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Josh James Brolin (born February 12, 1968) is an American actor. A son of actor James Brolin, he gained fame in his youth for his role in the adventure film The Goonies (1985). After years of decline, 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). Brolin's career progressed with roles in W. (2008), True Grit (2010), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Men in Black 3 (2012), Oldboy (2013), Inherent Vice (2014), Everest (2015), and Hail, Caesar! (2016). He gained wider recognition for playing Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), including in the films Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), as well as Cable in Deadpool 2 (2018). Brolin also collaborated with filmmaker Denis Villeneuve in the action thriller Sicario (2015) and in the science fiction films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), in which he played Gurney Halleck.

Josh Brolin

Commander Ethan Breck
for Commander Ethan Breck in The Marksman
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The Marksman is a 2025 American military science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski from a screenplay by Neill Blomkamp and James Cameron. Produced by Legendary Pictures, The Stone Quarry, and RatPac-Dune Entertainment, it is the first installment in The Marksman trilogy. The film stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sasha Calle, Terry Crews, Gina Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Matt Nable, Sharlto Copley, Ken Watanabe, Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Douglas. In the film, a retired army ranger and his wife are accidentally transported into the future year of 2035, where their daughter is a sergeant in a Resistance Army fighting against an evil alien empire. The Marksman was released in theaters on February 28th, 2025; it received universal acclaim from critics and audiences, who praised its storytelling, direction, writing, special effects, ambition, the performances of Abdul-Mateen and Calle, action sequences, cinematography, Hans Zimmer's musical score, visual style, and emotional weight. It was also a box-office success, grossing $415 million worldwide and becoming the most successful launch item in Amazon Prime Video. A sequel entitled The Marksman: A Veteran's Child was released one year later.