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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.

In the late Summer of 2001, a group of studio executives from Fox, New Line, Universal, Lionsgate and Sony met with Marvel Comics Editor-In Chief Joe Quesada, as well as the then-CEO of Marvel Studios and his young assistant Kevin Feige, to discuss a counter against their competitor Warner Brothers' rich library of DC characters, in whom they had seen several decades worth of success on the big screen. The meeting ended with handshakes, celebration, and smiles all around, as now with the right financial backing, resolved rights, and punctual plans in place, Marvel was set to create something special, and the likes of which would go on to completely change the film world forever....
