “Bigfoot” Bjornsen in beautiful Form defect Of Paul Thomas Anderson

In recent years Brolin has been the quintessential villain of the Marvel Cinematic Universethat is to say Thanos. The character was created with motion capture on the movements of Brolin (who also gave him the voice in the dub). He appears in this villain role in Avengers: Infinity War And Avengers: Endgame

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Brolin has also acted in the X-Men cinematic universein the role of Cable (see for example in Deadpool 2)

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Among his films to remember in recent years there are also Hitman Of Denis Villeneuve And Soldier by Stefano Sollima, in which he plays the mysterious Matt Graver, head of a task force against Mexican drug cartels. He also returned to work with i Coen brothers in Hail, Caesar!while in 2021 still with Villeneuve he was among the protagonists of the new adaptation of Dunes

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