20 Interesting Facts about Josh Brolin

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20 Interesting Facts about Josh Brolin

How old is Josh Brolin is what fans would like to know as Josh Brolin Thanos did have an interesting career. His father was also an actor but when young Josh Brolin did not know much about it.

There is a lot to know about Josh Brolin Thanos. Fans would like to know all facts about his personal life as well as career.

How old is Josh Brolin? Well, he was, born on February 12, 1968, is a popular American actor with his first role being in the 1985 movie The Goonies. Since then, he has no doubt appeared in several varied movies and is well known for his work as Llewelyn Moss in No Country for Old Men, young Agent K in Men in Black 3, George W. Bush in W., and Dan White in Milk. 

Here are few interesting facts about josh Brolin Thanos:

1. For his performance as Dan White in Milk, Brolin did receive an Academy Award and a SAG Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor.

2. Brolin acted as the villain Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe via motion capture and voice acting.

3. He first played the role of Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy and in a mid-credits cameo at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron. He also became the leading antagonist in Avengers: Infinity War.

4. In April 2017, Brolin was acted as Cable, as a part of a four-movie contract in the X-Men film series, with his initial appearance having been set to be in Deadpool 2.

5. Brolin happens to be the son of Jane Cameron, a wildlife activist who was a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, and actor James Brolin.

6. He was born in Santa Monica, California, and was raised on a ranch in Templeton, California. He had little exposure to his father’s acting career.

7. His parents divorced when he was about 16 years old. In 1998, his father married his third wife, singer as well as actress Barbra Streisand.

8. Josh Brolin Thanos became interested in acting after while in high school.

9. Brolin said in a 2014 interview that during his teenage years, he was a member of a friendship group known as the “Cito Rats.”

10. He did admit that he stole cars to pay for his drug use, which included heroin which he claimed he did not like.

11. He did audition for the role of Wild Bill Wharton in The Green Mile, but the part went to Sam Rockwell.

12. Brolin said that 24 friends of his that he grew up with had died from heroin use.

20 Interesting Facts about Josh Brolin

13. He managed to win the 24th Annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in Long Beach, California in April 2000 This was 22 years after his father won the tournament. It took him just over 18 minutes to complete the course.

14. Brolin is known to be an avid collector of Malcolm Liepke and Ernst Neizvestny’s art.

15. His son, Trevor Brolin, does sketch all of his characters before filming.

16. He has also written various stories and poems based on his mother Jane Cameron Agee, who died in 1995.

17. Brolin was given the name of the character Josh Randall played by Steve McQueen on the television series Wanted: Dead or Alive.

18. He was of course co-executive director of Geva Theater’s “Reflections”, which are three American plays in rotating repertory, from 1991 to 1995 acting with Anthony Zerbe.

19. Brolin is known to be a huge fan of John Cassavetes, stating that he has watched A Woman under the Influence more than 40 times.

20. He at one time was keen on being a chef.

It is but obvious that Josh Brolin did have an interesting life as his career did take an upward swing.

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