FLM.RED

JOSH
BROLIN

จอช โบรลิน

A still face in a dangerous world

From a man pursued across Texas to a ruler pursuing an impossible balance, Brolin gives resolve a physical weight.

12 February 1968California, USA

The long road after The Goonies

Josh Brolin was born in California on 12 February 1968. His first film was The Goonies (1985), where he played Brand. The adventure introduced him to audiences long before the crime dramas that would become central to his later career.

In the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men (2007), he played Llewelyn Moss, whose discovery of money draws him into a pursuit. Moss often responds by watching, calculating and moving; Brolin makes those practical actions carry the tension.

Playing Dan White in Gus Van Sant’s Milk (2008) earned him a supporting actor nomination at the 2009 Academy Awards. His subsequent work includes Matt Graver in Sicario, Thanos in the Avengers films, Cable in Deadpool 2 and Gurney Halleck in Dune and Dune: Part Two.

Across these very different worlds, his characters can seem certain that they understand the rules. FLM.RED’s reading is that this confidence becomes most interesting when the film gives us reasons to question it. The same steadiness can offer reassurance in one story and become a threat in another.