Josh Brolin Biography: Age, Net Worth, Height, Parents, Wife, Children
Josh Brolin Biography, Age, Net Worth, Height, Parents, Wife, Children – American actor, Joshua James Brolin was born on February 12, 1968, in Santa Monica, California in the United States of America.
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| Name: | Joshua James Brolin |
| Date of Birth: | February 12, 1968 |
| Wife: | Katheryn Boyd |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Net Worth: | $45 million |
Josh Brolin Nationality
Brolin was born in Santa Monica, California in the United States of America. He is an American.
Josh Brolin Age
Brolin was born on February 12, 1968, hence he is 56 years of age, as of 2024.
Josh Brolin Height and Weight
Brolin stands at a height of 5ft 10 inches or 178 cm/1.78 m and weighs 80kg.
Josh Brolin Parents and Siblings
Brolin was born to Jane Cameron and James Brolin. He has three siblings; Jess Brolin, Jason Gould, and Molly Elizabeth Brolin.
Josh Brolin Educational Background
Brolin attended elementary and middle school in Templeton, California. He also studied at Santa Barbara High School.
Josh Brolin Career
Prior to securing a more prominent part as Brandon Walsh in the Richard Donner-directed film The Goonies (1985), Brolin began his career in TV movies and cameo appearances on TV series.
He was a candidate for the television series 21 Jump Street’s Tom Hanson part; Brolin and Johnny Depp were the two finalists, and the two grew close and stayed friends. In the end, Depp was cast in the part. During the first season of the show, Brolin made a cameo appearance in one episode.
Brolin appeared in the 1994 film Roadflower in a minor capacity. After his second picture, Thrashin’, debuted and Brolin saw what he described as “horrendous” acting on his part, he has hinted that he gave up on acting for years.
Brolin performed on stage for a number of years in Rochester, New York, frequently with friend and mentor Anthony Zerbe. “Wild Bill” Hickok from the three-season ABC western TV series The Young Riders (1989–1992) was one of Brolin’s more well-known early performances.
Brolin also worked on two additional TV shows that were canceled after a few episodes: Winnetka Road (1994), which starred Aaron Spelling, and Mister Sterling (2003).
When Brolin secured the lead part in the Coen brothers’ Academy Award–winning film No Country for Old Men (2007), he was trading equities full-time by 2006.
Brolin starred in W., an Oliver Stone biography about significant moments in President George W. Bush’s life, which was released in 2008. Brolin was first reluctant to accept the part, but Stone persisted.
For his part as city supervisor Dan White in Gus Van Sant’s film Milk, which followed the assassinations of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone, Brolin was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor.
In an effort to show support for the same-sex marriage cause, he made headlines by dressing in a White Knot during the Academy Awards ceremony.
In addition to being nominated for an Oscar, Brolin’s portrayal has won him praise from critics. He has also been nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding portrayal by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and the NYFCC and NBR Awards for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2008, Brolin was the Saturday Night Live presenter on the same night that Adele made a musical appearance. He went on to host once more in March 2024 and April 2012.
Based on historian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, Brolin executive produced and starred in The People Speak, a 2009 documentary feature film that employs theatrical and musical renditions of the letters, diaries, and speeches of regular Americans.
The next year, Brolin made his directorial debut, writing and directing the short film X. In the movie, a prisoner breaks out to find his daughter and looks for her slain mother.
Brolin would feature in several high-profile studio productions around the beginning of the 2010s. Based on the same-named superhero from DC Comics, he played the title role in Jonah Hex (2010).
Brolin also starred in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) directed by Oliver Stone and the 2010 Coen Brothers picture True Grit. Playing the younger version of Tommy Lee Jones’s Kevin Brown / Agent K in Men in Black 3, Brolin and Jones reunited in 2012 following their first joint appearances in No Country for Old Men and In the Valley of Elah in 2007.
Later, Brolin played the fictional character of John O’Mara, a World War II soldier, in the 2013 movie Gangster Squad. Brolin also played Joe Doucett in Oldboy later that year, which was a remake of the South Korean film of the same name from 2003.
The announcement that Brolin would portray Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was made in 2014. He does both voice acting and motion capture work to represent the character.
After making brief appearances as the character in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Brolin returned to the role of Thanos in the back-to-back films Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Brolin performed as a different Thanos in the 2021 film What If…?
In April 2017, Brolin agreed to a four-picture deal with 20th Century Fox Studios to play the X-Men movie series Nathan Summers/Cable, a character from Marvel Comics. Within that arrangement, his first installment was Deadpool 2 (2018). Up until Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, he was scheduled to return to the role of X-Force in the Fox film project.
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Josh Brolin Wife
Brolin has been married three times and divorced twice. His first two marriages with Alice Adair and Diane Lane ended in 1994, and 2013 respectively. He is currently married to Kathryn Boyd.
Josh Brolin Children
Brolin has four children; Eden Brolin, Westlyn, Chapel, and Trevor Brolin.
Josh Brolin Net Worth
Brolin has a net worth estimated to be about $45 million as of 2024. He is believed to have amassed his impressive net worth from his career as a professional actor as he gained fame in his youth for his role in the adventure film The Goonies (1985) and also appearing in top-rated movies by playing notable roles.
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