FrameThrower · Actors · Josh Brolin
Josh Brolin
20 films · 1,577 frames · top-billed in 11 · 1997–2025
Born 12 February 1968 · Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
Josh James Brolin 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).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 20 films · 1,577 frames · top-billed in 11 · 1997–2025
- MTV Movie Award for Best Villain2019
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,577 frames from the 20 films we hold. This is the look of the work Josh takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 20 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Josh takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Deadpool 2
2018 · Cable
Only The Brave
2017 · Eric Marsh
Hail, Caesar!
2016 · Eddie Mannix
Sicario
2015 · Matt Graver
Inherent Vice
2014 · Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Gangster Squad
2013 · John O'Mara
Men in Black 3
2012 · Young Agent K
Milk
2008 · Dan White
American Gangster
2007 · Detective Trupo
Hollow Man
2000 · Matthew Kensington
No Country For Old Men
· Llewelyn Moss
Wake Up Dead Man
2025 · Mons. Jefferson Wicks
Dune: Part 2
2024 · Gurney Halleck
Dune
2021 · Gurney Halleck
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Thanos
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Thanos
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014 · Dwight
True Grit
2010 · Tom Chaney
Planet Terror
2007 · Dr. William Block
Mimic
1997 · Josh
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,577 frames from Josh Brolin's 20 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.