Josh Brolin - Biography, Filmography, Video

Josh Brolin: Biography

Name:
Josh Brolin
Date of Birth:
February 12, 1968
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Rugged leading man Josh Brolin was raised on a horse ranch in California, a fact that would come to inform his persona as an actor in years to come. But when the 17 year old made his big-screen debut in 1985's Goonies, most viewers knew him as the son of actor James Brolin. The younger Brolin didn't shy away from his Hollywood roots, and when he relocated to L.A. to pursue an acting career, he moved in with his dad while he studied the craft under the esteemed Stella Adler. He soon followed his appearance in Goonies with a lead role in the series Private Eye, and though the show didn't last, Brolin decided to stay in TV, starring in the Western series Young Riders.

The show ended its three year run in 1992, when Brolin's marriage to Alice Adair ended as well, and Brolin seemed intent on flying under the radar for the next several years, pursuing mostly smaller, independent projects like My Brother's War and Mimic. In 2004, he married actress Diane Lane. In 2007, he caught on with a new core group of fans when he played the sinister Doc Block in Robert Rodriguez's instant cult favorite Planet Terror - one half of the Grindhouse double feature. Later that same year, however, he would be reintroduced to audiences on a much huger scale when he took the lead role in the Cohen brothers' highly acclaimed No Country for Old Men. The sleeper film would become one of the biggest films of the year, winning the Oscar for Best Picture and making Brolin a household name for the first time in over a decade.

Brolin next signed on to play the title role in W., Oliver Stone's satirical biopic about president George W. Bush. Buzz gathered around the project before so much as a trailer was released, praising the actor's complete transformation into what had originally seemed like a strange role for him to play. Although the was buzz that he would garner some awards for his role as the 43rd President, it turned out that a different political film from 2008 would bring him the biggest accolades of his career. His portrayal of Dan White, the man who assassinated Harvey Milk, in Gus Van Sant's Milk garnered Brolin his first Academy Award nomination as well as a nod from the Screen Actors Guild.

Josh Brolin: Video

Trailer - Milk (2008)

Josh Brolin: Filmography

Untitled Woody Allen London Project (2010) (pre-production)
Jonah Hex (2010) (pre-production)

Milk (2008) .
W. (2008)
American Gangster (2007)
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Planet Terror (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Grindhouse (2007)
The Dead Girl (2006)
Into the Blue (2005)
Into the West (2005)
Murder Book (2005)
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
Mister Sterling (9 episodes, 2003)
Milwaukee, Minnesota (2003)
Coastlines (2002)
D.C. Smalls (2001)
Slow Burn (2000)
Hollow Man (2000)
Picnic (2000)

All the Rage (1999)
Best Laid Plans (1999)
The Mod Squad (1999)
Mimic (1997)
Nightwatch (1997)
My Brother's War (1997)
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Bed of Roses (1996)
Gang in Blue (1996)
The Road Killers (1994)
Winnetka Road (1994)
The Young Riders (67 episodes, 1989-1992)

Finish Line (1989)
Private Eye (7 episodes, 1987-1988)
Prison for Children (1987)
Private Eye (1987)
Thrashin' (1986)
The Goonies (1985)